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So,is there a CPU that is 2x as fast at AMDs x2 4200?

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stockriderman

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I usually upgrade to speed up my photoshop and video editing process. Last time my updgrade was from AMD's 2500. Speed difference was at least 3x.
I am thinking of upgrading again. Any CPUs that are twice as fast as my current setup?
 
I don't think the current dual cores (C2D) are quite 2x as fast as your X2 4200+, though with overclocking they certainly can be, with the latest G0 steppings pushing 4GHz on air, which equates to around ~5GHz of X2 power.

I think the best option for you is to wait for the $266 Q6600 pricedrop. Since Photoshop and encoding are multithreaded, you should easily get >2x the performance, probably closer to 3x I'd say. Definitely worth the upgrade.
 
I doubt even if you upgrade to c2d will get 2x as fast, but if you get a quad maybe ... but only in some apps like photo/video that is well threaded yeah you might experience 2x gain with c2q.
 
From an X2 you minus well go Quad or not upgrade. Your chip isnt a slacker by any means, and truthfully I have about a dozen machines Ive built at work, some being FX-60's, some E6600/6700s and some Q6600's and they all feel the same for the most part, but the Q's render fastest, followed by E6X00's and the FX-60s are the slowest, but they really dont lag a whole lot.

For what you are doing, you minus well OC the crud out of your current proc, or go quad core. An X2 to Core 2 Duo upgrade isnt really going to be groundbreaking by any means, although the Core 2 Duos are great chips. However a Quad upgrade should actually be easily noticeable especially in photoshop which is multi threaded.
 
Ok,thanks everyone. I am not upgrading until sometime in September,when I am back at work,doing all the video processing and stuff. Hopefully prices will drop a bit more by then.
 
As far as FLOPS I went from a 2.6 Opteron 165 to an E6600 at 3.5 and my superpi went from 30s to 14s. I'm pretty sure it's twice as fast. Quad will be even better for you.
 
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Ok,thanks everyone. I am not upgrading until sometime in September,when I am back at work,doing all the video processing and stuff. Hopefully prices will drop a bit more by then.
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I have not seen a very complete PS bench between a quad C2D and an AMD x2 but if i remember correctly PS does not scale geometricly when going from 2 to 4 cores. If anybody has some good links please post 'em up.

If you follow that link to THG the e6850 OC'ed to 3GHz beats/ties the quads - and beats the x2 6000+ Windsor by 20%. PS is really tuff on ram and hard drive I/O read/writes.
 
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