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PL
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1726 Posts
10/03
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 11:08AM
Has anyone screwed with the new Pentium Core 2 Duo chips?

Although I'm broke... I'm very interested. I have sen the benchmarks and stuff, just curious if anyone has upgraded and seen a huge difference.

I'm mainly interested if anyone upgraded from a P4, lets say 3GHz, to a Core 2 Duo, of from a 3500+ AMD 64 to a Core 2 Duo. I'm interested in these as they are more of less "middle of the line" just a short time ago and single core.

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croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 10:17PM
I can only assume that it makes a more marked difference if the operating system and specific software are optimized for it.
oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 10:25PM
everything benefits a little but Croy is right about where the big benefits are.

I don't have one but multi-core processors are the future. There is supposed to be a wave of 4 core processors coming soon.

If you can, wait until Vista ships next year before buying a PC.

Drew Black
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8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 11:04PM
Wait until Vista has been shipping for at least a year before jumping into a system that comes with it preinstalled.
croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 11:33PM
That's my conundrum. My system could use replacing, yet the OS wouldn't be able to really utilize the new processor.
Then, when Vista comes out it will be buggy and even without that will undoubtely be an ungodly drain on the processor - even if you don't do a lot of animation and video. So adding Vista later (even without the problems that will probably occur) will not be a great option.
So it will take a year to work out the errors in Vista and for processors that will be fast enough to not get bogged down by Microsoft's improvements to come out.
 
Redish All-Star Supporter
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4076 Posts
12/03
Posted - Oct 13 2006 : 12:24AM
Yes, quad core isn't too far off.

oatmeal
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Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 13 2006 : 8:23AM
I don't see Vista having huge problems. The betas have been freely available for a while and everyone seems to like it.

The biggest concern I'd have is software incompatibility. Particularily security software, Norton loves to fuck people over and force them to purchase an upgrade.

croy
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Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - Oct 13 2006 : 10:22PM
For a Microsoft platform, why not? If the big dog does it, it only stands to reason everybody else does too.
Harri Patel
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5110 Posts
3/03
Posted - Oct 13 2006 : 11:42PM
I have the 64 bit version running on one machine, and it works pretty well. The beta was a little rough around the edges, but the recently released Release Candidate version is better.
oatmeal
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Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 12:36AM
I have heard bitching about the 64 Bit version but I can't remember if they were talking about XP or Vista.
oatmeal
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1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 12:38AM
Norton take knob-like behaviour to a whole new level. They support software for about 2 or 3 years before it is deemed obsolete. They go in hard and fast with no lube and don't expect a reach-around.
ShiWarrior
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1170 Posts
8/01
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 5:41PM
early next year I belive (so im told anyway)

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oatmeal
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Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 9:04PM
I've heard one of the big benefits to quad core will be dedicating a processor to physics calculations thus eliminating the need for the Phys-X card.
Redish All-Star Supporter
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4076 Posts
12/03
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 9:31PM
Yes, that's what I heard as well
oatmeal
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8/04
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 10:01PM
it should make our porn faster too



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