pentiumD 940 dual-core 3.2ghz or pentium extreme edition 955 dual-core 3.4ghz?
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Pentium Extreme E........ if u want real performance with games.\nIts a very good processor,but takes a lot of power.Also hav a pretty good cooling system if u r goin 4 dis
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In the land of server and workstation procesors, it is the AMD Opteron. Even better is the fact that it is dual core and can be run in dual proc mode (2x2=4 cores!!!), thus enabling wonderful multitasking abilities (and support for multithreaded applications such as DVD Shrink.\n\nIn the land of gaming processors, it is the almighty FX-60. This dual core gaming processor is the last CPU coming out for the soon-to-be-outdated socket 939 for AMD (its being replaced by socket f/M2). If you dont want dual core (no games currently are optimized for dual core but some programs are), then go with the much cheaper FX-57.\n\nThere isnt a real answer to your question. The FX-60 easily outperforms the Intel Extreme Edition 955 in most things (like games), but in terms of sheer clock speed, the intel processors are on top (even if the AMD processors are'quicker')
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basically it depends on ones need.\nits the processor cycle speed and RAM size which really matters.\np4 2.66 ghz can work slow compare to amd 3.0 ghz.\nbut i feel for one desktop machine 256 mb RAM and p4 2.66ghz is better.
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It depends on wat kind of applications u work on. Dual core is good if u want 2 use multiple applications at da same time. It wont giv u any more advantages,it takes more power & more money from ur pocket.I say u go with Pentium 4 3.2GHz, coz its more faster & less power using dan dual core.If u want u can also buy AMD FX 57. Its very good & IC Chip(The best comp magazine) rated it da best proccessor. U can buy dat if u want. But if u still want intel, u buy P4 3.2 GHz
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That's a pretty good question. The Intel Core Duo  has a different archtecture than AMD Athlon XP, so they will perform better or worse depending on the applications you're running.\n\nA 1.66 GHz Pentium M (Dothan CPU) is approximately the same speed as a 1.6-2.0GHz Athlon 64 and about the speed of a 2800+ - 3000+ Athlon XP. The core duo will definitely be much faster in multitasking situations, but for the most part, you won't see a large difference in speed compared to the AMD Athlon XP 2700+.\n\nHere's a benchmark from Tomshardware that compares the core duo to the Athlon X2 desktop processors:\n\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com/2006/04/24/dual_core_intel_processors_for_low/
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Latest and greatest is expensive, but here ya go...\n\nProcessor:  Intel® Pentium® D Processor Extreme Edition 965 w/ HT 3.73GHz 1066MHz FSB\nMotherboard:  NVidia nForce™4 SLI™ X16 Motherboard\nVideo Card:  Dual 512MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GTX - SLI Enabled \nRAM Memory:  4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 x 1024MB \nHard Drives:  1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 32MB Cache\nCD/DVD-ROM:  16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology\nSound:  Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi® Elite Pro High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology\n\nThis package, not including case, keyboard, mouse or monitor will run roughly $4,000.
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duo is good cos it runs at667mz fsb and have duo core which make laptop more speed
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I have been looking into this too.  After reading a lot of materials, I think the best choice of those two is probably the E6300.  This link below gives you some idea of relative performance between the processors.  I have heard Core 2 runs cooler and uses less power.\n\nhttp://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2014651,00.asp\n\n GPUs are becoming as important, or more important, than CPUs.  If you do buy the new machine, I say go cheap on the graphis for now, and upgrade that when you go to Vista - high quality directX 10 cards will be cheaper in the spring.  Also,(if you don't already have a motherboard) I would recommend socket AM2, not 939, if you do go with AMD, because you might be able to use AMD's upcoming 4x4 motherboards.
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i like this question, suggestion for that is Dell's Inspiron E1505 due to the Core Duo processor - go with the state of the art.\nhttp://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/entnb_e1505?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
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the 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo is of the series T5x00 and has the same cache size (2MB) as the Core Duos (only the T7x00 series has a 4MB cache).\nthe Core 2 Duo is better in any case though it has the lower clock frequency. this is due to the improved architecture.\nas for the screen size i would go for the larger one.
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I prefer my Pentium 4. It has-\n\n3.00 GHz (Reports of up to 4.00 GHz succesful overclocking!)\n800 MHz FSB\n1 MB L2 Cache (I'd have prefered two, but whatever)\n478-Pin (I think...)\nHyper-Threading (Doesn't work well with windowed 3D stuff though)
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Pentium D is way faster then P4, however alot of software does not suppor the dual core, so its basically same as P4 Unless ur software has support for that.
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intel core 2 duo\nfamily t7x00 not t5x00\n\n>> base t7200 is 2.0 ghz, 667 mhz fsb & 4 mb l2 cache > which is awesome\n\nturin struggles at 512 kb to 1 mb l2 cache, further divided between the 2 cores ! <256+256 / 512+512>
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u can go for COMPAQ Model no. SR1931IL\nIntel pentium D processor (2.8 GHz, 2 MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB ) dual core.\n512 MB Ram DDR-2 / 160 GB ATA HDD / DVD RW DRIVE....Plus other features. best part is u get 3 years warranty on this system.\ni bought it for 31k.
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Definitely not.  I've got a 2.4 Ghz Skt. 754 Athlon 64, and a dual-core 2.2 Ghz Skt. 939 based system.  Before I overclocked the Skt. 939, it was slower than the Skt. 754.  Well, it was slower using ALMOST all software.  The Skt. 939 dual-core was considerably faster while using software that was multi-processor enabled, of course.\n\nThe biggest difference between the two will be if you're using the systems for gaming.  Nearly all Skt 754 motherboards are AGP based, and the few that had PCI-E slots weren't very good.  With Skt 939, you can spend alot of money on a really nice PCI-E video card, and will be able to play games like never before, if you spend enough.
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Intel Core 2 Duo.\n\nRead the system info. Its clear.
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Well I would take the Core Duo for two reasons.  First it is dual core, and secondly it is a mainstream processor and the Sempron is a budget model which means it has cut down features.  If you were comparing a Core Duo to a Turion X2, I would say go with the Turion X2, but in this case, I would easily say go with the Core Duo.