[Pc_Support] The $130 Intel Pentium D 805 (dual-core) at 4.1GHz!!! -- Fwd: overclocking

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 09:15 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> First off, I mentioned the Athlon x2 3800+ because I was largely
> comparing sub-4GHz performance.  At 3.3-3.6GHz, it's nothing special.
> Secondly, the Athlon x2 4200+/4400+ are less than $100 more than the
> 3800+, and _do_ compete quite well in _many_ "real world" benchmarks.
> I'm personally going to go 4200+ or 4400+ in my purchase in 1-2 months.

Actually, let me re-phrase that, I'm only seeing a 10-15% _maximum_
performance difference between the 3800+ and "common baby light (my
case) on fire" 4.1GHz, and the 4200+/4400+ often _bests_ it in "real
world" benchmarks.

Again, this looked "cool" at first -- GHz is what makes people giddy.
But then I started pricing the recommended mainboards by AnandTech for
over-volt and decided I'd rather spend the extra $50-100 for a _real_
3800+, or the extra $100-200 for a _real_ 4200/4400+.

Especially since the 4400+ still outclasses it in virtually every "real"
benchmark.  The rating is appropriate.


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