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    Aspire 6920G CPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by loudgas, Oct 18, 2010.

  1. loudgas

    loudgas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you TehSuigi and sgogeta4 for your responses in the old thread.

    I have a bunch of salvaged parts from various Thinkpads, so I have two upgrade options atm, the P8600 which I have learned cannot be used, and a T7100.

    It looks like the T7100 is actually slower then the T5550 that came with my 6920G, is there any foreseeable benefit with going to a T7100?

    Thanks
     
    loudgas, Oct 18, 2010
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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Uhm...not really. The increase in FSB speed don't really make much of a difference when you're dropping 33 MHz in overall speed.
    Aim for a T8300, T9300, or T9500. All are 2.4 GHz+ and on the newer Penryn core. Smaller manufacturing process = lower heat output + longer battery life.
     
    TehSuigi, Oct 18, 2010
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    loudgas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, just working with what I got at the moment.

    I was wondering, since the T7100 supports VT, would this be available in the bios if installed? On thinkpads VT is switchable. I noticed yours is a T8300, it likely has this capability too.

    Even with a drop in speed it would be nice to run some VM's with hyper-v or something else that takes advantage of this.
     
    loudgas, Oct 19, 2010
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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh yeah, it would definitely become enabled. I went from T5550 to T8300 and got VT enabled without any work on my part. Used it for VMware Player and XP Mode.
     
    TehSuigi, Oct 19, 2010
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