[wyho007]

If they offer at the same price, which one is a better buy?


Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820 vs Pentium® 4 Processor Supporting Hyper-Threading Technology


http://indigo.intel....1&culture=en-US

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You can run both with the right processor(EE editions).

http://www.tomshardw...re_stress_test/

Heres anandtech take on dual cores.

http://www.anandtech...cle.aspx?i=2388

As far as i am concerned HT technology will not equal 2 processors on a single core. The second processor in HT never runs at the speed of the first proc.

SRX660

[SRX660]

You can run both with the right processor(EE editions).

http://www.tomshardw...re_stress_test/

Heres anandtech take on dual cores.

http://www.anandtech...cle.aspx?i=2388

As far as i am concerned HT technology will not equal 2 processors on a single core. The second processor in HT never runs at the speed of the first proc.

SRX660

[WinCrazy]

The dual core processor has a better technology in that it uses 90 nanometer (smaller, lower power) transistors. In the CPU world smaller is better because it not only operates faster but uses less power to do so. Also a smaller die is cheaper to produce because they can cut more dies out of the same size silicon wafer.

[warriorscot]

Although the 2.8 pentium dual was so crap ot often performed lower than single core pentiums of the same price.