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    In the new inspiron notebooks....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by maddogg2k7, Jul 3, 2007.

  1. maddogg2k7

    maddogg2k7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is the difference between these two chips and how significant is it?
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache vs Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)? Does the 4mb cache make a big difference in speed?
     
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  2. Ithcandos

    Ithcandos Notebook Consultant

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    There is a difference in speed due to the cache difference, but it is not something one would notice, except in benchmarks and perhaps if one does a lot of encoding or heavy 3D (AutoCad etc. although I would not expect that from someone looking to purchase an inspiron). For regular use and gaming (The GPU in these notebooks will be the bottleneck before the CPU) the 1.8Ghz is fine. Instead go for more memory (unless you've already got 2GB) or a larger/faster harddrive, as the money in my opinion would be better spent there.
     
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