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Quad is half as fast as C2D - why?

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kuni   10-26-2009 at 11:20:49 PM

I'm completely baffled.

I need to run an Excel spreadsheet that's quite large...and I need to run it all the time. I've been running it in Excel 2007/XP on my MacBook Pro 2.4 C2D/6gb RAM via Boot Camp.

I bought a Gateway SX2802-01 (C2Quad/4gb ram) to do this one thing. It's running Win7.

When I run this Excel file on my MacBook Pro, it takes 30 seconds.

When I run it on the desktop Gateway Quad, it takes a 60 seconds or longer.

What is going on here? Excel tells me that it's using all 4 processors....but why does it take so long? Is it the OS? RAM?

Do I need to move to a custom AMD or i7 system?

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aford10   10-27-2009 at 02:47:16 AM

What are each of the system specs?

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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