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    How is the Santa Rosa 1.5GHz T5250 processor?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cosrocket, Jun 28, 2007.

  1. cosrocket

    cosrocket Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a Sony SZ160 with the first gen Core Duo processor T2400 at 1.83GHz. Truth be told it's a great laptop but I'm thinking of giving it to my mom as she needs a new computer and picking up the M1330.
    I would get a pretty basic config including the base T5250 1.5GHz processor. My question is if the T5250 1.5GHz Santa Rosa is a substantial step up in processing power compared to the 1.83GHz T2400 even though it's the base Santa Rosa processor.
     
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    All else (ram, harddisk) being the same the T5250 performance is below your T2400. You have a core duo and a core 2 duo is about 10-15% faster at the same clock speed. So 1.5ghz + 10-15% = 1.65-1.70ghz. It is a step down and the higher FSB wont help it.
     
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    One slight addition to wave's post is that the core 2 duo will be more efficient at its job than the core duo because of the new architecture it has but at that speed you will not really notice the difference.
     
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  4. cosrocket

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    Thanks for the responses, I'm glad I asked.
     
    cosrocket, Jun 28, 2007
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