yeah, even with websites that have heavy flash content, it lags. sometimes on facebook it lags too

how about pentium 4 2.8ghz vs pentium D 2.8ghz??

alot different??

btw northwood better or prescott??

pentium D = two cores.

2 is better than 1 = boys like girls featuring taylor swift

haha..

okay..

so northwood or prescott better?

which 1 cooler?

northwood 512kb cache. prescott 1MB cache.
northwood cooler than prescott.
generally prescott can overclock better than northwood.

to answer the question which is better; actually both same in day to day usage basis, clock to clock comparison.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Jan 7 2010, 09:53 PM

hmm..

duno how to oc..haihh..

seem lk time to learn(oc)

Added you in the list.

The newer flash version is very CPU demanding,P4 is having a difficult time to handle and you will experience lag in FB.

What is Taylor SwiFT? Haha...

what edmin meant is there's a song on radio, by a group called boys like girls, featuring another artist, taylor swift.

the title 2 is better than 1, also fits the pentium D > pentium 4 thing

yeah 2 cores definitely better than 1 la

Off course,definitely 2 cores is better than 1 core. I see the Pentium G9650 is not bad on i3.

To Raymond and Asus P4P800-X users....

do you have any problem using sata drives...
mine WD 320G Sata drives alwas lock/hang....
BTW....im using IDE drives right now...

Yes,have problem with SATA usage. The crappy mobo will hang when in use. The solution we can go is to get a SATA to ATA converter.

ohh...mobo problem... i thought PSU problem..!! since u using powerful PSU
thats why..im asking you....

thanks raymond..

that mobo has SATA chipset issue, most likely due to the early adoption of SATA that time. i concur to raymond's suggestion, get a SATA->IDE converter.

edmin,i don't think that is the issue of adopting earlier version of SATA. I guess their engineers did not rework on that because it is a low end mobo.

ray, it's a confirmed hardware bug due to the way the SATA controller is implemented on this particular mobo Some VIA motherboards also affected.

Stock clock comparison, the northwood will win
Overclocking contest and overclocked results prescott will win, 1MB L2 cache will make the difference

But cons for prescott is the heat

@edmin,i have no idea with the problem. Aren't the high end S478 mobo from Asus are using the SATA implementation too?

yes, but the controller + chipset differs for the lower end series to cut cost. Higher end mobos have RAID, remember?

This post has been edited by edministrator: Jan 10 2010, 01:35 PM

@edmin,ya i remember. That's why after this purchase of low-end Asus,i will try to avoid their low-end mobo in the future.