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    Would upgradeing my cpu really yield greater performance?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by drfxeelgood, Oct 17, 2009.

  1. drfxeelgood

    drfxeelgood Notebook Guru

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    As above really

    I have the t8300 2.40ghz, however i want to drop a x9000 into this thing and run it at 3.0 to 3.2 ghz. Would it really give me a significant perfomance increase?
     
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    You want to replace your CPU? Do they have the same socket?
     
    m1n05_4, Oct 17, 2009
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    the intel core 2 duo extreme mobile x9000, of course
     
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    I have my doubts, it obviously has a boost in clock speed and bigger cache but it also consumes more of your power?

    If it's possible, then I think that would be your only problem and maybe a higher temp.
     
    m1n05_4, Oct 17, 2009
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    I Have a T9900 and it screams from what i hear its the comparable Penryn for the X9000 and lemme tell you never have to wait for anything to load.... well SSD helps that too lol, and my temps after an undervolt is stressed by orthos for 45 mins max temp is 63'c before was 87'c and idles around 32'c now and before it was 44-45'c but im not sure if you can from what ive read if we have A pm45 rather than a GM45 chipset you should be able to but not too sure on it
     
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    the x9000 was avalaible in the m1730. Except dell wanted to charge a fortune for it facotry fitted, so it will fit no problem
     
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    Upgrading your CPU will only give you more performance if your CPU is the bottleneck (ie. you often use programs that stress the CPU to 100% load, such as MATLAB, rendering/encoding, etc.) For games and general tasks, you wll see zero performance since if the power is not needed, any CPU will downclock to <1.6GHz and hence perform identically to your current CPU.
     
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    I too am interested in this but the QX9300 quad has the same socket as well. The main thing stopping me is the BIOS to run the chip. I am not concerned with power as I usually keep it plugged in anyway and heat is a non-issue as I keep it on my table/desk and can purchase a cooler if need be. The T9550 is nice but I find myself with 100 CPU load a bit too much running AutoCAD and other rendering programs.
     
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    Never seen anyone running a quad core on the XPS 1640, so I'm not sure if that's possible. Other than that, don't thread hijack as that doesn't add anything to the OPs post, especially since he can't run any quad cores for sure.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 18, 2009
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    It would depend on the applications
     
    winkosmosis, Oct 18, 2009
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    what do u mean thread hijack as it is in the same subject on upgrading the cpu. I have read about someone running a QX9300 in his SXPS but I cannot find more info on it and no one seems to want to answer. The x9100 is a good processor but I don't see the benefit of it when you can use a T9550 with good results.
     
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    Tf2 was maxing out my cpu to 100%, i dont think source uses the dual cores very well, as one core sits on 99% and the other at 34%, however iv closed the kaplinsky virus scanner and thats stopped it bottlenecking :) Cpu sits at 70% max :)
     
    drfxeelgood, Oct 19, 2009
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