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> OT - Duo Core 2.16 vs P4 3.8, which is faster
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post Sep 20 2006, 09:01 PM
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I'm PC shopping and I'm curious. Vendors won't give me a straight answer. Which would be faster - assuming all else is the same:

An Intel Duo Core 2.16 or a P4 3.8?

Yes, it needs to be an intel chip. Avid doesn't support AMD processors.

I'm considering the Alienware mj-12 7700i and the HPnw9440.


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post Sep 20 2006, 09:48 PM
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Wasn't that 486?

They had dual processors too. Motherboard and daughterboard. Technology moves backwards sometimes. In the old days, motherboards had dozens of slots for extra cards +whatever was on the daughterborad (if you had one.) And you almost always had a dedicated video and sound card. Now everything has all that stuff densely packed onto one board, even if you upgrade, so that E.M. flow is ridiculous inside that box.
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post Sep 21 2006, 07:54 AM
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QUOTE(alpha434 @ Sep 20 2006, 09:48 PM) *

Wasn't that 486?


No that was the Intel 8088.

the 80486 chip had four varieties, SX,DX2, and DX4

DX4 had 100Mhz speed, DX2 had several speeds (ranging to aroudn 80Mhz) and the SX had like 40Mhz speed.

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Ive never seen a dual 486 motherboard.
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Moron Sean   OT - Duo Core 2.16 vs P4 3.8   Sep 20 2006, 09:01 PM
bd1308   Duo core hands down. More cache, ROUGHLY 2x 2.16 ...   Sep 20 2006, 09:14 PM
alpha434   Crap, buddy. You've got a high budget or what?...   Sep 20 2006, 09:20 PM
bd1308   My dad gets all the crazy shit. The week the 64bit...   Sep 20 2006, 09:22 PM
bd1308   Yeah check and see if the program supports multith...   Sep 20 2006, 09:25 PM
bd1308   but then again I could build a similair system for...   Sep 20 2006, 09:26 PM
bondo   Core Duo or Core 2 Duo? (yes, they really did come...   Sep 20 2006, 09:43 PM
bd1308   Core 2 Duo supports DDR2 between those, go with ...   Sep 20 2006, 09:46 PM
alpha434   Wasn't that 486? They had dual processors too...   Sep 20 2006, 09:48 PM
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