A Budget CPU At Top Speeds, Continued

12:26 - Wednesday 10 May 2006 by Bert Töpelt
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: dual, 41, ghz, cores, uk

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  1. 1 – A Budget CPU At Top Speeds
  2. 2 – A Budget CPU At Top Speeds, Continued
  3. 3 – Inside the Pentium D 805
  4. 4 – The Secret Of The Multiplier
  5. 5 – 133 MHz FSB: Perfect For Overclocking
  6. 6 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible?
  7. 7 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible? Continued
  8. 8 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible? Continued
  9. 9 – Three Theories Where The Customer Comes Out Ahead
  10. 10 – Which Memory Clock Speed Is Most Suitable?
  11. 11 – The Right Chipset
  12. 12 – Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz
  13. 13 – Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz, Continued
  14. 14 – Power Consumption Levels Top 200 W
  15. 15 – Power Consumption Levels Top 200 W, Continued
  16. 16 – Energy Saving Functions Lack C1E
  17. 17 – Risk-free Overclocking, Including Heat Protection
  18. 18 – Ready For The 64 Bit Future
  19. 19 – Tom's Hardware Guides Overclocking Diary
  20. 20 – 3.33 GHz Remains Stable At Standard Voltage Levels
  21. 21 – 3.33 GHz Remains Stable At Standard Voltage Levels, Continued
  22. 22 – Trouble Free Operation At 3.60 GHz
  23. 23 – At 3.8 GHz Some Minor Voltage Increases Become Necessary
  24. 24 – Water Cooling Is Recommended For 4.0 GHz
  25. 25 – Water Cooling Is Recommended For 4.0 GHz, Continued
  26. 26 – Overclocking To 4.10 GHz Boosts Basic Clock Speed By 54 Percent
  27. 27 – Overclocking To 4.10 GHz Boosts Basic Clock Speed By 54 Percent, Continued
  28. 28 – Will The System Boot At 4.3 GHz?
  29. 29 – Benchmark Results Show Performance Increases Of Up To 54 Percent
  30. 30 – 3D, Continued
  31. 31 – 3D, Continued
  32. 32 – Video Editing / Video Encoding
  33. 33 – Video, Continued
  34. 34 – Video, Continued
  35. 35 – Audio Encoding
  36. 36 – Office Applications
  37. 37 – Office Applications, Continued
  38. 38 – Parallel Applications - Multitasking
  39. 39 – Synthetic Benchmarks
  40. 40 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  41. 41 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  42. 42 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  43. 43 – Summary Overview: Who's The Winner?
  44. 44 – Conclusion: The 4.1 GHz Dual Core Delivers Peak Performance For Pocket C...
  45. 45 – Conclusion, Continued

A Budget CPU At Top Speeds, Continued

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As one of our more enthusiastic readers wrote to us a few years ago, when we were chasing new overclocking records on what seemed like a daily basis: "I'll knock your numbers down to the ground." In this case, he was referring to the video encoding performance numbers that a heavily overclocked system could post when compared to a stock PC. We've also seen another similar phenomena in days of yore, which ambitious (but older) users probably remember. For example, the Intel Celeron 300A, for which a 300 MHz clock rate was specified, worked flawlessly at 450 MHz. Foreshadowing our current champ, this low-cost offering also knocked a much more expensive Pentium II 400 into the back seat.

Can be had on the cheap: Intel Pentium D 805 at a price of £79.95.

The Pentium D 805 gives Intel an unassuming budget CPU for its processor portfolio, but simply overclocking the device to 4.1 GHz puts it ahead of top-of-the-line high-dollar processors. For overclocking aficionados this means one thing: the AMD Opteron 144, which led the overclocking pack until just recently, has been dethroned by the Pentium D 805. This latter processor is not only easier on the pocketbook, it's also a noticeably better performer, thanks to its dual core architecture - the Opteron offers only a single core.

The just-opened packaging for the Intel Pentium D 805, which we purchased.

How the Pentium D CPU appears inside the Windows Device Manager

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