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    Hiya go another offer for my 6920g for Toshiba 650

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by chris9191, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. chris9191

    chris9191 Notebook Guru

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    ok ive posted here before about an offer i got to swap my 6920g for a 7540 which i did not take thanks to you people here

    so ive got another offer (ile post my specs again)

    Mine:
    Acer 6920g
    CPU: T9300 @ 2GHZ 6mb cache
    GPU: Nvidia 9500m gs 512MB
    RAM: 4GB
    Hard Drive: 320GB
    Blueray drive, Bluetooth, 5.1 Dolby home theater
    (and the other things like wifi ect..)

    Offer: (ile post what i know)
    Toshiba 650
    CPU: i5 Quad core
    GPU: ATI ???
    Ram: 3GB
    Hard Drive: 320GB
    Not sure what drive, not sure about bluetooth, or anything else.

    so. what you think? who would be getting the better deal

    should i do it or not?
     
  2. lee_what2004

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    You mean Toshiba L650?
    i5 isn't Quad core, its a 2 core with 4 thread.
    Which ATi? It could come with HD5145 or HD5650.
    If its HD5650, it would be better deal.
     
  3. chris9191

    chris9191 Notebook Guru

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    i probaly sound abit stupid now but what do you mean 4 thread? would that shouw 4 cores in task manager? if so that why i would of been told quad core

    and yes its a L650

    and ime not 100% on the graphics. i only know its ATI. i can have another look but it wont be untill tomorrow
     
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    each core act like as if its a 2 core,
    and yes it will show as 4 cores in task manager,
    where the Quad core will show as 8 cores in task manager (4x2=8)
     
  5. chris9191

    chris9191 Notebook Guru

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    ah ok got it.

    that why i was told quad core.

    so what you think i should do? get some more info of him tomorrow and post it?

    will it be faster than mine? and better for multi tasking

    i like to run multiple programs like

    photoshop cs5 (64bit)
    firefox (around 4-8 tabs)
    vlc
    jdownloader
    and msn messenger
     
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    Get more info first.
     
  7. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Core i5 and i7 series have a feature called "hyper-threading." This means that each physical core will show up in Windows as two virtual ones. Pretty awesome for multi-tasking.
    The Core i5 also has a function called Turbo Boost that overclocks one core by a few hundred MHz automatically if the other core is idle.
    Get more info, then check back here.

    And the T9300 is at 2.5 GHz - gotta remember that.
     
  8. chris9191

    chris9191 Notebook Guru

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    ok i found out that it was only 2 cores with hyper threading.

    but the graphics is only intel chipset...

    so what you think?

    i know this mite not be nice but the other guy dont know much about laptops. so if i could i take out the nvidia 9500m gs. and the screen still works on the orginal chipset? and also i can put in my old CPU 5800 or something like that

    and what are the chances of the toshiba laptop having a graphics slot?
     
  9. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    None- Toshiba won't have an MXM slot and 6920 won't work without its MXM card. Overall it's not an upgrade.
    You'd be better off upgrading you MXM card- that’s if you're into gaming.
    If not leave it as it is IMO.