Indeed, Intel

[ManBearPig]

ok i'm planning on upgrading from this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116198

to this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116240


would i really even get that much of a performance boost?

(it will probably just get outdated in 6 months)

 

[fuz_master]

Yeah you should get a bigger performance boost.

 

[MrCoffee]

very large performance boost, but yes it will be "outdated" in 2 months.

 

[Elbatrop1]

The result of your upgrade is going to vary on what you do. For gaming (here) you get about a 10% increase in your FPS.

However, if you go to do some media editing(just look through the charts) you get more significant increases due to having a dual core. Plus, dual core is always helpful when you do any multitasking.

 

[Ridlyn]

JUst wait a couple months when the intel core 2 duo comes out. You'll be happy you did.

 

[Pepsiboy700]

or you can get one of those new $130 intel dual cores and oc the **** out of it! lol

 

[ManBearPig]

yeahh uhh the dual core doesnt really look like a really huge increase in anything.. i wonder how much conroe will be. because it seems that intel doesnt really have any good processors.


i should have bought amd.. *******it

 

[Pepsiboy700]

yeahh uhh the dual core doesnt really look like a really huge increase in anything

Well you gotta overclock it, DUH! Lol. When it seems that it isnt hard to hit high 3ghz, low 4ghz speeds with a dual core I think it would make a decent difference. But then again you could just buy a amd opteron 165 and oc that to almost 3ghz and well, thats the end of that issue.

 

[ManBearPig]

too bad my comp is a dell.. the mobo probably has no way to be oc'd

 

[Green Radience]

I wonder how much conroe will be.

The four dual-core Conroes are clocked at 1.86, 2.13, 2.40 and 2.67GHz. The CPUs will be priced at $209, $244, $316 and $530, respectively, at launch.

A $209 Dual Core 1.86GHz Conroe processor that is a X2 4800+ killer (it doesn't match the performance, it kills it).