How can I find the fastest Processor for my computer?
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I did some research on your computers chipset. It appears you can use almost any Pentium 4 processor. If you find a system bus that is more than 400MHz than it may not work (I said system bus not processor speed). The fastest processor that has all this is a 2.60GHz processor (speed this time). \n\nHere is a link to the fastest processor for you:\nhttp://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu/showchart.aspx?mmID=850365&familyID=1\n\nHope this helps.\n\nP.S. Always do research on your motherboard and chipset before putting in a new processor. Putting in an incompatible processor can kill both the processor and the motherboard.
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Well, there are three perspectives to your question, which are as follows :\n\n(1)A super computer\n(2)A desktop computer\n(3)Anything in a general sense that can compute.\n\nFor the third perspective, The fastest computer in the world is much faster than the desktop in front of you, and it is sitting right on top of your shoulders! The human brain is an amazing computing device and the fastest processor available right now. \n\nIn supercomputers, the BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution stationed at DOE/NNSA/LLNL at Livermore in California is ruling the world. It has, hold on your breath, 131072 processors,each processor with an individual performance of 2.8 GigaFlops (PowerPC 440 700 MHz). It has a main memory of 32768 GB and is 3 times more powerful in processing than its immediate competitor (Also by IBM). Surprisingly, its still in expansion phase. Blue Gene is an IBM Research project dedicated to exploring the frontiers in supercomputing: in computer architecture, in the software required to program and control massively parallel systems, and in the use of computation to advance our understanding of important biological processes such as protein folding.\n\nAs for the fastest desktop configuration, it keeps changing every now and then. An interesting fact to note, Intel had come up with 4GHz chip, but could not commercialize it because of the excessive heating which could damage the chip. Hope to see such a chip soon. As on 6th January 2006, Xi MTower 64 AGE-SLI is considered to be the fastest desktop Computer. Equipped with a 2.4-GHz Athlon 64 X2 4800+ CPU, 2GB of DDR400 SDRAM, a single EVGA E-GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card, and two 300GB hard drives striped in a RAID 0 array, The $3897 gaming and graphics system justifies its high price with lots of speed and excellent expandability. You can read a review on it the given sources.
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Go here and learn yourself!!\n\nA great article:\n\nhttp://www.onecomputerguy.com/performance_tips.htm
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You gotta go with the AMD Athlon, you can over clock these puppies to run really fast if you know what your doing. You can find free over clocking guides on any search engine.
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Try Tune-Up Uitilites 2006. It make the computer awesome fast. It is cheap and very Effective. \nAnd Speciall it makes the start up Very fast with its Start up manger.\nDiscription: \n\nTuneUp Utilities 2006 optimizes the performance of your computer, solves problems and helps you to customize your system to suit your needs\nMore info at : http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/\n\ndownload here, (just put any random email id with it asks)\nhttp://www.tune-up.com/download/tu2006/
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belarc advisor is good and will provide the info, an easier way is cpu-z. i dont recall the site, but google cpu-z always brings it up first in the results list
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NO Xp Pro is probably the best os you can get currently but why are you changing to a Athlon? a intel pentium processor is better than a athlon but its your choice just a suggestion.\n\nHope i helped
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id say 512 ram+ 1.7ghz(at least) that should make u work really fast
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This is exactly what I have in one of my computers, it's great, it's fast, I really don't want nothing better, you just said it..\nINTEL PENTIUM D PROCESSOR 805 WITH DUAL CORE TECHNOLOGY (2 x 2.66GHZ, 533FSB)\nThis is the one, and with this question I just move to level 6 thanks..
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Start -> Control Panel -> System\n\nA dialogue box will come up with details of your system hopefully including Processor type and clock speed.
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Your best bet to get the most of your processor is to install it. Then boot it up. If it's a respectable motherboard, it will detect the difference and offer you a chance to set it up. Choose the specs that match your new CPU, and it'll give it the best chance of running the longest.
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Actually, an average PC will do quite well, say 1.5-2Ghz. However, for rich multimedia, concentrate your study on the best VIDEO card. That is where all the processing burden is going to go. Look into Gforce or ATI cards. They vary greatly.
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AMD and Intel processors over 1.5ghz can (definatly dual core processors from amd or intel could) have a nice day
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Less now than ever before.  The key to maximum performance now is matching the CPU, Memory, Bus, Hard drive and Video speeds.  Increasing any one of these may have little effect if the other four are "slow" in comparison.
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The processor on its own does not make the Laptop the best.  It is the combination of processor, RAM, Disc space for additional RAM and what you intend to do with it!\n\nThe speed of the processor is only good for internal calculations.  The speed is slowed down for display purposes.  See FSB speed.\nHeavy graphics use will also require a good graphics card.
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First you need to do some research into your motherboard, to find out what processors it supports.\n\nWith that, you can then choose the fastest one supported.  If you have an older motherboard, you would probably be better off changing the motherboard and the processor.\n\nYou can easily get brand new 64 bit Sempron 3000 motherboard and CPU sets for under $200.  And you can get similar prices on new Celeron CPUs and boards.  When you take into account the advances in RAM speed, SATA, PCIe, and other options it normally makes more sense to replace both CPU and board if the system is over 2 years old.
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Out of those - go for the pentium 4 - but the new intel's - core 2 duo's are really kicking a$$ at the moment. - I'd seriously consider looking at a low end one of those even if it's a little over budget.\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005