I just looked up on intels site because I wasn't sure, and it said that (to the best of my understanding) all Pentium 4s are on the 775 architecture/slot/whatever. But I'm pretty sure mine is 90nm and the Core 2 Duos are 45nm. Isn't the XXnm part just the thickness of the silicon wafer? Should I be able to upgrade my processor now and then get the rest of a new computer later?
Your mobo must support core 2's since core 2's have different voltage regs. Core 2's are actually 65nm for now.LockerFish wrote:
I just looked up on intels site because I wasn't sure, and it said that (to the best of my understanding) all Pentium 4s are on the 775 architecture/slot/whatever. But I'm pretty sure mine is 90nm and the Core 2 Duos are 45nm. Isn't the XXnm part just the thickness of the silicon wafer? Should I be able to upgrade my processor now and then get the rest of a new computer later?
Oh, alright 65. How would I find out the voltage just for future reference? I'm assuming my current motherboard doesn't support C2Ds because it's about 3 or 4 years old...
It will certainly not support C2D then. And it won't support DDR2 either, I guess.LockerFish wrote:
Oh, alright 65. How would I find out the voltage just for future reference? I'm assuming my current motherboard doesn't support C2Ds because it's about 3 or 4 years old...
I'm pretty sure all P4s require(d) DDR2. Certainly, in the last few years..
There are hell-a-lot of LGA775 mobos supporting only DDR memory. And not solely for Celerons, but even for C2D!leetkyle wrote:
I'm pretty sure all P4s require(d) DDR2. Certainly, in the last few years..
The XXnm is the size of the transistors. Contrary to popular belief...C2D's 65nm is no better than AMD's 90nm.