Which CPU? Northwood 3.0Ghz @800Mhz L512K cache or Prescott 3.0Ghz @800Mhz 1mb cache?

[Brody8877]

I have intel D875PBZ motherboard and i need your expert advice about which processor is best for this motherboard.

Also Which one is better?
Northwood 3.0Ghz @ 800Mhz FSB L2 512K cache vs. Prescott 3.0Ghz @ 800Mhz FSB L2 1mb cache

Which one is faster and better?

 

[RussianSensation]

P4 C Northwood vs. P4 E prescott
The are other reviews:
Plenty of Prescott Reviews

So conclusion is except for some specific applications that prescott is good at, northwood turns out to be an overall better processor. I cannot comment on overclocking though.

 

[Brody8877]

I just want the overall outcome, not the OC (over clocking),

thanks for your advice.

 

[Duvie]

Due in fact to the prescott's rather long pipeline, actual same speed performance is quicker on a majority of things with the northwood....That being said many sites were noticing as the speed was increasing in the prescott it was narrowing the gap....Some speculate it will take a 3.5 to 3.6ghz prescott to finally start equally the speed of the northwood.

One should be impressed Intel was able to increase the pipeline by 50% in number of stages yet almost stay equal with very little penalty. The jury is still out if HT enhancements exist and whether it can help offset this at lower speeds....Don't count on SSE3 optimizations for awhile as SSE2 was qite slow to be implemented with the P4 when it was introduced altogether 2+ years ago.


Bottom line....A normal prescott at stock speed IMO is running to warm at current stepping to run effectively without an aftermarket cooler and compatability may be iffy on motherboards until more bios updates are done...


I say get the northwood. It will be cooler and faster at that speed versus the prescott...Compatability is complete with the northwood....ulimately unless you are an ocer and that jry is stil out as well wait for the newer socket incarnation of the prescott later this year with perhaps a DDR2 chipset....


Edit:

I see the part about the Intel mobo so I am sure prescott will work on that but the temperatures and slower performance will still apply at the 3.0ghz speed...

 

[THUGSROOK]

get the northwood

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: Brody8877[/i]
I just want the overall outcome, not the OC (over clocking),

thanks for your advice.

All those reviews dealt with the final outcome, not overclocking.

 

[Soulkeeper]

the northwood would win most benchmarks
but the story could change a little when more sse3 optimized things come out
the cpu is just a little weaker and is heavily reliant on optimizations by game, application, and driver developers to make up for this

to tell you the truth it doesn't really matter which one you get if your not overclocking and that is why intel has made the prescotts about the same price

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
get the northwood

Yep.

Like Duvie said, once they scale to around 3.7 or so, it should be a different ballgame..

Until then.

NW.