Still using the pentium 4 up to this time so far its doing good but planning to upgrade to dou core. Many said its just almost the same better to upgrade to quad core but I just don't have budget this time...any tips or help that you can suggest? thanks

The only thing you can do is either buy what you were going to get now or keep saving.

Will a modern processor even be able to use the same socket as a P4 (even if it can it probably won't operate as well as it could), or are you getting a new motherboard as well?

If you go with an AMD you get more performance per dollar (quad core goes for about $150-$200). With intel you can get more performance overall, but at a higher cost. You can probably get 6-core AMD for about the same price as a 4-core intel.

If you really can't decide between a dual core and a quad core, you can always go with a 3 core processor. I think you'll find that unless you have a lot of processes working at the same time most of the time you'll only be using 1 core.

The Pentium 4 CPU range covered two socket technolgies (478 & 775), those two are not compatible so newer Intel CPUs such as the i5 & i7 are certainly not.

As far as parallel threading goes I think it's a great invention - if software actually makes use of both cores. You'll find that many tools don't but a Duo Core is a good investment none the less. Also be sure to care for enough memory and a fast hard drive with the latter very often being the actual bottleneck.

Have you though about selling your current solution and getting new one instead. I believe that would better and softer.

Arrange more bucks then go for upgrade. Performance wise there is a difference between p4 and dual core. But for an upgrade, dual core is not enough.

Duo core is way better than P4 owing to the smooth multi tasking features offered by it.

its all in the graphics card that processor should play aany game but u ned a graphics card to actually play them.

Go for the AMD $99 quad core, we got one a few months back it's a great proc for the price!

http://www.google.com/search?q=%2499...ient=firefox-a

Duo core is just a bit faster than P4 and yes they are right its just the socket that are different but if you can afford a i7 its way more better and newer.

Duo core is way over Pentium 4, first!
Second, what will you do with a quad core? There are numerous applications that still do not use even dual core, what to say about a quad?

Are you a serious gamer?

For me, Dual Core setup is just being practical...

Duo core is way better than P4

P4's are dead. Take a look at an i7 or the equivalent in AMD's land

i would suggest a quad core, i5 or i7 if you got an extra $$$

Depends what you are going to be using it for, If the P4 is going to handle everything why spend more on a dual core, I still use a HT P4 on my workstation and I have no desire to change it, because there is just no point.

i think to upgrade is a good think

If possible you could upgrade i3 or i5 it's better than duo core. If not you can use core 2 duo better than P4 with socket 775

Originally Posted by tjong

Still using the pentium 4 up to this time so far its doing good but planning to upgrade to dou core. Many said its just almost the same better to upgrade to quad core but I just don't have budget this time...any tips or help that you can suggest? thanks

Why not take alook at some cpu benchmarks http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

Bang for buck at the moment i believe its AMD..

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