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Buying a Pentium 4 2.4C...

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Philippine Mango

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My gaming rig (abit in sig) is currently running at 3.5GHZ which is fast and gives me nice performance boost in games. I'm running my memory in sync so thats also nice but I've been considering my overclock lately and have been doing some thinking. I've seen people with 2.4C overclocked to 3.4/3.3GHZ effectively a 283MHZ/275MHZ FSB (non quadpumped number). So I was wondering if I would get a higher performance yeild if I switched to a 2.4C, overclocked and I got to 3.3GHZ apposed to my current system with a 250MHZ FSB, 3.5GHZ core speed.

Simplified: Is a system with 250Mhz FSB, 3.5GHZ core faster/slower than a system with a 275MHZ FSB, 3.3GHZ Core. What about 283MHZ FSB, 3.4GHZ core?
 
Waste of money. If you current rig is getting the job done, I'd keep it. I seriously doubt that that a slightly faster FSB would make up for a 200MHz decrease overall. Even if it is faster, I seriously doubt it would make any noticeable impact worth justifing the cost.
 
Well doesn't the FSB speed matter more than the core speed? Remember it is quad pumped.. I remember back in the pentium days where people were talking about whether it would be a smart idea to bring their Pentium 166 66FSB processor to 180MHZ by increasing the multiplier and lowering the FSB to 60.
 
The FSB speed will determine how fast the CPU will communicate with the memory and other systems. If your memory is going to need a divider, that may hurt performance on a P4... I really don't know if it would help or not. I would guess not, but I have no idea. If you are just looking for money to blow, you could buy it and let us all know how it turns out...
 
The core speed will make a bigger differance than the FSB speed. My 533mhz FSB 3.06ghz northwood @3.45ghz (150mhz FSB) can outperform my prescott at 3.45ghz(216mhz FSB) in almost everything. Granted the cores are differant in that case, but it's overall CPU performance that makes the differance, not the higher FSB.

EDIT: the 2.4c may have an advantage here and there since it has hyperthreading.
 
Originally posted by: stevty2889
The core speed will make a bigger differance than the FSB speed. My 533mhz FSB 3.06ghz northwood @3.45ghz (150mhz FSB) can outperform my prescott at 3.45ghz(216mhz FSB) in almost everything. Granted the cores are differant in that case, but it's overall CPU performance that makes the differance, not the higher FSB.
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All that proves is either preshotts suck more balls than previously imagined or you have a deficiency in your system since it proves nothing. The core speeds are the same and yet the FSB is like a full 66MHZ slower (excluding multiplying by 4).
 
No... there would be no performance bennefit, and you would be giving your luck a nice try: no one assures that you can get a 2.4C that can be safely OCed to 3.3Ghz levels.

You could possibly lose stability, and you would most defenetly not see any performance improvements.
 
Its even more possible that you will NOT get a stable OC unless you have REALLY, REALLY good quality memory and your Abit mobo supports high voltages.
 
Am I missing something?

You have a P4 @ 3.5 ghz currently? And are going to spend money on a 2.4C with hopes of hitting 3.3+ just for a bit more memory bandwidth?

Stupid stupid choice..

Save your money.
 
Don't even bother. You have to think aqbout how much benefit you would get for the time you put in vs. the risk. Until a whole new generation comes out, like a truly integrateed Intel dual-core architecture that doesn't run up $100 more a month on your electric bill, I'd pass. Don't change a thing. It ain't just about the CPU cycles, y'know.
 
Originally posted by: BlingBlingArsch
funny idea op, but throw ur Intel away and go for an AMD if u need more performance.
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Yea I know but I want my last intel rig (unless of course intel gets on the ball agian), to be super powerful/most powerful and to last all the way into 2006 easily, possibly 2007.
 
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