Explain how MUCH better a Core 2 Duo is?

[Mudokon]

i have a
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.91GHz 333FSB 512KB

I'm getting a
Intel C2D e6400 2.1GHz 1066FSB 2MB

is it as simple as those numbers? 1.9 to a 2.1, 333fsb to 1066? 512kb cache to 2MB cache?


thanks

 

[LW07]

It will be a LOT better. C2D is a dual core CPU, and it will be a huge difference from an Athlon XP 2600+.

 

[Just4Ever]

Depends upon what you are doing. If you encode or do compression then those number won't even begin to explain the difference. If you use it for surfing the web and stuff you won't notice much of a difference. I'm a gamer and the biggest thing that I've noticed from XP 2800+ to my new E6600 is that the CPU is no longer a bottleneck for games and that the dual core helps out a ton. If you've never used dual core (and it seems to be you haven't) then that will be the biggest jump you will notice.

Hope this helps a little.

 

[phillyman36]

I went from an Amd x2-3800 to a Core 2 duo e6600. At stock the 3800 was 2.0 ghz i overclocked it to 2.2 ghz and got these results thus far

Dvd rebuilder pro encode Inside man dvd

Core 2 duo did it from starts to finish in 65 minutes
Overclocked x2-3800 did it in 100 minutes

I benched marked using pcmark 05
x2-3800 around mid 4000
core 2 duo i got around mid 6000

Those are the only tests ive done thus far

 

[Mudokon]

Yeah ill be using this new e6400 for:

Dual Screen:
Maya (animation) which is usually more intensive on the cpu than gfx card
CS : Source / FEAR / HL2
Photoshop
Premiere (encoding/compression)
surfing the net

 

[harpoon84]

Looks pretty CPU intensive to me, 2x performance at the very least, probably 3x or 4x if the applications are multithreaded.

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: Mudokon
i have a
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.91GHz 333FSB 512KB

I'm getting a
Intel C2D e6400 2.1GHz 1066FSB 2MB

is it as simple as those numbers? 1.9 to a 2.1, 333fsb to 1066? 512kb cache to 2MB cache?


thanks

Well, first punch yourself in the face, and use that as the baseline for your Athlon XP. Then get a hammer and smack yourself in the face with it. That would be the Core 2.

*please note, Tekdemon is not responsible for any brain damage that can/may/will occur if you attempt this. However, anyone stupid enough to actually attempt this most likely deserves to be weaned from the gene pool so...have fun.

 

[myocardia]

Going from an XP 2600 to an E6400 will be 3-4 times as fast, while running apps that aren't SMP-enabled (not dual-core or processor-enabled), and will be nearly twice as fast again, while running SMP-enabled applications. You'll drool for the first few weeks, I promise.

 

[Mudokon]

nice, well hopefully ZZF ships my e6400 out today, and since i paid for FedEx overnight, i get it tomorrow or monday morning!

thanks guys

 

[vhx]

I went from an XP2100+ to an E6400... big upgrade.