On 1/22/07, C.E. Hariharan wrote:
Hi, Digressing from the topic,I would like to ask as to the difference between Core2Duo processor with corresponding motherboard and PentiumD 2.80 Ghz Dual Core processor with Intel D101GGC motherboard in terms of computing power and speed?Like, I asked the reseller for a core2 duo but he got confused and gave me the above processor.I am in a dilemma whether I should ask him to exchange because one of my friends told me there's hardly any difference.Isthat true?What's your opinion?
I dont know how much you understand about the internal workings of the processor but the Core 2 Duo is radically different from the Pentium D. Core 2 Duo is based on the Pentium-M architecture while P-D is based on the old Prescott arch. Prescott inherently had a lot of heating issue and it had reached its limitations. Pentium-D is also basically two Prescott cores stuck to each other while Core 2 Duo is designed to be a dual core processor. Mind you, Core 2 Duo will cost you exactly twice of whatever equivalent P-D will cost you. C2D is gives much more performance per clock cycle and is about 40% more efficient than the regular Pentium 4 processor. About buying this processor, well, insist that you want to buy a Core 2 Duo processor which is DIFFERENT from the Dual Core Pentium processor. Initially my hardware vendor too was confused! :P -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
