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For most games like Battlefield 2, Far Cry etc... my P4 HT beats my dads Core2 (we otherwise have identical PCs) but for encoding video etc... my dads Core2 beats my P4HT
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I think the reason the Core2 sucks at games though is that most games dont take advantage of the other core, and end up seeing it as a single CPU with half the cache and half the speed of a P4
For modern games which take advantage of the othe core (FEAR, ArmA) the core2 does beat my P4HT by miles.
The Core2Duo also seems to run much cooler and uses way lower power than my P4
Therefore in conclusion the Core2 is the winner but not for older programs which cant take advantage of its multi-core awesomeness
P.S LOL i managed to overclock my dads Core2 from 2ghz to 3ghz hehe and it used the same amount of power and generated the same amount of heat as my 3.6ghz overclocked P4HT whilst remaining more stable.
For modern games which take advantage of the othe core (FEAR, ArmA) the core2 does beat my P4HT by miles.
The Core2Duo also seems to run much cooler and uses way lower power than my P4
Therefore in conclusion the Core2 is the winner but not for older programs which cant take advantage of its multi-core awesomeness
P.S LOL i managed to overclock my dads Core2 from 2ghz to 3ghz hehe and it used the same amount of power and generated the same amount of heat as my 3.6ghz overclocked P4HT whilst remaining more stable.
Last edited by jbennet : Sep 20th, 2007 at 4:24 pm.
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Yeah i think the overclockiness is because they keep cool better than the P4 (as the core2 is based on the Pentium M design)
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The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel's consumer dual-core and quad-core (2x2) 64-bit x86 CPUs based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, which derived from the 32-bit dual-core Yonah laptop processor. (Note: The Yonah comprised two interconnected cores — from the Pentium M branded microprocessor — coupled as a single die silicon chip or IC.) The 2x2 "quad-core" (dual-die dual-core[1]) comprised two separate dual-core dies next to each other in one CPU package. The Core 2 relegated the Pentium brand to a lower-end market, and reunified the laptop and desktop CPU lines separated by the Pentium M and Pentium 4 brands.
Unlike the preceding NetBurst architecture of the Pentium 4 or Pentium D branded CPUs, the Core architecture returned to lower clock speeds, and improved processors' usage of both available clock cycles and power. That translated into more efficient decoding stages, execution units, caches, and buses, etc, reducing the Core 2 CPUs' power consumption, while enhancing their processing capacity. With a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of up to only 65 W, the Core 2 dual-core Conroe consumed only half the power of less capable, but also dual-core Pentium D-branded desktop chips[5] with a TDP of up to 130 W[6] (a high TDP requires additional cooling that can be noisy or expensive).
Thats from wiki.
Last edited by jbennet : Sep 21st, 2007 at 3:25 am.
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