Which one is better in this situation ?

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Shady

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I know this is pretty old but here's the deal.
I have the following processor, But since it's bus is 533 my DDR400 run at 333 due to mobo limitations.
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And I have the chance to get this processor
It supports hyper threading and its bus is 800 hence my RAM run at 400.
But you notice it has lower Cache, doesn't support SSE3 and other stuff that I don't know about.... that's why I'm asking you :)
Any helpful answer is appreciated.
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That's a hard choice there. While the first is a slightly slower processor (as well as 533) it is a 90nm compared to the second's 130nm (ie, more power consumption and heat).
 
The second one is much better, even if it doesn't support SSE3

Nothwood at 2.8GHz can beat Perscott 2.8GHz in most tests.

So, the Northwood at 3GHz must be much better than Perscott at 2.8GHz
 
maroon1 said:
The second one is much better, even if it doesn't support SSE3

Nothwood at 2.8GHz can beat Perscott 2.8GHz in most tests.

So, the Northwood at 3GHz must be much better than Perscott at 2.8GHz
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Is the extra heat worth it, though? Shady, you may be better off just waiting until you can upgrade your whole computer.
 
Jet said:
Is the extra heat worth it, though? Shady, you may be better off just waiting until you can upgrade your whole computer.
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Exactly, i stand by Jet on this one, what's the extra heat and power consumption actually giving you?.....well maybe a little faster and better at the odd little things but it wouldn't be a massive performace increase overall, so why bother?
 
I don't care about power consumption, And this got me confused, I've always known that prescotts tends to be hotter than Northwoods.
Anywho, I'm not actually paying for this processor... so my question really is if I'm gonna notice an increase or a decrease in performance. :)
 
Jet said:
That's a hard choice there. While the first is a slightly slower processor (as well as 533) it is a 90nm compared to the second's 130nm (ie, more power consumption and heat).
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You're kidding, right?

The Pentium 4 2.8GHz Prescott dissapates 89W of thermal power, compared to the Pentium 4 3.0GHz Northwood's 81.9W, despite it being of a larger process.
 
I'm sorry if I guessed wrong. I was just taking the fact that they were 130mn/1.504V compared to 90nm/1.328V.

So what I posted was worth registering to correct me? :P :)
 
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