How important is clock speed ?
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Ramanan Sivan wrote: I was curious if its worth spending another 200 bucks to go up from the 2.8 to the 3.0 Wow! 200 bucks? Even assuming the performance is proportional to the clock (which is not), you'd gain only 7% of performance. So, it would be only a worthy upgrade if you're paying 2800 bucks for the processor. :) Ramanan Sivan wrote: They both have a meg of cache. Oh, a Prescott. I have one (the 3Ghz one). Just like my old Athlons, it'll be good for keeping my feet warm in the winter. Yes, even I am blogging now!
Daniel Turini wrote: in the winter Daniel, you live in Brazil. You don't experience winter... :-D -- My name in Katakana is ヨルゲン. My name in German is Jörgen. I blog too now[^]
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Daniel Turini wrote: in the winter Daniel, you live in Brazil. You don't experience winter... :-D -- My name in Katakana is ヨルゲン. My name in German is Jörgen. I blog too now[^]
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Daniel, you live in Brazil. You don't experience winter... Hey, we have temperatures down to 8ºC in São Paulo! Combined with a couple of peaks of up to 32ºC (in a period we call "little summer" - "veranico"), the experience can be freezing :) Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Like there's something default in the hardware that stops me from installing windows (I'm starting to realize that sounds stupid as I'm typing this) "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
I've installed and reienstalled many different versions of Windows on customer computers. Overall the Dell computer Support website is excellent about having drivers and software available for any of their computers. I would be really suprised if you had any problems, just be sure to document the hardware devices you have installed on your PC before reformatting and ensure you have the correct NIC drivers before installing Windows. Then its easy to connect to their website and update all of your drivers. Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?
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I'm looking at buying myself a desktop for home use since my laptop has too much junk for me to be working on it. I'm looking at two systems...the only difference is that one is a P4 with 2.8GHz and the other is a P4 with 3.0GHz. They both have a meg of cache. I was curious if its worth spending another 200 bucks to go up from the 2.8 to the 3.0. Will I even notice that much of a difference (especially given the cache). "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
If Front Side Bus clock is the same for both, blow the $200 on a nice weekend with your :love:
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