Question about Prescott and Northwood

[GZFant]

I was just curious if, with slight overclocking, a 2.8 Prescott is better than a 2.8 Northwood benchmarking everything from gaming to general use to video encoding? I have read that prescotts dissipate more heat than a northwood processor.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Prescotts run a lot hotter than northwood, but for some reason, i hear they OC better so its a catch 22

 

[GZFant]

disregard o'cing. 2.8E vs 2.8C? Same exact setup on everything else.

 

[Freeder]

Yeah, going with the Prescott route you'd need water cooling for good overclocking results, while as Northwoods can overclock great with a good heatsink/fan on them.

 

[The J]

I believe I've read that a Northwood will perform better as they have fewer pipeline stages, so less work to process a command.

 

[Brutuscan]

My 3.0 E runs at 47 deg C max temp at stock speeds, which I don't think is too hot. When I O/C, up to 3.6 gig, I notice only an increase of 2 deg. C. I am using the stock HSF in a Sonata case with just one case fan.

 

[Freeder]

Yeah, Northwoods do run better speed per speed with the Prescotts. My 3.0 c northwood overclocked to 3.8 c benchmarks a little higher than 4.0 prescott.