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Proving the impressive potential of the Intel Core Duo processor, a newly published SuperPI benchmark run shows a T2600 chip overclocked to 3.4GHz is more than capable of keeping pace with a Pentium 4 670 clocked at a staggering 7.2GHz.

http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthr ... adid=23453

Calculating PI is very different than what most gamers do. If you are interested in scientific computing (I am, some others are, some others arn't) provided you can afford the compiler.

Unfortunately, for most other applications (typically memeory and IO heavy) this may be great, or it may not - the results don't appear to speak to that question.

-Selket