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[ltcdata]

is an asus P4P-800VM and a pentium 4 2.6 800mhz a good combo?
i can get it at good prices
Is true that the 865 chipset performs slower with prescott processors than with a northwood one?

 

[ameoba]

it's true that the prescott CPUs are slower than the northwoods

 

[ltcdata]

i will use it mostly to render videos via adobe premiere.
So, my question is:
which processor is better with that motherboard, an P4 2.6 533mhz fsb (nortwood) or a P4 2.6 800mhz fsb (prescott) for video rendering, obviously using ddr-sdram in dual channel mode?

 

[xCycle]

I would say the prescott is the better one for rendering . Because he has a 1MB L2-Cache. If It be wrongly plz write it

 

[ltcdata]

yes, but i saw in a lot of places that the p2,6C is better than the prescott, because of the 800mhz bus.

 

[khturner]

*edit*

 

[MemoryInAGarden]

BTW, there is no 2.6 ghz Prescott.

 

[Atrye]

lol

good point

 

[ltcdata]

so, is the 2.6C 512kb cache 800mhz FSB a good choice over the 2.4 1MB 533?

 

[ZePHyRaNTHeS]

yes, but i saw in a lot of places that the p2,6C is better than the prescott, because of the 800mhz bus.

Some Prescotts come with 800mhz bus.

 

[xCycle]

Yes, the 2.8 GHz P4 Prescott with Hyper Threading comes with 800FSB and 1MB L2-Cache.
I think this is a good choice: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-185&depa=1

 

[BigTaf]

if you can get them cool

prescotts are sweet cpus