core duo v. core 2. duo

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at the same speed what's the difference between the two?
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Intel says "about 40% improvement in the C2D vs. the CD"
 
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That's the therotical maximum improvement. Notice apple said "upto" 39% faster. In real life it's more like 10-15% at best. Some applications will be noticably faster while other's you won't notice at all.
 
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how big an impact will the 4mb front side bus vs. 2mb have?
 
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climbguy said:
how big an impact will the 4mb front side bus vs. 2mb have?
Click to expand...

thats where 99% of the increase is being made aside from being able to run 64bit apps(laptop processors) and better virtualization.
 

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