<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Ian Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrrooster@gmail.com">mrrooster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2008/12/4 Carl Fongheiser <<a href="mailto:carlfongheiser@gmail.com">carlfongheiser@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Ian Clark <<a href="mailto:mrrooster@gmail.com">mrrooster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> This is for the older Pentium Ds that were based on the Pentium 4<br>
>> (netburst) core, the current Pentium Ds are based on a core2 core with<br>
>> reduced cache, and perform much better.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks intel, for making this clear as mud. :)<br>
><br>
> The current processors are simply called "Pentium dual-core". They<br>
> are not, and never have been called Pentium D. They have model<br>
> numbers like E2xxx. The old Pentium D's had 3-digit model numbers.<br>
><br>
</div>You are of course correct... I take that back, my bad. :)<br>
<br>
However, they can often be advertised as the Pentium D, the ones I've<br>
just checked up on are in a section of the website labelled:<br>
<br>
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D Dual-Core - Socket 775<br>
<br>
So it's still quite confusing. (or it's confused me at least)<br>
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</div></div></blockquote><div><br>Wow, now I have no idea. How can I tell what my CPU is without taking my box apart? I suppose I can look up my invoices from Newegg... <br></div></div><br>