Wich is better,a dual pentium II at 400,or a single Pentium III at 450,on the same motherboard?
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I would say the Pentium 3 would be better. But for games I wouldn't really try to play much at all with either of those CPU's.
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pentium 4 is way faster. pentium 3 can be in the 800 MHz speed range, but pentium 4 can start near 1.4 GHz and work its way up to 3 GHz
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Listen, the best of the best, while still getting a bang for your buck is an AMD Athlon Processor. Athlons are better than Pentiums for one good reason, FSB (Front Side Bus). FSB determines how much information can be sent at one time. The bigger the FSB the more data can be transformed at one time, and vice-versa. Even though Pentuims are faster, Athlons can process more data at one time, making them best for multi-tasking. Let me help you visualize. Imagine a waterfall. The water in the river that leads to the waterfall is represented as data. Now, River A is a skinny river but its moving fast. River B is a really really wide river, so it moves slower, but dumps more water at the end of the waterfall then River A. Since River A is so skinny, it easily gets clogged up. And Since River B is so fat, it rarely gets cloged up. So, River A not only doesnt send as much data as River B, but sometimes it can get clogged up in itself. River B , on the other hand, is a little slower but dumps way more water because its so fat, and usually never clogs up. In other words, Peniums usually come with a low FSB. Thus, they can only send and process a little bit of data at a time, Thats why they have to be fast, to make up for the low data transfer. This makes Pentiums good for doing one thing at a time. Athlons, are a little bit slower, but have WAY more FSB than Pentiums (Usually 2000MHz). This makes them extremely good at tackling many processes at once. Not only that, but they are usually cheaper. Just let me give you a little guide to buying a PC. \n\nThe 4 most important things to look at when buying a PC or labtop are:\n1) Processor speed\n2) FSB \n3) RAM\n4) Memory\n\nThe Processor Speed and the FSB must have a balance. If you get a slow Processor, than you need a lot of FSB. If you get a fast Processor, than you dont need that much FSB. (A fast processor runs over 3GHz. A slow one runs under 2GHz. A lot of FSB is around 2000MHz. A little FSB is under 1000MHz.)\n\nThe RAM is very important as it also increases your computers ability to compute and store many things whenever it needs it. Thats why its called Random Acess Memory. (A lot of RAM is over 512MB. A little RAM is under 512MB.)\n\nThe regular Memory (Hardrive) is sometimes used as RAM. This is called Virtual Memory. Which is why its also very important because it helps out the RAM. (A lot of Hardrive memory for a Laptop is over 80GB. A little Hardrive memory for a Laptop is under 60GB.)\n\nSo, really, there are 3 important factors. Processor speed, FSB, and RAM. But since the Hardrive is used to help RAM, its important to get a lot of it. (they are cheap anyways, you can get them about .25 cents a GB) \n\nI Hope this helps you pick out a good labtop.
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AMD 64 bit dual core. The older CPUs are 32 bit so this is twice fast.It runs at higher bus speeds and blows the doors of of anything that Intel makes. Also it allows you to run alot faster RAM Memory sticks and with the board below as long as you run all the same brand of sticks it will run them in the dual channel mode which is twice as fast.With 4 slots for the memory your talking being able to build a kick butt computer. I think I paid maybe 200 buck for the board and CPU. Intel makes a 64 bit but unless all your drivers are made to run with a 64 bit you have nothing but major problems stuff wont work (cd, dvd,video,sound,and so on) get the picture. Amd 64 on the on the other hand is compatiable with either 32 or 64. Also it is verrrry able to be overclocked (speed up the bus speed) I have a AMD 3200+ 64 bit it is a 2 gig CPU. I have it on a GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC-939 motherboard, the 939 is how many pins are on the bottom of the CPU the higher the better and 939 is the highest right now. By pressing the delete button at start up it will take me into the bios settings setup so if you want to I can change them. One of the nice things with this board is the it allows to change the bus speeds and AGP (accelerated graphics port settings) or basicly the port that your video card is plugged into this nice because you can also speed it up to. Nice for gaming or watching videos. I have turned up the bus speed set on mine without having to turn up the voltage (which might cause the CPU to overheat if set to high) the AMD will handle a voltage up to 4.9 volts right now mine is around 3 volts get the picture AMD kicks a+s. I have my CPU overclocked to 2.41 gigs. So basicly my 2 gig CPU is now a 2.41 gig CPU. Ive had it running like this for a year without ever having any problems at all, infact this bad boy boots up in about 20seconds,not bad!!! Any computer tech will tell you to GO WITH THE AMD they out bench mark and totaly out perform any thing Intel makes!!!!!! Intel makes a quad-core but basicly AMD doesnt care because their dual still blows Intels quad away. Check the bench marks for yourself.\n\nTuea - You have it it on the head!!!!!!!!!!\n\nZeus
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I suggest that you might opt to choose a Pentium 4 LGA775 HT Technology. So that you could max up your applications and tasks to the fullest...
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They're both good but it's what you need and what you're going to use it for. Processors don't matter much if you're just doing MS Word, since a P2 can run it. If it's higher intense work, a higher processor and RAM should do the job. If it's gaming, video cards are what you need. \n\nSo for medium intense-ish, the Pentium M should do the work. For some gaming, you'll need a Geforce go 6600+/Ati Radeon xXXX and the Core Duo.
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Definitely the Athlon 64x2.  It's the best processor on the market and completely thrashes Intel in any benchmark test.  Any amount of memory over 2GB is purely academic but you could always upgrade your motherboard and processor at a later time if you really wanted to get more memory.  If you are looking for proof (though I am sure you have done your homework), http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/21/the_mother_of_all_cpu_charts_2005/page24.html but most of the ones at the top are single core Athlon 64 chips and the Pentium 4 is nowhere to be seen.  That being said there weren't many multithreaded applications for the dual core chips to take advantage of.  Once games and applications are enabled to take advantage of two core chips the x2's will be riding high at the very top.  Intel, you suck!
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It is better if you just use the 512 chip. Or the two 256 chips. If you use all the three the 512 will be used as if it is only a 256 chip.
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Ok, so, in general, Higher is always better. As long as you have a processor that can handle it, you should always move up. I've basically  revamped my computer about 3 times, just upgrading, so I don't have to get new everything. It's alot cheaper. BUT, go for the 512. 1 gig of RAM is ok, I guess, but keep a sharp eye out for a new processor. If you can afford it, get the pentium D.
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Software that is written to take advantage of a dual-core processor will allow both cores to work together to complete a task. You won't get true 6 GHz performance, but it will be significantly quicker than if you were running a single core 3 GHz processor. One complaint about the Pentium D chips is the two core use the Front Side Bus to talk to each other, therefore, the processor speed is limited when the two cores are working together. I'm running a Pentium D 830, and aside for an increase in my electric bill, I'm happy with it's performance.
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Speaking from architectural point of view Pentium III and Pentium 4 are entirely different creatures.  Pentium III core is based on the Pentium Pro core that was introduced many years ago.  Pentium III is the evolution of that core with added features like SSE and etc.\n\nPentium 4 however was a completely different core based on the NetBurst architecture.  The architecture was designed to assist higher clock speed through its longer stages of execution.  It's perfect for multimedia applications that are repetitive and require a lot of data to be pushed out in a repetitive manner.  The downside to this is that, it is less efficient than Pentium III processors because of the length of the stages Pentium 4 does less work per clock than Pentium III.  So a Pentium 4 at 2.8 Ghz may only be able to perform at the level of a Pentium III at 2.0 Ghz.\n\nIn an interesting move by Intel, the latest cores, Core2 based, are a return to the Pentium III philosophy of doing more per clock and complete abandonment of Pentium 4 core.  Core Duo and the Core Technology based on the Pentium M core developed by Intel's Israel Research center brought the focus back to efficiency in thermal heat and also instruction per clock back into vogue.\n\nPentium 4 is on its way out.  Now the chic thing to do is package multiple processor cores in 1 die and have multicore processors.  (It offers absolutely no performance advantage if the software is not able to use the additional cores.)\n\nFor multimedia, Pentium 4 is an impressive platform.  For general usage, Pentium III provides a better balance of performance.  In either case, they are both on their way out.
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You could probably build the exact same system for a lot cheaper, but if you can't do that I'd buy that.  Is that Pentium D a dual core processor?  If it is, I'd go for it.  I'd put this PC's worth at about 1500-2000, but that's just my opinion, I would wait for some others.
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Not much, I bet! You can't maximize the dual-processor capability if you are just using windows xp unless you are planning to install a windows server software. \n\nBesides, a motherboard with dual-processor capability is much more expensive than an ordinary m/board. You might need a new CPU case as well to fit the dual-processor board.
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Don't buy the faster chips because all the motherboard will do is clock down the PC3200 chips to PC2700. Noboday needs 2GB of ram unless you are going to run a SQL database on it or do really graphic intense animation or something like that. The reason why the board will clock it down is because the motherboards bus will only go as fast as the PC2700 chips. Get 512MB or up to a Gig that will be perfect!
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The extreme editions.\n  \nIntel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73GHz / 2MB Cache / 1066MHz FSB / Socket 775 / Hyper-Threading /
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you need a motherboard that supports dual processors and the processors have to be the same or you can get a dual core processor from AMD www.AMD.com or inte (AMD is better) but once again you need a motherboard that supports dual processors or has the same socket (if you already have and AMD athlon 64 then u can use the same motherboard)
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We are talking about levels of cache here.  The previous post is talking about the amount of level 1 cache as compared to what the original poster is talking about which is level 2 cache.  Am I wrong?\n\n\nBottom line, the pentium is faster.  This is due to the pentium's amount of cache that is "closer" to the processor.