Should I upgrade from Yonah to Merom?

[indahouse]

I got an AOpen i975Xa-YAG mobo with Core Duo T2400.
Intel released Core 2 Duo (Code name: Merom) with EM64T that will support 64-bit OS and 4MB L2 catch days ago. And my i975Xa-YDG can support Merom by refreshing its BIOS. Therefore, I upgrade the CPU and my system will be 64-bit ready.
Does it worthy to upgrade from Yonah to Merom?
Or should I wait for Santa Rosa coming on next year?

 

[imported_sammy2066]

from what I hear, although the Merom is definitely an improvement in battery life and performance, the performance difference is not huge enough to warrant an upgrade from a Yonah. Also, the Merom runs considerable hotter than the Yonah.

So the shortest answer is no.

 

[hardwareking]

but his core duo is not in a laptop.(seeing his 975x mobo)
It really isn't worthwhile at the moment.Cause by the time 64 bit support becomes a necessity intel would have released the santa rosa platform which has support for a faster bus.
So as sammy said,no.
If u want more performance.Just overclock ur proc.(those can reach nearly 2.8ghz on stock cooler)

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: sammy2066
from what I hear, although the Merom is definitely an improvement in battery life and performance, the performance difference is not huge enough to warrant an upgrade from a Yonah. Also, the Merom runs considerable hotter than the Yonah.

So the shortest answer is no.

Hehe, you only read the title of the thread and nothing more, eh?
Anyway, if you're already sportin a Yonah, and unless you need to have features Merom has, such as 64-bit (doubt it) or SSE3/4, etc. etc. Then Merom would be a good choice. But if not, the Yonah is more than fast enough. Merom shows about 0% to 20% gains in benches, depending on the bench. Gaming? Y & M are just about identical.