P4 2.6C vs. Core 2 Duo Q6600

[kenratboy]

Thanks all!

If this deal falls thru, what price was the chip supposed to drop to?

 

[exit2dos]

$266
http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4976

Keep in mind, these are tray (wholesale) prices, so they will be a little more once the retailer adds their profit margin on - but still should be below $300.

 

[apache_lives]

Super Pi (1m):

P4 @ 7.3ghz = 20 seconds
C2D E6600 (stock) = 20 seconds
C2D (4mb) @ 3200/1600 = 15 seconds

big difference, and thats only using one of the two cores available for the above benchmarks 😉

 

[darious00777]

Super Pi (1m):

P4 @ 7.3ghz = 20 seconds
C2D E6600 (stock) = 20 seconds
C2D (4mb) @ 3200/1600 = 15 seconds

big difference, and thats only using one of the two cores available for the above benchmarks 😉

So refiguring my equation from before, it would take twelve of the Pentium 4 chips, instead of seven. Thought seven seemed kind of low. :lol:

 

[kenratboy]

12!!!???

Jesus Christ!

For the record, I like having lots of stuff open (4, 6, 8 things at a time), I do 3D CAD work, and like to play games (HL2 Episode 2 FTW!) - so I don't think it would be wasted. Toss in an 8800GTS (I'm cheap) and I might be happy.

 

[butcher]

Although THG doesn't have the Northwoods on the chart, you can get an idea from the comparison to a 2.8 Prescott.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=695&model2=463&chart=171

i had a P4C 2.4@ 3.2 those where the good old days

one thing you have to remember about Northwood is that they ran slow than Presscot at the same clock (and hotter too) so the 2.6C would be a fair bit slower than the 2.8 Presscot so it would be an even bigger difference

 

[epsilon84]

Although THG doesn't have the Northwoods on the chart, you can get an idea from the comparison to a 2.8 Prescott.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=695&model2=463&chart=171

i had a P4C 2.4@ 3.2 those where the good old days

one thing you have to remember about Northwood is that they ran slow than Presscot at the same clock (and hotter too) so the 2.6C would be a fair bit slower than the 2.8 Presscot so it would be an even bigger difference

LOL I think you got things in reverse dude. Prescott was HOT, Northwood not so much...

 

[butcher]

yeah sorry about that ,meant to say it was cooler but brain no work

 

[badge]

LOL I think you got things in reverse dude. Prescott was HOT, Northwood not so much...

I repaired a friend's 2.6 Northwood recently. I built her 14 year old son a system (gave him most of it including my ABIT 865 chipset socket 478 backup MB). I stuck his 2.4 Celeron in there (the guy who built his first system told him it was for gaming with the Gforce 440 He installed) and gave him 2 x 512 RAM and made him buy a 9600XT to play WOW on. He's a smart kid, his mom and dad own a TV repair shop. His dad has put some of my computers for sale via flyer w/pics on the wall in his shop. Seems like everyone is concerned how big the hard drive is around there above everything else 😀 ! Anyway, his mom calls me and says my son has crashed my office computer. I have her bring it over late that night. She says she has to have the info on that computer EVERYTHING is on there 8O She explained they update under warranty TVs with program downloads from the internet via the TV mfgs. They are an authorized dealer repair shop.

Anyway it was a Gateway 2.6 P4 Northwood with 2 x 256 MB RAM. Man that thing was so slow. After I got it running, I added a couple of 256 modules I had laying around and made it a gig, 4 x 512. Disk Boot Error was the problem. I asked if she had her Windows CD and she pulled it out. Her son had burned it with a cigarette or something. There was a hole in it 8O I'm thinkin' WTF! So I got a windows XP cd and tried to do a repair. No go. I'm assuming gateway wanted the Master CD, not an OEM windows CD I had So with my computer, I go through the entire Google data base (haha you believed me :lol: ) and I find how to extract a couple of Boot files from my windows CD and repair (or reinstall) her Boot files.

This 2.6 P4 took like 15 minutes to get to the desktop after I fixed it. She could have had breakfast waiting for this thing to get to the desktop in the mornings. I asked her how she could stand it 😀 Anyway I cleaned out her start menu and left the gig of RAM in there. Then I blew the dust out. Jebus! The CPU fan looked like the lint trap in my dryer. The fan was turning like 50 rpm. Those 2.4 Northwoods are tough :lol: I installed an exhaust fan and told her to clean out the dust better when she got home. It would have taken a few rolls of paper towels and several bottles of Windex all purpose to get the grease out that system. Her office must be next to a horse riding trail :lol: I told her son to get his mom's 2.6 P4 when she got a new computer and I'd install it for him. He'll probably put a hole it like He did her windows CD. She has since said her 2.6 runs much better since I fixed it. I mentioned Gateway sold her a $2500 computer and didn't even put a $3 exhaust fan in it 😀 I offerd to install a storage HD so she could protect and store her imnportant data. I told her to at least buy a usb drive and back up important stuff on there. I think she's afraid her son will put a hole in it, so she won't buy anything for backup.

 

[Track]

Super Pi (1m):

P4 @ 7.3ghz = 20 seconds
C2D E6600 (stock) = 20 seconds
C2D (4mb) @ 3200/1600 = 15 seconds

big difference, and thats only using one of the two cores available for the above benchmarks 😉

Super Pi only uses a single core.

 

[eric54]

Pentium 4 2.6GHz

Core 2 Q6600

nice

So which is better? 😛

 

[apache_lives]

Super Pi (1m):

P4 @ 7.3ghz = 20 seconds
C2D E6600 (stock) = 20 seconds
C2D (4mb) @ 3200/1600 = 15 seconds

big difference, and thats only using one of the two cores available for the above benchmarks 😉

Super Pi only uses a single core.

read my bottom remark 😉

 

[ComputerCustomizer]

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