Post edited at 9:38 pm on April 15, 2008 by andyp363

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big difference, pretty much means it can run multiple programs faster/easier with less strain on the computer
say a program take 1GHz to run and another takes 1.5GHz. if u have a healthy comp at 3 GHz it should be able to run both at full speed but if u have a game that take the whole 3 GHz to run, other programs may lag when u have both running

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nnot really my dad till last week had a 2.6Ghz single core Athlon and it would not do 2 things at once he couldent even open firefox if he was running another program ie win rar or quick par

the way OS work is it dedicates 1 thread (processor) to 1 task so if you only have 1 processor its not goin to take other programs well

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Quote: from silenced at 9:37 pm on April 15, 2008

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big difference, pretty much means it can run multiple programs faster/easier with less strain on the computer  
 say a program take 1GHz to run and another takes 1.5GHz. if u have a healthy comp at 3 GHz it should be able to run both at full speed but if u have a game that take the whole 3 GHz to run, other programs may lag when u have both running

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nnot really my dad till last week had a 2.6Ghz single core Athlon and it would not do 2 things at once he couldent even open firefox if he was running another program ie win rar or quick par

the way OS work is it dedicates 1 thread (processor) to 1 task so if you only have 1 processor its not goin to take other programs well

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thats why i said a "healthy" computer and that is SHOULD not that it WOULD. i took good care of my comps and i had a 600 MHz computer runnin a 500MHz program and 2 internet brwosers as well as an IM program up. it also kinda depends on the computer and the RAM it isnt just one thing

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Man you know the deal, one shot, one kill, one slug, no love, tellin ya fo real

Pentium 4's and Pentium D's are built around NetBurst architecture, so a higher clock speed for those series is beneficial. Core 2 and Penryn are based on the Core architecture, meaning that a higher GHz rating does NOT guarantee superior performance.

The speed of a processor determines how fast it can interpret instructions it receives. A high FSB (front side bus) speed can improve the clock speed of the CPU.

EXAMPLE: Pentium D @ 3.2 GHz w/ 800 FSB is not as efficient as a Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz with 1333 FSB.

Remember that the processor also needs adequate RAM to function to its potential.