Pentium D Dual-core Processors

[[46] pushit [2]]

What's the deal with these new processers? Specifically for gaming? From what I can tell, it looks like they are good for multitasking and mutimedia stuff, but lack in the gaming department. How do they compare to the Pentium 4 HT processors.

And how much better are the Athlon 64 processors? Are they better by a long shot? Or do they just beat them by a few numbers on benchmark tests? Any help would be nice, thanks.

 

[giant384]

p4 run hotter than amd cores so amd ocs more

 

[sinkoman]

p4 run hotter than amd cores so amd ocs more

He's talking about the Dual cores.

As far as I know, Intels dc's are more budget minded, with a few high ends, while amd is all high end.

 

[Asus]

Do you game? Then the Intel Dual Cores are the opposite way you want to go. Not only is it a Pentium 4 (Athlon 64's are better for games by far) but it's also underclocked compared to other P4's. From 3.8GHz down to 3.2Ghz while Athlon 64 X2's are still clocked at 2.4GHz for the high end model which is the same clock speed as the 4000+.

Did you check the price on those Intel Dual cores?
$575 - Intel 3.2GHz Dual Core
Single
$270 - Intel 3.2GHz
$466 - Intel 3.6GHz

Similar priced Athlon 64 dual core?
$585 - Athlon 64 X2 4200+
And single...
$475 - Athlon 64 4000+
$366 - A64 3800+

Performance here, here and here
Stress Test
Power Consumption here and here

The Intel P4 Dual Core start at a lower price and performance and don't go as high as the Athlon 64 X2 models. Not so hot on performance, heat/power etc compared to Athlon 64 X2's of similar price.
The only good thing I can think of over the Athlon 64 X2's is that Intel starts em with this model. Nice low price for a multi-tasking CPU but don't expect it to be all that great on single threaded apps. Don't forget to buy that nice expensive DDR2 memory though.

 

[sinkoman]

The only good thing I can think of over the Athlon 64 X2's is that Intel starts em with this model. Nice low price for a multi-tasking CPU but don't expect it to be all that great on single threaded apps. Don't forget to buy that nice expensive DDR2 memory though.

Yup. As I said, the Intel Duallies are more budget oriented (or atleast that one is) utilising the dual processor technology to produce a cheaper cpu with fairly equal performance to a perhaps higher priced single. Like taking two pieces of shit and making gold with them.

In this case, shit stained gold.

 

[[46] pushit [2]]

Thanks for the replies, I know to stay away from Pentium D for gaming. But what about other functions? Like multimedia, multitasking etc.....what I'm asking is what is the point of the Pentium D if they are "shit stained gold"?

What about Pentium 4 HT (3.6, 3.8 Ghz) for gaming? Will that adequately supply me for the next couple of years or so? I'm not looking to run the newest games on MAX settings (medium/high) would be nice. I'm planning on getting 1.5-2 GB of DDR2 RAM, and a PCI-express ATI Radeon 850XT card. I figure that will cover Half-Life 2. Specifically, I'm looking at a Dell XPS Gen 5 or whatever. The reason I'm going packaged is my dad (who is helping me buy my computer) gets a HUGE discount for Dell computers from his work. We're talking 30-60% discount. So....any XPS users out there? Any experience with it?

Thanks again for helping out.

 

[sinkoman]

Thanks for the replies, I know to stay away from Pentium D for gaming. But what about other functions? Like multimedia, multitasking etc.....what I'm asking is what is the point of the Pentium D if they are "shit stained gold"?

Well, in the gaming universe it would be a bullion covered if feces, but in the general computing world it's fort knox (in the sense that there's lots of money in fort knox). Pentiums have been known for their ability to outperform AMD's in general computing and in bussiness use. Such as image creation, video creation and editing, 3D modeling, sound editing and creation, and multitasking. Now since the Intel Duallies have HT enabled, it is a virtual 4 processors in two, so you could do much more multitasking on a P4 D than on an AMD duallie.

 

[Asus]

Well, in the gaming universe it would be a bullion covered if feces, but in the general computing world it's fort knox (in the sense that there's lots of money in fort knox). Pentiums have been known for their ability to outperform AMD's in general computing and in bussiness use. Such as image creation, video creation and editing, 3D modeling, sound editing and creation, and multitasking. Now since the Intel Duallies have HT enabled, it is a virtual 4 processors in two, so you could do much more multitasking on a P4 D than on an AMD duallie.

Only the 1000$ dual core from Intel has HT enabled. The other dual care CPUs do not have HT. Also I did link other benchmarks besides just gaming. Again, the only thing that the Intel Dual Cores stand out for is at what price range they compete in.