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Hello all,
This is the first of two questions I have... My parents have an old P4 HT computer that has 3GB of RAM, and it says it's processor has two cores at 3,6GHz each.
It can use 64 bits operating system, but now it has windows XP 32 bits installed.
My wife's brother ditched an old computer which has 2GB of RAM and and AMD x64 athlon x2 processor at 2.00GHz each.
How would you benchmark both computers to see which one is faster in order to decide which one to keep at my parent's house?
Normally they use the computer to access Internet, send mails, write some documents and from this Christmas they will use it to stream media to their TV's using Serviio (which some times will have to transcode)...
As always thank you in advance! 
modified 8-Jan-15 3:13am.
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See the intro at the top of the lounge: "Technical discussions are welcome, but if you need specific help please ask your question here.".
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My tip would be the P4. But most important could be the graphic card, or the motherboard. Check whether they support some modern Windows. Microsoft has done a good job on Windows 8.1 in getting it leaner and faster as Windows 7.
And also think about a new tablet or laptop. They have also a new display. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Thank you for your suggestions!
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That's a difficult one: RAM can make a big difference when transcoding (since it tends to use huge amount of it) but the CPU is more critical, and the P4 HT is a very old device, the x64 is probably a faster device in terms of code throughput.
What are the disks like? NICs?
And if they are accessing the internet, I'd strongly suggest that XP is not a good move. Remember support and fixes from MS stopped last year, so I wouldn't recommend XP for anything involving credit card numbers...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yep... I'll have to check all this... Now I can't tell.
And of course probably after all the best will be getting a cheap but new computer somewhere... they'll have a legal Windows (as now) and better performance.
Thank you OG!
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You're welcome!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You look it up. Which P4 and which Athlon? cpubenchmark.net will tell you which one is generally better. You can also tell a bit by the number after "Athlon 64 X2" part of the name, which is intended to be the "P4 equivalent speed" - if it says 3800+ then it's basically just as good as a 3.8GHz P4 (or at least, according to AMD). Some 2GHz Athlons are rated higher than 3.8 that way, but most are not.
It can go either way, Netburst was an awful micro architecture, it needs really high clock speeds to get any performance. It's also especially sh*t at running any code that is not specifically optimized for it (and nothing is, anymore), because it is so different in its characteristics from everything else.
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 Ok, I'll check that page and see what I can get.
Thank you very much Harold!
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Take both up a tall tower, drop, see which hits the ground first.
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OK, tested, P4 was heavier and therefore faster... now it looks like they are not starting... any free tool out there that would help me diagnose the issue? 
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BTW, ACA == ObamaCare
I'm retired living on a low *official* income (when I do work, it's abroad and my income is totally swallowed up by the available Per Diem), so I have signed up to get insurance having the bare minimum income (i.e. the poverty income level for a single person in the 48 states & DC) + $1 (i.e., $11670 + $1 = $11671) that they system seems to use to get a tax credit (which is supposed to go to anyone who has at least the poverty level income.) (The reason is doesn't go deeper is a political dilemma.) Now the question is why not the poverty level income without the extra $. This I believe is a programmer error for the business logic in which the greater-than operator was used instead of the appropriate greater-than-or-equal-to operator.
Anyone can sign up anonymously to see how much coverage would be, including what the tax credit would be for stating an income at a certain level. The tax credit is not given for exactly $11670 but for $11671 - which is an erroneous application aspect of the program.
Perhaps there is someone here who worked on that project? 
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 I feel for the families etc of those slain and for free speach
'nuff said, probably belongs in the soapbox
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I wonder if he died of laughter?[^]
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Je suis Charlie. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
/ravi
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Je suis Charlie
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Some German and Belgian papers have lead today with images of many of the Charlie Hebdo covers - I applaud them for that while noting the lack of coverage of them in many of the UK papers.
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yeah I heard some of the British and US tabloids chose discretion and didn't (re)publish them - so, the terrorists win I guess !
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They have been winning since the book burners took to the streets about Salman Rushdie
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That is even worse than all the poor sods using VB6.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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What century would you like it to be?
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Hmmm. Good question. I had a lot of luck with the 20th. Wouldn't want earlier due to too many diseases, and the thought of dying from a scratch. 22nd? Dunno. Big unknown.
OK, let's go with 20th. Is this via tunnel[^], machine[^], or hot tub[^]?
TTFN - Kent
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Can't go wrong with a hot tub, but I'm wondering why you didn't consider something with more horse power (and gull-wing doors).
modified 7-Jan-15 21:13pm.
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