Why is the Athlon 64 X2 closing in on being twice as much as the Pentium D? Is the X2 that much better? I get these prices here in Canada from Tigerdirect.ca where a X2 4200 is $778 Can. and a Pentium D 830/3.0 Ghz is $446. From the prices I would go with the Pentium D, as that is alot of memory or a motherboard for $300+. What are the impressions of those that have the X2 or Pentium D?
Thanks,
the X2 is quicker,check out benchmarking thread!
dont think the pentium D has HT,the 840 extreme edition has got HT.
this is turning in to a VRAY X2 forum 
im ordering mine tomorrow 
cheers jow.
Ahhh . . . No hyperthreading that explains it! I don’t even understand why Intel would bother if they can’t get Hyperthreading to go with the dual core. Seems kind of pointless to me!
Thanks Jow!
Plus the Pentium D isnt as good as the X2 for one major factor, the 2 cores of the pentium are not really connected in anyway, its like they are just glued together, the only way core-A and core-B can talk to each other is via the FSB, hence the slowness. Whereas the x2 the cores are integrated and are able to talk to each other without leave the actual CPU
Thanks DaForce that even clears up my question even more!
No problems
So basically the X2 is the superioir product albeit a little more expensive.
i remember reading somewhere that the x2 is concidered the desktop chip of the amd64 bit chips and the opteron dual core is the thoroughbred horse