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Originally Posted by SC7
Well, there are a lot of other factors. For one, it has that faster FSB we talked about, second, it has a lot more level one cache, third, it performs more operations per clock cycle, and has a better pipeline system. It's not better at everything, it beats that 3.4 in more than the 3.4 beats it, but there are areas where the worse of the two will pull out a victory. Remember, clock speed is not so important, that's why the new conroes are going lower clocks, they're focusing more on Operations per clock cycle, better pipelines, and the like. MHz was just a marketing tactic Intel used because they're specifically designed Netburst architecture could reach high speeds with low efficiency (heat, and OPC), just so they'd have good looking numbers, I'm glad Otelini and crew moved away from that philosohy.
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You can't truly compare a 2.2Ghz X2 to a 3.4Ghz P4, since they each perform better in certain tasks then others.
Also, the X2 doesn't have an FSB, they use HTT.
You're right about the clock speeds not meaning everything, since it's very easy to see in Intels Core architecture.
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Originally Posted by dark_legacy2006
ok, i think i kinda understand...... this might be kind of a hard questikon but how is ghz determined then, also will that 2.2 be able to do it all? mulit task, game, and load quickly?
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I can't say for sure how Ghz is determinded, but the rated speed they give you is just the frequency at which it transmits data (I believe). There are many other factors to consider now, and clock speed has become virtually unusuable for comparing different types of processors.