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Confused about the Conroe processor

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jbweldon04

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I know that the new Conroe processors are amazing and the best processor to buy right now. I just don't know why they are so good. I don't really know hardware too well and I'm curious to why it's so good.
A link to a page explaining or something or a simple explanation would be enough for me.
-Thanks.
 
jbweldon04 said:
I know that the new Conroe processors are amazing and the best processor to buy right now. I just don't know why they are so good. I don't really know hardware too well and I'm curious to why it's so good.
A link to a page explaining or something or a simple explanation would be enough for me.
-Thanks.
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Start here?

Just type Core 2 Duo Launch in the Google search bar and do a lot of reading?
 
Well, the only thing I think I understand is that the processor has two cores. The front side bus is higher, which helps with sending out instructions to other parts of the system. The cache is higher, and it is 65nm which doesn't use as much power and stays much cooler which allows it to be overclocked to high speeds like 3.2 Ghz.
That is what I get out of everything, just unsure of myself.
(Two of my roommates are computer science majors and make me feel dumb a lot.)
 
jbweldon04 said:
Well, the only thing I think I understand is that the processor has two cores. The front side bus is higher, which helps with sending out instructions to other parts of the system. The cache is higher, and it is 65nm which doesn't use as much power and stays much cooler which allows it to be overclocked to high speeds like 3.2 Ghz.
That is what I get out of everything, just unsure of myself.
(Two of my roommates are computer science majors and make me feel dumb a lot.)
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Take it from a CS major. Not all cs majors know alot about hardware they just think that they do.

But you have the basics there. Ill stop myself now from talking about things i dont understand.
 
Thanks, a lot. I just was unsure about what good it was.

I am happy that the processor will be mine in about one week :D
 
compegr major. cpu's are fuckin complex, and most people who blather on about them really dont know wtf they are talking about.
 
Awesome username. JBWeld is the bomb!
jbweldon04 said:
Thanks, a lot. I just was unsure about what good it was.

I am happy that the processor will be mine in about one week :D
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There's a ton of technologies in it that make it good; the whole idea with Core 2 is to do more work in less clock cycles. Core 2 has a slower FSB, clock speed, and memory bus than AMD64, yet it consistently beats it because it is able to do more work and waste less time in a single clock cycle. Technologies such as shared L2 cache, memory prefetching, and high-accuracy branch prediction all make Core 2 do a whole lot more work in a single clock cycle than both Netburst and AMD64.
 
First, my screename is for my name. James Blake Weldon graduated in 04 = jbweldon04. No clue it was related to a welding supplier. Kind of more funny how my grandfather owns a welding shop.
As for the Core 2 Duo, I'm just going to buy this thing and not care anymore why it's so good. This is too confusing for a guy that doesn't know anything about computer hardware.
 
All you need to know is that Conroes are fast because they use some new architecture that's really good. To truly understand the specifics would require a degree in electric engineering.
 
This is the best way I can think to dumb it down (of course, dumbing it down really isn't a good term since this is basically the extent of my+99.999% of the world's knowledge)

Core 2's are more efficient than anything else, and don't produce a lot of heat, so they can be cranked up to high speeds keeping that high efficiency.
 
Let me add some insight into this. Yesterday I attended the Intel Microsoft Ready 2 Rock RoadShow. It was a blast. There were 5 people from Intel and 2 from Microsoft. One of the Intel speakers did a demonstration with 2 systems. Both systems were similar expect processor, motherboard and ram. The ram was DDR and DDR2. One system was Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 and the other was an AMD FX 64 series. He then launched Quake 4 and ran the built in demo.

The demo results:

AMD: 27seconds to complete and 104FPS
Intel: 20 seconds to complete and 124FPS

The Intel system used less power, using under 150w whereas the AMD system used over 220w.

This result proves that the Intel Core 2 Duo kills AMDs top of the line processor.
 
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