a core2duo processor of 1.8 ghz or a pentium d processor of 2.80 ghz will be better for desktop?

Answer 1

core2duo processor
It might be 1.8 but it has way more power then a 2.8 P-D

Answer 2

E6300(~180$) is a must have processor because of its overclocking abilities. You can overclock E6300 processor from the default 1.86GHz frequency all the way to 3.50GHz (88% increased speed). All you need is a good motherboard(~170$) and a good memory capable of operating at 1000MHz(~125$) . An overclocked E6300 is better than QX6700(~1000$)!!! E4300 is also a very good processor that can be overclocked till 2.7 GHz. Pentium 4 D is ancient technology. Even an Pentium 3 is faster than a Pentium 4 at the same frequency. Until Core 2 Duo AMD processors were the best. Now Intel has regain the first place. I use a E6300 an I'm very pleased with its performance and stability.

Answer 3

Pentium D and Core 2 Duo both have 2 CPUs, the former using Pentium 4s. The Higher GHz P4D will be faster on some things but the C2D will win on others due to more efficient processors, larger caches and faster memory. Tell me which one you want and I will suggest a benchmark to prove that it is faster. My free benchmarks and results can be found at:

http://freespace.virgin.net/roy.longbottom/

The green solution is the C2D as it uses far less power.

Answer 4

core2duo 1.8ghz is by far the more powerful of the 2.. not only that but the pentium d was a failur for intel and they have discontinued production of the chips...

Answer 5

Core2Duo is the latest processor, it is faster and consumes less electricity... So you should definitely go for the core2duo :)

Hope this helps & good luck,

Answer 6

A pentium D(Taking referance to budjet).