Re: Is it Worth the Upgrade

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From: kony
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:58

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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:53:03 GMT, "Talal Itani"
<titani@verizon.net> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I currently have a PC with a P4 Northwood 2400 MHz, overclocked to 2700 Mhz. 
>I use my PC to do a lot of number crunching, like audio coding and decoding. 
>I am trying to figure out if a newer faster PC is really worth the upgrade. 
>I have my eyes set on the Core 2 Duo, yet I do not know what performance 
>advantage I can get over my current system.  Can you refer me to benchmarks, 
>that compare the older Intel P4 CPUs, with these new Core 2 Duo?  Thanks.

Since you will end up excessively crossposting this Q  until
you buy a new PC, the answer is yes it's worthwhile and yes
I can refer you to benchmarks... but I'm not going to
because you can do your own web searches.

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