Prescott performance?

HondaF1

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Hi. I am not a CPU expert,. I have a question regarding the P4 Prescott processors.


From Prescott owners, I have heard that they find the thing very fast and all that.

Is the Prescott processor really worth its price and is it really faster than the regular P4?
( I think it is, it should be, since its an improvement?)
 

Sylvanas

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no, in some benchmarks the northwood core base P4's beat it, not to mention the presscott is as hot as a not to distant star. and theres not much room for overclocking due to the heat. id wait for next batch of prescotts to come out, or grab yourself a 2.8c and OC
 

RS3RS

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Due to the longer pipelines in the Prescott based P4's over the Northwoods, they are slower at stock speed than a Northwood of the same clock speed. 3.6 ghZ is the point where the Prescotts start becoming faster clock-for-clock than the Nothwoods.

So, the bottom line is, if the processor is under 3.6 ghZ then Nortwood is faster, if it's over 3.6, Prescott will be faster.
 

Soulkeeper

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the only real reason prescott was worth it for me was because my previous P4 didn't have hyperthreading
 

Hyperlite

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Originally posted by: RS3RS
Due to the longer pipelines in the Prescott based P4's over the Northwoods, they are slower at stock speed than a Northwood of the same clock speed. 3.6 ghZ is the point where the Prescotts start becoming faster clock-for-clock than the Nothwoods.

So, the bottom line is, if the processor is under 3.6 ghZ then Nortwood is faster, if it's over 3.6, Prescott will be faster.

exactly, and once again, they run very hot.