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Sir Allwood · May 21, 2007, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Hi.
Just a question..

Pentium D??

What is the deal?

Are they good or stay away?

Cheers

Sir Allwood

Yanman.be · May 21, 2007, 10:10 AM // 10:10

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pentium+d&meta=

nagisaki · May 21, 2007, 07:56 PM // 19:56

Pentium D is two Pentium 4's glued together minus hyper-threading. Technically, they make up a dual core processor, and are better then their P4 counterparts, but compared to any dual core design that is not netburst... they're not that impressive.

Dex · May 22, 2007, 12:26 AM // 00:26

There's really no reason to go with Pentium D nowadays. I'm sure there are plenty of distributors trying to unload them at this point, but the Core 2 Duo is eons beyond the Pentium D, and the Athlon64 X2 series is far superior as well. I used to use a Pentium D at work, and despite its high clockspeed it just felt sluggish (even with a new install of Windows). My Athlon X2 at home and my Core 2 Duo at work just feel a lot quicker and more responsive, not to mention benchmarking much better and delivering far superior performance in games. Personally I view the Pentium 4/D architecture as flawed overall and I'd stay away. They're not particularly fast, they use a lot of power, and they get quite hot.