What is the diffrence between a Pentium IV 3.0 ghz and Pentium IV 3.0Ghz Dual core ? which fast in peformance?

Answer 1

Some of the advice here is correct, but most of it is way off.

Dual-core CPUs are not going to be "twice as fast" in any situation as a single-core. Most applications you run on your PC do not need the full strength that a 2Ghz or 3Ghz CPU provides. In fact, it often doesn't come anywhere close. There are some exceptions like Adobe apps such as Premiere or After Effects, which are multi-threaded.

The real benefit in a dual-core system is with multi-tasking, having a lot of apps open at once. A great example is playing one of the newest games and authoring/burning a DVD at the same time. Both can be CPU intensive and almost impossible to do simultaneously on a single-core system. Not so in a dual-core situation, where you could do both with ease. And say goodbye to the old days of only keeping 5-10 apps open -- you can easily do 15 or more now on a dual-core before you notice any real hiccups or delays.

Answer 2

The dual core is a pentium d the pentium 4 with hyper threading appears to windows as 2 processors but it isnt, there are 2 series of pentium d 800 and 900, the 800 have 1 mb cache per core the 900 have 2 mb cache per core. The 900 series are much better

Answer 3

As the name suggest...the Dual Core is like having two processors running at 3.0Ghz on one physical package. The performance difference will be experienced when multitasking such as surfing the web, burning a dvd, downloading files, using a word processor, all at the same time. Prices will soon be dropping since Intel will be coming out with a new version of the Dual Core (Core 2 Duo) and AMD will be reducing their prices as a result of this new challenge. Many articles that have reviewed Intel's Core 2 Duo say it is the best performing processor out there.

Answer 4

the real question is which is faster? single core or dual core.

dual core simply means there are two processors. its like washing a car. its faster if there are two of you instead of just you working alone.

try opening 10 different programs in both a single core and dual core processor. in the single core pc, all 10 of these is being handled by the single processor you have.

meanwhile, try doing the same thing in a dual core processor. youll notice a significantly faster interface. this is because there are now two processors to share the workload.

Answer 5

Dual Core(aka 2 processors)

Answer 6

A Dual Core PC would be faster, as it basically allows properly built programs to do twice as much work at the same time.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=23

Answer 7

The Dual Core will usually be faster b/c it contains 2 cores instead of one. They are just a bit more expensice, but usually worth.

Answer 8

Dual Core System is always faster

Answer 9

Dual core tech is faster and better and more$
I would get an AMD dual core chip though. Better chip, runs cooler.

Answer 10

but Core2 is faster yet still and is the newest out fo the intel block, based on the 775 lga socket, not all motherboards will support the new CORE2 chips.