T8300 vs. T9300

Am i looking at a significant decrease in performance (multi-tasking, streaming, etc.) if I go with the T8300 and not the t9300?

For some reason, Dell Canada doesn't have the t9300 option anymore...it goes from t8300 straight to t9500 and that is like a 420 dollar difference.

Basically, how "future-proof" is the T8300? Will it keep me relatively quick for at least 2-3 years?

Thanks!

 

The T9300 will be no more future-proof than the T8300, as they are basically based on the same core architecture, but the T9300 has 6MB cache, and a 100MHz faster clock speed.

The T8300 will be fine, and when you need more power, you will just get a new laptop.

 

For normal day to day tasks, there will be no noticeable difference between the T8300 and T9300. Infact, they will spend most of the day clocked to a lower frequency, provided they are not used at 100%.

The only difference between them will come in encoding/video rendering, where the T9300 will be faster. Any other processor dependant applications will also be faster with the T9300.

 

it'll keep you for at least 3 years.... $400 for a processor upgrade is way too much

 

hmm...so you guys are basically saying that with day to day stuff like web browsing, excel, word, listening to music, etc. theres not going to be a noticable difference between the two processors

But when I go to do stuff like streaming videos, and watching videos off my HDD (?) I'm going to notice a significant difference if I go with the T8300?

If thats the case, what would you guys reccomend? I go with a T8300 XPS1530, or a an Asus M50sv with a T9300?

 

agreed! I couldn't believe how much the T9500 was going to cost me!

 

For all of those applications you have mentioned, there will be no difference between the two. Encoding and video rendering are just an example of what will show the difference between thw two. If your going to be performing such tasks using the notebook, then simply go for the T8300. It has the best price to performance ratio of the newer processors anyway, and spending more on an upgrade, will not be cost effective.

 

There'll be almost no difference between those two processors when watching any videos. The most difference you'll notice is when you're doing really processor-intensive tasks, like video encoding and video rendering.

 

Really? Thats great...and because i'm a noob I'm going to ask this....encoding/video rendering: is that basically how smooth games will run?

 

I wish the T9300 wasn't so much more expensive because I totally would have gotten it. But yeah, definitely way too much for that upgrade. It's a shame too because I could have used the more powerful processor because I do do a bit of video editing. I am 100% satisfied with the T8300 though. It's a fast'un.

 

Nope, they are different things . Games will run smoother if they are run on a more powerful and able graphics card. A better graphics card will result in better gameplay. The processor needs to a minimal speed in order not to bottleneck the graphics processor. Both the T8300 and T9300 are very able processors, and neither will bottleneck modern day graphics card.

 

No, games are far more dependent on graphics cards. Processors have more to do with editing videos and rendering models for engineering and such.

EDIT: Darn you Zero, you keep beating me to the punch =P.

 

In three or four years it won't matter whether you have a T8300 or a T9300, because they will both suck by then.

Your usually better off spending that upgrade money to get a faster HDD, videocard, more ram, etc.

 

great! thanks for the replies, guys! From what you've said, I will be doing next to zero encoding and video rendering, and I guess the T8300 will be more then good enough for me

 

I think the only reason a lot of us have the T9300 is because of the discounts.

 

The T8300 is good enough. There is not enough of a performance increase to justify that price increase.

 

dido........

 

I don't think you'll notice any issues with video decoding. The T8300 is enough to decode high bitrate 1080p content on its own, and offloading even a little of that to the graphics cards means that even the most intense video playback should be perfectly manageable on the T8300, much less low-power content like video streaming.

From what I have seen, video encoding is about the only even semi-common day-to-day task people do that the T9300 would show a noticeable performance boost and even then it's only a few %. To be honest, the leap from the T8100 to T8300 is the big leap to make; from that point onward, it's sharply diminishing returns.

 

especially if a new T9300 sells for $368.94 @ w/ free shipping

https://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=20276040H&msID=950025667

 

so even for 3ds max , rhino and autocad the t8300 will perform well??

 

What if the upgrade is $175-200?

 

T8300 Ftw!