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    upgrade W3J Processor?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Rosemarycane, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. Rosemarycane

    Rosemarycane Notebook Consultant

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    Just wondering whether I would see an increase in performance going from a T5500 1.66 ghz processor to a T7200 2.0 ghz processor. There are a couple of these on ebay right now, and I was thinking about picking one up.

    What are you thoughts?

    Thanks.
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 5, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Depends on what you do with the computer. List the most CPU-intensive tasks that you perform. Do you do video encoding often, for instance?
     
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I agree.

    1. Will you see a performance increase? Yes, probably, depending on your usage patterns.
    2. Will it make a difference in your daily tasks? Perhaps.
    3. Is it worth the money and effort and dissasembly and installation? Depends on your needs and personal point of view.
     
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    On a similar line, what is the highest model cpu the W3J will take?
     
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    Please see my sig... :)
     
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    It's a Core 2 Duo T7600.
     
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    It is not difficult to upgrade the CPU on the W3J.

    However, unless your current CPU is seriously limiting you, you will really find no real performance gains with a faster CPU.
     
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  8. Rosemarycane

    Rosemarycane Notebook Consultant

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    Would I notice any difference gaming? I use my W3J to play counter strike source, battlefield 2, and battlefield 2142. I would buy one if I would see results in gaming.
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 6, 2008
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  9. E.B.E.

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    Probably the gaming performance improvements will be minor or non-existent. For most games, the bottleneck is the GPU and not the CPU.

    That being said, people with experience with those particular games will probably know whether CPU is, or not, a bottleneck for them.

    (you can also check that yourself by playing a typical session and checking the CPU usage; if it doesn't stay at 100%, OR if the CPU is not clocked to the max, then the CPU is not the bottleneck)
     
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  10. Rosemarycane

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    thanks for the advice EBE
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 6, 2008
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