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Thanks for the input. Does the difference in L2 cache between two Core-2
processors make that much of a difference for a "typical" pc? I am buying
for the future. We are on 6.1 and looking at 8.0 in the next 12-18 months.
Typical office pc's have a 4-5 year replacement cycle. The L2 cache jumps
from 2 to 4 meg for another $150. Seems like an easy decision for the money
assuming you use the additional memory.



This was easier when all you had to do was compare clock speeds. Any
thoughts?



Sincerely,



Mitchell Kirby

Riten Industries, Inc.

<http://www.riten.com/> www.riten.com



740-333-8719 Direct

800-338-0027 Sales

800-338-0717 FAX

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Just purchased a Dell with the Core-2 processor .... MUCH faster then the
Pen-3.4 dual cores.

Much ...

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Subject: [Vantage] OT; What CPU ?

I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
processor?

Sincerely,

Mitchell Kirby

Riten Industries, Inc.

<http://www.riten <http://www.riten <http://www.riten.com/> com/> com/>
www.riten.com

740-333-8719 Direct

800-338-0027 Sales

800-338-0717 FAX

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I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
processor?



Sincerely,



Mitchell Kirby

Riten Industries, Inc.

<http://www.riten.com/> www.riten.com



740-333-8719 Direct

800-338-0027 Sales

800-338-0717 FAX





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Mitchell Kirby wrote:
> I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
> processor?

Get the Core. It's really more like a "Pentium 5" and has much more
performance potential.

The Pentium D is just two P-4s on one chip, which is to say it's memory
bandwidth bottleneck is now twice as bad ;)


-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three, Inc. -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338 or 866-550-2323 www.xxiii.com
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Vantage 8 is very quick on a Core 2 Duo 2Ghz (laptop) with 2GB RAM :-)

Core 2 over Pentium D



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From: Wayne [mailto:wmc20@...]
Sent: 25 September 2006 16:45
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT; What CPU ?



Mitchell Kirby wrote:
> I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
> processor?

Get the Core. It's really more like a "Pentium 5" and has much more
performance potential.

The Pentium D is just two P-4s on one chip, which is to say it's memory
bandwidth bottleneck is now twice as bad ;)

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three, Inc. -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338 or 866-550-2323 www.xxiii.com



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I've noticed that they have a Core 2 1.86GHz processor know. How does that compare to the P4 3Ghz speeds? Is it faster because it's a Core 2?

Jasper


-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne [mailto:wmc20@...]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:45 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT; What CPU ?



Mitchell Kirby wrote:
> I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
> processor?

Get the Core. It's really more like a "Pentium 5" and has much more
performance potential.

The Pentium D is just two P-4s on one chip, which is to say it's memory
bandwidth bottleneck is now twice as bad ;)

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three, Inc. -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338 or 866-550-2323 www.xxiii.com






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Jasper Recto wrote:
> I've noticed that they have a Core 2 1.86GHz processor know. How does that compare to the P4 3Ghz speeds? Is it faster because it's a Core 2?

The Core architecture is superior to the P4's, and has more crunch power
at lower clock speeds. So, like I said last week, don't compare on GHz
alone.

Tom's Hardware has this page that attempts to compare lots of CPUs.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html Unfortunately, it appears to
only be desktop chips -- no Opterons or Xenons. Not sure which
benchmark is most applicable? Maybe the "Multitaking I" or "Sandra
Multimedia Integer"? A lot of them are gaming-based, which is more
dependent on video and specialized CPU instruction extensions; ignore
those.

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three, Inc. -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338 or 866-550-2323 www.xxiii.com
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Just purchased a Dell with the Core-2 processor .... MUCH faster then the
Pen-3.4 dual cores.

Much ...

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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Mitchell Kirby
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:33 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT; What CPU ?



I am spec'ing a Dell Optiplex. Any thoughts on a Pentium D vs a Core 2
processor?

Sincerely,

Mitchell Kirby

Riten Industries, Inc.

<http://www.riten <http://www.riten.com/> com/> www.riten.com

740-333-8719 Direct

800-338-0027 Sales

800-338-0717 FAX

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