Which is better, Pentium 4 or i7 920?(+ overclocking)
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Which is better, a Pentium 4 @ 2.8 or my i7 920 @ 2.66?
I have an old Pentium 4 in my old computer, and I'm wondering if it would be better to use that, or is it just a piece of crap and I'd be better overclocking my i7. If Overclocking is better, How far could I overclock it and where would I find a good guide? (current computer with i7 has stock alienware water cooling, if it helps.)
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what kind of a troll thread is this
then how far could I overclock my i7?
What the hell.
I hope you're not serious.
Not really. I got bored. Kinda half serious though, because I'm ready to through this computer out the window. I feel taking out its heart would remove my anger towards it.
[QUOTE=Gen Annoyance;23165268]then how far could I overclock my i7?[/QUOTE]
4GHz, dunno how reliable alienware liquid cooling is... if this is serious thread.
i7 is WAY beyond pentium performance, just use the pentium as a fileserver or something
I was planning on running a counterstrike server off it. After I increase its 2GB of RAM. The overclock part is serious, where is a good overclocking guide, and any tips for a beginner?
[QUOTE=Gen Annoyance;23165424]I was planning on running a counterstrike server off it. After I increase its 2GB of RAM. The overclock part is serious, where is a good overclocking guide, and any tips for a beginner?[/QUOTE]
Why overclock it? It is a good processor as it is.
Yeah, I was trolling. No results this time, unfortunately.
So could I easily get it up to say, 3.2 or so?
OP is without a doubt the worst troll I have ever seen in my life
He might be talking about performance on the source engine. To be honest, my old P4 (stock 3.2, running at 3.6) ran counter strike better than my current Phenom II X4 (2.66 GHz overclacked to 3.2 GHz) before overclocking it
Exactly.
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So its only a half failtroll.
gigahertz do not work that way
They dont work what way? Bigger is generally better? In that case, You can take my gameboy with its .008 GHz processor and have a fiesta.
True, the added L2/L3 cache of the i7 might help it perform better, but I have seen source games run pretty damn fast on a P4
[QUOTE=kdabr;23167476]They dont work what way? Bigger is generally better? In that case, You can take my gameboy with its .008 GHz processor and have a fiesta.
True, the added L2/L3 cache of the i7 might help it perform better, but I have seen source games run pretty damn fast on a P4[/QUOTE]
Architecture, [b]# of cores[/b], L1, L2, L3 cache, FSB speed, etc...
my point here is that the cs:s uses only 1 core...unless you have a plethora of background shit, one hyperthreaded core shouldnt be an issue for source games
[QUOTE=kdabr;23170084]my point here is that the cs:s uses only 1 core...unless you have a plethora of background shit, one hyperthreaded core shouldnt be an issue for source games[/QUOTE]
number of cores isn't the only thing that matters. go ahead and find an i7 system and a pentium IV system. disable the other three cores in the i7 and disable hyperthreading (on both if applicable)
clock them to the same speed, and hit CS:S, tell me which does better
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23170183]number of cores isn't the only thing that matters. go ahead and find an i7 system and a pentium IV system. disable the other three cores in the i7 and disable hyperthreading (on both if applicable)
clock them to the same speed, and hit CS:S, tell me which does better[/QUOTE]
I7 would still come out on top, and wouldn't be 120C at the end of it.
clocking them to the same speed and disabling the other 3 cores is hardly the point. The point is for each chip to be clocked as high as possible WITHOUT disabling any cores. From there, the P4 will probably clock faster. The question is, will this lead to better performance with source games?
[QUOTE=kdabr;23170910]clocking them to the same speed and disabling the other 3 cores is hardly the point. The point is for each chip to be clocked as high as possible WITHOUT disabling any cores. From there, the P4 will probably clock faster. The question is, will this lead to better performance with source games?[/QUOTE]
no
sure you can hit 8 GHz on a p4 but if the architecture is old shit it doesn't matter
Dude p4s are so tight I'm upgrading to one soon.
I read the OP and thought it couldn't get any worse until I read "alienware"
[quote]sure you can hit 8 ghz on a p4 but if the architecture is old shit it doesn't matter
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this is the question!
ITT: OP's name is correct.
[QUOTE=Gbps;23171041]I read the OP and thought it couldn't get any worse until I read "alienware"[/QUOTE]
I'm incapable of reading the word alienware unless I go over the post three or four times.
I just don't see the word at first glance.
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