lol @ the n00b

[meinzorn]

I'm kinda browsing the intel processors right now. I've honestly never owned one so I know NOTHING about them, and I also know nothing about dual core processing, so please bare with me.

Why does a single core 3.0 ghz chip cost so much less than a dual core chip that is rated at like 1.6 so much more. yes, I understand it has two cores.. but is it that much more efficient?

even documentation on this stuff would be nice so I can read about it. thanks!

 

[RS3RS]

Keep in mind that now more than ever, clock speed doesn't mean much at all. By those standards, my 2.66B overclocked to 3.0 ghZ would be one killer CPU - where, in reality, 1.86 ghZ chips are completely killing min.

 

[Moe.RON]

Some processor architecture is just naturally faster then others and can perform more calculations per clock cycle then older architectures. So in the previous posters case his older P4 has a higher clock speed, but because it is based on a different core architecure performs slower then the new Core 2 Duo (Conroe) architecture.