1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or 2.8 GHz Pentium D

I'm buying a new computer from tiger direct. The computer that i wa
looking at can come with an Intel Pentium D at 2.8 GHz, or an Inte
Core 2 Duo at 1.8 GHz. And they both cost the same. Which is faster
and which will give me more value?

Thanks

Eric L

 

Take the Core 2 Duo. It's more modern and multi-threading works better.
Speed should be just about the same.

 

Ok thanks

 

I overclocked my E6320 C2D (stock speed - 1.86 Ghz) up to 2.8 Ghz, and it
goes even beyond 3 Ghz.

Further C2D advantages are larger cache and two cores.

So there's no dilemma between C2D and Pentium D.

 

Actually, the Pentium D *has* two cores. And depending on the model of
Pentium D and the model or Core 2 Duo in question, it can have either the
same size cache (Pentium D 8xx and lower end Core 2 Duo, both 2mb cache;
Pentium D 9xx and higher end Core 2 Duo, both 4mb cache) or a smaller/larger
one.

The Core 2 Duo usually has a faster FSB, though.

 

And the C2 will overclock in most cases, certainly without thermal
problems. PentiumD runs hot at any speed.

 

The C2 overclocks way better, and runs much cooler, yes. The PentiumD 9xx
processors did run a good bit cooler than the 8xx ones; I ran one for about
18 months with a slight (940 3.2ghz @ ~3.46ghz) with stock cooling and even
pegged at 100% on both cores for video encoding temperatures stayed pretty
reasonable.

OTOH, the same is true for my present Q6600 at a much higher overclock
(stable with stock cooling at 2.88ghz)