Dual Core Performance Tweaks

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Ive been told to ignore the ghz rating in comparing single core to dual, especially when it concerns Core 2 Duos. Even at a lower rating they say it runs faster and cooler than a single core witha much higher rating.

[Xiahou]

I know it's not completely authoritative, but I like the CPU charts at Tom's Hardware- they make it easy to compare a range of processors under various tasks and get a general idea where they stand. Here's the link for the CPU charts if anyone's interested.

Does this work on core 2 duos or are they a horse of a different color?

I'm guessing it would be the same for any multi-core processor.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Here's the link for the CPU charts if anyone's interested.

Notiice that in general the Core 2 Duos out perform all the other proccesors no matter what the Ghz rating. My E6400 is only rated at like 2.18 yet out preforms those with a ratting of 3 or even 4 ghz. It seems to me this is a whole new ball game and as I said you cant just go by the ghz rating when comparing single core of even 1st generation dual cores to the Core 2 Duos. But then I dont know much about this stuff and am going by what i see.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

If they're using a whole new chip architecture for the new dual core processors then it will be exactly like trying to compare an AMD processor with a Sledgehammer/Winchester or what have you core that runs at 2.2ghz and a P4 that runs at 3.2ghz. The AMD in this case will give you better performance iirc. This particular example may not be entirely correct because it's been several months since I've seen my lovely 3500+ and I don't remember exactly if it outclassed a P4 3.2, but it outperformed a 2.8 quite handily in any case.

Anyway the point is the new chip architecture will quite possibly totally change things and the new chips probably run more efficiently than the old ones allowing them to run at a lower frequency and produce the same or better results.

I probably should have stayed out of this since I've been away from my baby for so long, but I'm sure you'll all forgive me and my point is still hopefully valid despite my outdated information.