Which is more worth getting? Pentium D 2.8 GHz or, Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, and Why?
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r u kidding, a Pentium D is a dual core processor, that means that u have two and i mean two 2.8Ghz processors which equal 5.6Ghz and u can burn ur DVDs and watch ur movies and surf the Internet in the same time because the load is divided between the two processors,go for the Pentium D off course, that if u can Handel it's price\nNote: u will need a different Motherboard if u want to go for dual core
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Celeron is a budget processor and therefore doesn't perform as well.  What do you mean by ORIGINAL Pentium?  If you have to choose between the two, get the Pentium.  Unless you're talking about a P3 versus a Celeron D or something.  Then get the Celeron.  You will have to get whatever is compatible with your motherboard.\n\nIn response to the answers that mentioned the Athlon64 X2, I agree, this is an extremely fast processor.  But, personally, if I were strictly a gamer, I would go with the Athlon64 FX.  It was built specifically for gaming and provides better gaming features and functions.  Well, honestly, I'm power hungry and would probably opt for the dual core anyway.  I'm still running a 2800+ at the moment. **SIGH**  so broke.  I'm not buying anything spectacularly amazing until I can afford my dream machine.  Will probably cost me in the $7,000+ just for the hardware - not even considering display.
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Okay always remember this: 64-bit Processors are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY better than a 32-bit processor becuase they have faster data transfer rate so I always recommend AMD processors with 64 in the title, I don't really care for Intel Processors. Even though this is a bit of topic, heres a question.... Which is better an Intel Pentium 4 with 1. ghz or an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, well the answer is the 1800+, even though the processor speed will be lower than the Intel Pentium but because of higher data transfer speed in AMD CPU's you notice higher speeds in AMD processors, so I recommend always go with the AMD.
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I am currently putting my new system together.  I settled on the AMD64 X2 because I could take advantage of a dual core processor ( I use linux exlusively). I haven't looked at the pentium D so I could not comment or make a comparison.  I have built a few AMD's and a few pentium 4's .  I find the AMD 64's  more responsive and a better bang for the buck.
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Intel is faster but AMD is a LOT more reliable!...it's not all that much slower at all....we're talking nanoseconds here!\n\nI have several AMDs, different ones and had a Pentium 4 FRY. The Pentium I'm on right now seems to be ~ok~, but I still like AMD a LOT better.
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Okay...  The difference between a 3.0 and a 2.8 is negligible.  However, if the 3.0 were tapped with HT, or Hyperthreading, the difference would be enormous.  Hyperthreading virtually turns one processor into two.  It will significantly increase the PC performance when it comes to multi-tasking.  Look for it.\nFSB... or Front Side Bus...  Imagine a funnel.  The CPU speed, like 3 GHz, would be the top of the funnel.  The FSB would be the bottom.  No matter how big the top is, the bottom can only allow so much out at one time.  There are FSB's up to 2000 now.\nMemory... the speed is what you're looking at.  This means that the memory clock is set at 533 MHz/sec.  The higher the speed, obviously, the faster information can be retrieved from memory.  The DIMMs are the number of slots availible.  If you have 2 DIMMs, then you have 2 slots for memory.  A maximum of 2 GHz of memory is availible.  At 4 DIMMs, your maximum is 4 GHz.  The more memory, the faster you can get programs to load, or the less lag you'd see in high res games.\nHard Drive...  As a hard drive reads its disks, it writes information to the cache.  The larger the cache, the more information you can access before the HDD has to read more.  So, the higher the Cache, the better.  As far as RPMs, this is the speed at which the disks spin, and logically, the higher the RPM, the faster the HDD can access new information.\nYour options are all dependant on your budget.  You will get great performance with the 2.8, with 512 Megs of memory, with a 7200 RPM hdd with an 8MB cache.  But, the more you can afford to put in it, the longer it will take before you are way behind tomorrow's technologies.\nIf you have further questions, feel free to email me at this yahoo screen name.  I build and repair PCs for a living.
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First up, Intel.  The Intel Celeron or Celeron M on laptops is the slowest processor you can get.  Despite its speed of 1.4GHz+ it has less L1 and L2 cache of the Pentium D or Pentium 4.\n\nThe Pentium D or Pentium 4 for desktops are some of the fastest processors you can find, I said some, they are not THE fastest you can get.\n\nNow AMD, the AMD Sempron is the lowest end AMD processor you can buy.  It is faster than a comparable Intel Celeron chip but it is not as fast as a Pentium 4 or D, again due to its limited L1/L2 cache size.\n\nThe fastest processors you can buy are AMD Athlon 64 or Athlon 64x2 processors.  Especially for high-end multi-media and gaming applications.  The AMD Athlon 64x2's are dual core processors which can run two processes at the same time independent of each other.  It's like having two processors on one chip.  These are THE fastest you can buy.  But you will not find the x2 chips on laptops only the AMD Athlon 64, Sempron or Turion (their version of a mobile chip).\n\nSpeed is not only dictated by processor clock speed, it also depends on the amount of memory it has and whether or not it has a dedicated or shared memory graphics card.  Generally 512MB of memory is good, 1GB of memory is all the better.  A dedicated graphics card in a laptop has its own memory and does not share it with the main memory or ram.  A shared memory video card will take between 32MB and 128MB of main memory to use as video memory, clearly this does nothing to improve performance.\n\nIf you can get a laptop with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or better and a dedicated video card and 512MB or 1GB of memory.  You won't be dissapointed.\n\nSome are saying that clock speed is the most important, I assure you that is not the case.  Clock speed tells you how much raw power the processor has but does nothing to tell you how much "work" it can do in one clock cycle.  For exmaple an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ can do more "work" per clock cycle than a faster Pentium 4 at 3.0GHz even though the Athlon operates in the area of 2.2GHz, this is due to the fact it has a larger cache and a better architecture but that is going way beyond the question you asked and might end up confusing someone.\n\nFor a comparison of 77 processors see Tomshardware below.\n\nHope this helped.
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Pentium 4s are the current top-of-the-line Intel processor, the Centrino is used in notebooks and has built in wireless capability, Celerons are considered budget processors.  For example:\n\nA Celeron at 3.2 GHz will run slower than a P4 at 2.66GHz.  This is because the Pentium processor performs more work during a clock cycle.  However, Celerons are more highly overclockable and can actually be decent processors.  There are P4s, the P4s with HT, the 64-bit P4s, the p4 dual cores (extreme), and the PentiumD dual cores.\n\nCentrino is not the name of a processor or a computer, it is the name given to the combined technology within the chipset and processor of a notebook PC.
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CPU Requirements\n\nMinimum: Pentium-class — Fedora Core 4 the latest version of Linux  is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but also supports earlier CPUs (such as Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, and including AMD and VIA variants). This approach has been taken because Pentium-class optimizations actually result in reduced performance for non-Pentium-class processors, and Pentium 4 scheduling is sufficiently different (while making up the bulk of today's processors) to warrant this change. \n\nAMD64 processors (both Athlon64 and Opteron)\n\nIntel processors with Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)\n\nHard Disk Space Requirements\n\nfor 32-bit x86 systems: \nCustom Installation (Minimal): 620MB\nServer: 1.1GB\nPersonal Desktop: 2.3GB\nWorkstation: 3.0GB\nCustom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB\n\nfor 64-bit x86_64 systems: \nCustom Installation (Minimal): 900MB\nServer: 1.5GB\nPersonal Desktop: 2.7GB\nWorkstation: 3.4GB\nCustom Installation: (Everything) 7.5GB\n\nMemory Requirements\n\nfor 32-bit x86 systems: \nMinimum for text-mode: 64MB\nMinimum for graphical: 192MB\nRecommended for graphical: 256MB\n\nfor 64-bit x86_64 systems: \nMinimum for text-mode: 128MB\nMinimum for graphical: 256MB\nRecommended for graphical: 512MB\n\n\nHowever the best configuration would be \nMotherboard: P4 - Intel chipset (version: whatever available latest). Always go for an Intel Orignal Chipset to get the maximum performance. WITH TWO IDE and possibly 4 SATA ports.\n\nCPU: 3ghz or more.\n\nRAM: Atleast 1GB. If possible get 2 strips of 512MB each (Again to improve performance on P4 M-Boards)\n\nHarddisk: Atleast 120 GB or more (SATA for faster access)\n\nMonitor: Atleast 17" Samsung recommended\n\nRest all is fancy and depends on your choice. Such as Keyboard, Mouse (Optical Recommended), Cabinet (Black with atleast 2 fans)
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The type of memory to use with a Pentium 4 CPU is DDR memory. It comes in various speeds, but you should be OK with a DDR333 speed (also called a PC2700). These are available in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB modules. You should be able to find 512MB for well under $100.00/ea.\n\nYour ASUS board should have at least 2 memory slots, so (2) 512MB modules would equal a full gigabyte of memory for under $200.00.
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pentium 4 is way faster. pentium 3 can be in the 800 MHz speed range, but pentium 4 can start near 1.4 GHz and work its way up to 3 GHz
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You could probably build the exact same system for a lot cheaper, but if you can't do that I'd buy that.  Is that Pentium D a dual core processor?  If it is, I'd go for it.  I'd put this PC's worth at about 1500-2000, but that's just my opinion, I would wait for some others.
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I would say yes, although how big a difference depends.  The Celeron D has a 533MHZ FSB and 256 cache.  The P4 could have a 533MHZ or 800MHZ, and could have 512 or 1024 cache.  So the advantage depends on which P4 2.4Ghz you have, but no matter which one, you are better of with the P4.
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Your CPU is a Socket 478 with a 400MHz FSB. You'd need to find a Pentium that fits that socket and uses a 400MHz FSB. Your upgrade options are limited because it is an older socket. An upgrade for your CPU would be about $100 for a 2.0GHz P4, but the benefits probably aren't going to be anything to write home about. I personnaly don't think it's worth the trouble. Save up and buy a new motherboard and CPU.
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The Pentium D is a series of microprocessors that was introduced by Intel at the Spring 2005 Intel Developer Forum. A 9xx-series Pentium D package contains two Pentium 4 Cedar Mill dies, unlike other multi-core processors (including the Pentium D 8xx-series) that place both cores on a single die.\n\nThe Pentium D was the first announced multi-core CPU (along with its more expensive twin, the Pentium Extreme Edition) from any manufacturer intended for desktop computers. Intel underscored the significance of this introduction by predicting that by the end of 2006 over 70% of its shipping desktop CPUs would be multi-core. Analysts have speculated that the clock rate race between Intel and AMD is largely over, with no more exponential gains in clock rate likely. Instead, as long as Moore's Law holds true, it is expected that the increasing number of transistors that chip-makers can incorporate into their CPUs will be used to increase CPU throughput through other methods, such as adding cores.\n\nWith the release of the Intel Core mobile processors and Intel Core 2 desktop processors, the Pentium D is the final processor to carry the Pentium brand name that has been at the forefront of Intel's products since 1993.
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well that is a nice question but the main difference is that with the dual processor, it enables your PC to respond faster to multitask and it does so a speed of as fast as you can multi task the computer. As fast it you can be multitasking the PC, so fast will it to respond to all the tasks at a glance. and that is the difference between the dual and that of the P4.\nMoreover these are the features of D processor\n1.Revved up multitasking\n2.Built for advanced applications\n3.Multiply your multimedia experience\n\nPentium D processor-based PC allows two people to share the content from one PC - in the same room, or even from different places in the house. For example, one person can be checking email while the other uses a remote control to access digital photos stored on the same PC and view them on the TV from the comfort of their living room. \n\nHope you are ok with this. We will talk more later
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The AMD Athlon is better for gaming..and the Intel Pentium is better for multi-tasking stuff..so its up to you..go by what you plan to do the most with your computer