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[AAH]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Intel pentium 4 2.8GHZ

What would be performance difference
for WindowsXP Home Edition.

Which is better and fast?

Thanks for a advice?

 

[Malke]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Malke

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Intel pentium 4 2.8GHZ

What would be performance difference
for WindowsXP Home Edition.

Which is better and fast?

Thanks for a advice?

Although - the feel may be different than the numbers when it comes to some
processors...
You are comparing desktop to desktop, Intel to Intel - Apples to Apples...

3.2 > 2.8GHz
Dual core > single core

I think you can take it from there. =)

 

[DanS]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Intel pentium 4 2.8GHZ

What would be performance difference
for WindowsXP Home Edition.

Which is better and fast?

Thanks for a advice?

What do you do with your PC ? Do you use any s/w specifically written with
multi-processor support ?

 

[AAH]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Intel pentium 4 2.8GHZ

What would be performance difference
for WindowsXP Home Edition.

Which is better and fast?

Thanks for a advice?

What do you do with your PC ? Do you use any s/w specifically written with
multi-processor support ?

NO:

Just for ordinary use.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Intel pentium D 940 Dual core 3.2GHZ

Intel pentium 4 2.8GHZ

What would be performance difference
for WindowsXP Home Edition.

Which is better and fast?

What do you do with your PC ? Do you use any s/w specifically
written with multi-processor support ?

NO:

Just for ordinary use.

Trick question, actually.

Your OS will take some advantage of the dual core processor and even
applications that are not written to can be controlled in such a way that
they might only run on one core or the other - freeing up more of the other
core for other things.

Random web answer found with a google search:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060726215220AAlt9bj

 

[DanS]

Trick question, actually.

Your OS will take some advantage of the dual core processor and even
applications that are not written to can be controlled in such a way
that they might only run on one core or the other - freeing up more of
the other core for other things.

Random web answer found with a google search:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060726215220AAlt9bj

Not really a trick question. A valid question. The answer was 'Just for
ordinary apps'. Which doesn't answer the question anyway.

ordinary = surfing, e-mail, and games ?

or does ordinary = DVD ripping, MP3/video encoding, solid modelling ?

It all depends on what you are using it for. I don't know about games,
since I keep those away from my PC and use a console, but if all use is
for the internet ONLY, chances are a 1 GHz PIII will be about as fast as
the dual-core.

While a hundred different benchmarks may show a huge advantage to the
dual-core, in real life use, the user may not perceive as great a
performance difference.

The big question becomes, do you want to spend $65 on the P4/2.8GHz CPU
or $180 for the PentiumD 940.

 

[AAH]

Thanks for your comments.

Trick question, actually.

Your OS will take some advantage of the dual core processor and even
applications that are not written to can be controlled in such a way
that they might only run on one core or the other - freeing up more of
the other core for other things.

Random web answer found with a google search:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060726215220AAlt9bj

Not really a trick question. A valid question. The answer was 'Just for
ordinary apps'. Which doesn't answer the question anyway.

ordinary = surfing, e-mail, and games ?

or does ordinary = DVD ripping, MP3/video encoding, solid modelling ?

It all depends on what you are using it for. I don't know about games,
since I keep those away from my PC and use a console, but if all use is
for the internet ONLY, chances are a 1 GHz PIII will be about as fast as
the dual-core.

While a hundred different benchmarks may show a huge advantage to the
dual-core, in real life use, the user may not perceive as great a
performance difference.

The big question becomes, do you want to spend $65 on the P4/2.8GHz CPU
or $180 for the PentiumD 940.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Not really a trick question. A valid question. The answer was 'Just
for ordinary apps'. Which doesn't answer the question anyway.

ordinary = surfing, e-mail, and games ?

or does ordinary = DVD ripping, MP3/video encoding, solid modelling
?

It all depends on what you are using it for. I don't know about
games, since I keep those away from my PC and use a console, but if
all use is for the internet ONLY, chances are a 1 GHz PIII will be
about as fast as the dual-core.

While a hundred different benchmarks may show a huge advantage to
the dual-core, in real life use, the user may not perceive as great
a performance difference.

The big question becomes, do you want to spend $65 on the P4/2.8GHz
CPU or $180 for the PentiumD 940.

Reducing my comments I had originally typed up to....

Try your test with Windows XP, IE6 and 1GB RAM on each.
Then try it with Vista. Office 2007. IE 7.

In the long run, the OP is better off spending the extra $120.
It's like a 3 year vs a 4-5 year warranty.
You may never get use out of the extra 1-2 years, but __if__ something comes
up - you'll wish you had spent the extra $120 up front. *grin*