Hi
Bluddy Pentium D 840 3.2GHz Dual Core are so popular there hardley any left in NZ. so i was thinking which AMD Processor is equivalent to the pentiumD.
The Athlon 64 X2 (the dual-core line) starts with the 3800+ and should offer equivalent if not better performance. You’ve also got the 4000+, 4200+ and the 4400+. I’m not sure what the availability for that stuff is over there.
man our country sux technology wise.
The X2s are generally a bit more expensive than the Pentium Ds, although they do have a more elegantly achieved dual core.
Now, regarding your PM, if you’re doing video editing, then you’re gonna want to get ahold of a Pentium. While we generally do recommend over AMD due to the better price/performance ratio in most cases, video editing is where Intel shines over AMD’s chips. The X2’s are a bit newer and I’m sure as they saturate the market, we’ll see the price drop…at least if AMD is going to compete with Intel on that level.
does the pentium d 840 come in skt 478 format?
Since intel dual cores are 64 bit, i was told that it will require 64bit drivers to keep the system stable. and if i use 32bit then the system will be a bit slower.
Should i be worrying about this?.
That’s something I’ve not heard of, but since the Intel 64-bit Pentiums are also 32-bit compatible, I’m not sure you’d need to download a driver for it. There are drivers with Windows that come with the OS, but this isn’t to say that there isn’t an Intel-made P64 driver.
The dual-core pentiums only come in LGA775. Socket 478 is dead and only the newer i945 and i955 chipsets can support the dual-cores.
ok…my final quote, the machine is ordered.
PENTIUM D 3.2GHZ 2X1MB 840 DUAL CORE
MSI 945P PLATINUM INTEL 945P SKT775 DDR2 DUAL CORE
2 x GEIL 512MB PC4300 DDR2
SEAGATE 200GB 8MB SATA HDD
Pioneer DVR-110 16x DL
TASK PSU 520W 34A MELTALLIC-BLACK (775 READY)
POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON X800GT 256MB PCI-E DUAL DVIR]
are you thinking about doing lots of gaming?
i would not go for intel, i have learn’t that a 3500+ amd 64 is better for gaming than any current intel processor.
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are you thinking about doing lots of gaming?
i would not go for intel, i have learn’t that a 3500+ amd 64 is better for gaming than any current intel processor.
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no not hardcore gaming. this mostly for autocad, video editing and some entertainment.
Most of the time, yes, I advocate AMD, but in your case, a Pentium is a better choice. The only thing that I’m not sure about is the power supply. I’ve not heard of Task brand power supplies, so I’m a little suspicious. You’d probably have Antec and Enermax brands available and probably Hiper and Tagan.
Oh, I did stumble across the dual-core patch issue. From what I’m understanding it affected parts of the power management in Windows. It doesn’t sound like that many people are running into trouble, but I guess it was a reproduceable, but fixable, error.
If you have problems, download the patch off Windows update. Otherwise, you should be able to leave it alone.