Dual Core and Core 2 Duo

[Fahad_1]

Hello,

Can some1 tell me whats the main difference between the two lates processors from Intel?

Is it all about the power savings or also processing speed?

Core 2 Duo came after only a few months of Dual Core.

[TaiLZ]

Dual core is simply a generic term referring to any processor package with two physical CPUs in one. The Pentium D, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo and Athlon X2 are all current CPUs that have dual cores in one package.

The Pentium D is simply two Pentium 4 Prescott cpus inefficiently paired together and ran as dual core.

The Core Duo is Intel's first generation dual core processor based upon the Pentium M (a Pentium III-4 hybrid) made mostly for laptops (though a few motherboard manufacturers have released desktop boards supporting the Core Duo CPU), and is much more efficiently than Pentium D.

The Core 2 Duo is Intel's second generation (hence, Core 2) processor made for desktops and laptops designed from the ground up to be fast while not consuming nearly as much power as previous CPUs.


Note - Intel has dropped the Pentium name in favor of the Core architecture as Intel is restructuring and refocusing it's efforts to become number one again (and are doing a fine job, might I add).

The AMD Athlon X2 CPUs have two revisions, the first one is essentially very similiar to the Pentium Ds in that they are simply two Athlon 64 chips fused together, making power requirements quite steep (around 89 watts). The second revision is made more efficiently, like the Core Duos, with much less power consumption (around 65 watts).


There are, of course, other differences, but that is the gist of dual cores as it relates to Intel and AMD.

[Matt8]

I came to answer the question, but gosh darn I can't explain it any better than Tailzehhhh.

[utcrazy]

I have the Pentium D at the moment, love it. The Core 2 duo's are great too.

[Marky]

Hmmmmm I wonder what AMD has up their sleeves?

[Keagle]

I have the Pentium D at the moment, love it. The Core 2 duo's are great too.


Hmmmmm I wonder what AMD has up their sleeves?

An AMD D? I have an Operton in this P.C. :(

[Bruce]

Hmmmmm I wonder what AMD has up their sleeves?
4x4
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4gamer.net%2Fnews%2Fhistory%2F2 006.11%2F20061109040009detail.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

[Tree]

This mobo is a beast.

http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2006.11/20061109040009_15big.jpg

[TaiLZ]

Indeed, imagine the capabilities.

[Kratt]

What would you recommend for an upgrade

[Tree]

Depends on what you have now.

[Decker]

What would you recommend for an upgrade

Bigger fridge and a pizza oven - or MB CPU RAM as much as you can afford.

[Kratt]

Going for a Core2 e6300. Bit confused about range of mobos, any of these stand out?

asus P5B
foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H i965 1394
Gigabyte 965P-S3

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard_detail.aspx?ID=en-us0000170
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Manual_Model.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2321&ProductName=GA-965P-S3

Finding lotsa 'conroe' mobos max 800 FSB. But Core2 is 1066!?
Going to put in a PCIe 6200TC for $40. 1 or 2G kit. shop is sparse on specs.

List comes from here
http://msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf
I stripped out MB over $200 and also AGP or FSB800 MB and left with those 3.