Is there any x64 chip that's inadequate for web browsing and word processing? I'm rocking a Pentium 4 HT on my backup computer and it works great. Has desktop chip technology stagnated?
X64
wtf is x64?
No, we are just moving to less performance increasements and more power optimizations. My tablet with a 3W CPU is faster than your P4 housefire edition.
And why sell more powerful CPUs if people only want facebook/office machines anyway?
>housefire edition.
It never goes above 33 C.
Which model is it?
cute
I would say that the Pentium 4's and the single-core Athlon 64's are no longer functional, at least with Windows. Yes, CPU technology has plateau'd since 2013. Hence why I'm still running a Q9550 as my main machine: at the end of the day it'll perform nearly identical to modern shit, because benchmarks and clock speed aren't everything.
Probably because you have a BTX-based system, which was designed around the P4's insane heat requirements.
Add the Pentium D to list of non-usable x64 CPU's (unless you're looking for a space heater instead of a computer.) A 1.8GHz C2D will run circles around a 3GHz Pentium D.
I already said in the OP. Here is more info.
Intel® Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz × 2
I just picked up this piece of shit so I could have a dedicated Linux machine. I am sick of the latency in VMs on my main PC. It needs a bit more RAM to be as fast with more than 5 tabs open in Chrome.
>× 2
Does this mean it has two cores?
It's what Windows users call x86_64 or amd64.
No, it's hyper-threaded, which means it appears as two cores to the OS, but is physically only one core. No dual-core 775 CPU carried the Pentium 4 label - the Pentium D was the dual-core version of the P4.
No, it's hyperthreaded
It only has hyperthreading
What GPU and CPU cooler are you using? Why don't you just upgrade to a core2 quad or at least a core 2 duo?
>Why don't you just upgrade to a core2 quad or at least a core 2 duo?
It's likely that OP's computer has a Intel 915 or 945 chipset. Neither of them support the Core architecture CPU's; only the Pentium 4/Pentium D (and the 915 only supports the former.)
I spent less than 35 USD on this piece of shit. I don't feel like spending money on it. I'm just using it to do C for some courses. I might add some RAM if I can get it up to 4 gigs for less than 15 USD.
>less than 35 USD
Please don't tell me you actually gave money for a Pentium 4. They're worthless pieces of shit and you're far better off with anything else.
You could have gotten a core 2 machine for that
It came in a nice metal Dell case, faggot. Stay mad. I had to replace my old 32-bit PC from when I was a kid.
No dumbass. You don't know how much things cost where I live.
Where do you live? Africa?
BC, Canada fuckface. Electronics aren't as cheap as the US. I went to the cheapest 2nd hand computer store and got the cheapest 64-bit computer they had.
lol u got ripped off
lol
It was less expensive than anything I saw on Craigslist at the time.
> I'm rocking a Pentium 4 HT on my backup computer and it works great
Lies.
I'm on an AMD Athlon64 X2 and it's a pain in the ass. My mom's computer has a Northwood Pentium 4 and it's practically unusable to browse the internet.
>It's how I call amd64
FTFY
I can usefully browse the web on a Pentium III so.
What rating 64x2 (e.g. 4400+)? And 939 or AM2? If 939, slow DDR RAM might be a bottleneck. But a family friend of mine has a 5600+ and it does everything she needs.
>mom's computer has a Northwood Pentium 4
You should give her a newer computer. Throw one together from scrap parts if you have to.
have you really never heard the term x64 before?
5600+, AM2.
I don't get how your friend can live with the modern web browsing experience. Watching YouTube videos is a pain, because it's so unresponsive. Scrolling is choppy as fuck. You can notice the lag when typing, letters appear a second later.