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just wondering which CPU is better for games and 3d modeling and which performs better

Pentium D or Pentium 4

I have about $100 dollars to spend on a CPU and the motherboard is only compatable with these two and it supports 800MHz FSB and 1066MHz

which to get

I'm pretty sure D is superior (I have a 3.0 Ghz Pentium D). Since there's two CPu's you can do more stuff at the time time. Correct me If I'm wrong (anyone?)

Pentium D is far superior. Duo core processors can do much more than one (go figure) but they're not exactly the cheapest either. A pentium 4 would work just fine but you need more than just a fast processor to use modelling programs/games Best off with a stock dell with add ons and maybe a duo-core...

i'm guessing you mean celeron D by pentium D. what socket type/chipset is the motherboard you have?

anyways, here's a page of celeron D's sorted by highest price to lowest.

i'm tired right now, and i've got work each morning shift at my school because of wgi/scgc

Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 LGA 775 Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

cpu socket type: LGA775

CPU Type: Pentium EE/Pentium D/Pentium 4

FSB: 1066/800MHz

Hyper-Threading Technology


it doesn't support celeron D. I would get a Pentium EE but it to much money

I was thinking I should get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116213

mr_penguin wrote:Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 LGA 775 Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

cpu socket type: LGA775

CPU Type: Pentium EE/Pentium D/Pentium 4

FSB: 1066/800MHz

Hyper-Threading Technology


it doesn't support celeron D. I would get a Pentium EE but it to much money

I was thinking I should get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116213

The one you linked to is at a great price, but 2.8 is becoming obselete. I say spring for a 3.2.

Core 2 Duo > All

NSN711 wrote:

mr_penguin wrote:Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 LGA 775 Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

cpu socket type: LGA775

CPU Type: Pentium EE/Pentium D/Pentium 4

FSB: 1066/800MHz

Hyper-Threading Technology


it doesn't support celeron D. I would get a Pentium EE but it to much money

I was thinking I should get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116213

The one you linked to is at a great price, but 2.8 is becoming obselete. I say spring for a 3.2.

but may spending limit with tax and shiping is $120 at the most

NSN711 wrote:

mr_penguin wrote:Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 LGA 775 Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

cpu socket type: LGA775

CPU Type: Pentium EE/Pentium D/Pentium 4

FSB: 1066/800MHz

Hyper-Threading Technology


it doesn't support celeron D. I would get a Pentium EE but it to much money

I was thinking I should get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116213

The one you linked to is at a great price, but 2.8 is becoming obselete. I say spring for a 3.2.

Pentium's as a whole became obsolete a year ago, I guarantee you that he wont notice the 400 mhz unless he benches the two side by side. Any modern modeling program and game will perform about the same with the two: not spectacular.

Save up and buy a Core 2 Duo combo, even the 6200's sodomize any Pentiums.

Yeah, if you buy at the bottom of the barrel, you'll probably end up paying more, since you'll be upgrading more frequently. Save up, and buy a mid- to high-shelf CPU and motherboard combo when you can.

shadowkhas wrote:Yeah, if you buy at the bottom of the barrel, you'll probably end up paying more, since you'll be upgrading more frequently. Save up, and buy a mid- to high-shelf CPU and motherboard combo when you can.

but that would mean this board will eather go to waste or I'll have to send it back which is a big pain in the /-\55

what was the point of me even putting a poll if no one votes on it

Usually, nobody will vote for personal stuff (eg WIP's, Pics, etc).

If you want an opinion, there is a theory that was formed in the fifties. One guy said that the amount of transistors on a CPU would be 5x more every 18 months. That trend has continued.

Your best bet is to get a really really really nice motherboard and CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813188009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115017

For the price of a nice dell. You get the one of the best avaible setups. If can find it in a package, it'd be way cheaper.

metkillerjoe wrote:If you want an opinion, there is a theory that was formed in the fifties. One guy said that the amount of transistors on a CPU would be 5x more every 18 months. That trend has continued..

You're completely wrong, you're thinking of Moore's law, which was presented in '65, and states that the number of transistors doubles every two years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moores_law

Get a different motherboard and get a AMD athlon64 x2 instead. AMD pwns intel, everytime.

NSN711 wrote:The one you linked to is at a great price, but 2.8 is becoming obselete. I say spring for a 3.2.

2.8ghz obsolete?

Alexander wrote:

metkillerjoe wrote:If you want an opinion, there is a theory that was formed in the fifties. One guy said that the amount of transistors on a CPU would be 5x more every 18 months. That trend has continued..

You're completely wrong, you're thinking of Moore's law, which was presented in '65, and states that the number of transistors doubles every two years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moores_law

Thanks for correcting. But my point still stands. Computers change very rapidly.

SuperCommando wrote:2.8ghz obsolete?

Depending on the CPU, yes. Clock speed is starting to matter less and less, especially now with dual core and dual CPU setups...due to different architectures as well, clock speed is not a good measure of speed.

For instance, my old eMac had a 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor. You're thinking slow, right? Wrong. Due to the way that the PowerPC architecture is built, it compared about equally to my dad's 2.4 GHz Pentium 4.

metkillerjoe wrote:Usually, nobody will vote for personal stuff (eg WIP's, Pics, etc).

If you want an opinion, there is a theory that was formed in the fifties. One guy said that the amount of transistors on a CPU would be 5x more every 18 months. That trend has continued.

Your best bet is to get a really really really nice motherboard and CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813188009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115017

For the price of a nice dell. You get the one of the best avaible setups. If can find it in a package, it'd be way cheaper.

do you think i'm full of money or something. and I'm not looking for a great processor just one that runs faster than an AMD Athlon XP 2.17GHz which my mom got in 2002

The D for sure. I used to have a Pentium D 950 (3.4 ghz clock speed for each core) It was amazing.