Which is faster? A duo processor with a 2.16 ghz 1 gig of ram or a pentium 4 processer with a 2.66 ghz 512mb o

Question

f ram. Cheers in advance:)

and could you explain why, thanks

Answer 1

Core 2 Duo runs at slower clock speeds than Pentium-era chips, but is still more productive because it handles more calculations per clock cycle....Excellent for CAD drawings, Database hosting, Video encoding, etc. Much better than a single Pentium.
With that said, your question ask which is "faster" ...faster would refer to processing instructions quickly....which at first glance would appear the 2.66 pentium...but with a duo...the duo has it due to it's seperation of processors (can process simultaniously) (duo=2 processors in one chip) ...as for RAM...if your using the internet and MS Office apps...512 is enough! But if working with graphics, videos, databases or CAD you will certainly need to increase the RAM in the 512 PC. and set the paging file from 524-1024 this will use your physical RAM first and the other 512 on the hard drive as needed.
I would go with the DUO and boost the RAM if needed....remember it's far cheaper to upgrade RAM.

Answer 2

The Duo is. The Duo is a dual-core processor, meaning it has two logical processors in one physical processor. With the Pentium 4 its only one processor. With a dual core you can do more in less time or complete a task in less time (e.g. video encoding/transcoding) that it would take with a single core processor.

Answer 3

I would go for the pentium 4 if you have a single user personal computer, but of you have a system where two or more people are on at one time, go for the duo.

You can always add ram to the paentium 4.

Answer 4

Yeap the duo, your answer is in your question anyways. Cheers 2 u 2, what r u having?

Answer 5

Your P4 is a miles less powerful layout than the middle 2 Duo, in spite of the indisputable fact that it incredibly is not any longer common to tell whos is "quicker." The P4 operates at a extra advantageous clock speed, yet performs much less calculations according to clock cycle. you're at a great disadvantage in that his processor is twin middle, and in spite of the reality that uncooked processing capacity isn't common to tell in the event that they have been the two single middle, the reality that his is twin middle places his processor some distance earlier than yours. yet in my opinion, computers are extra helpful in that they have got the aptitude to be very powerful. they are additionally upgradeable and entirely customizable. yet they completely lack portability.

Answer 6

the first one is faster cause its a duo.

Because in the firt option there are 2 processor of 2.16 Ghz and in the second option theres only one processor of 2.66Ghz


and finaly the first option has 1GB of ram and the second only 512Mb

Answer 7

The Random Access Memory doesn't have much to do with the speed of the computer exept when you are opening large apps like Photoshop or anything like that. I would go with the 1gig if i had to buy one or the other.

Answer 8

core duo 2.16GHz processor is way much faster, because it is dual core, and each core can transfer more data per clock than Pentium4

Answer 9

Superman!

Answer 10

The duo.