T7300 vs T7500

I am configuring the Vostro 1500, and I am wondering if I will see a performance difference between the 2 chips.

I primarily will game on it, as well as little web design, but nothing more. It really is not issue the $105 more for the upgrade, but I have a gift card and not sure if I should use the card to get an extra $100 off the total with the T7300 or just put it toward the T7500.

Any insight on performance would be helpful.

Thank you

 

Imo, it's not needed. You will barely see any difference unless you are often doing very CPU intensive tasks. The big upgrade is from T7100 to the T7300 because of the doubling in the L2 Cache, but after that it's very minimal.

 

No, you will probably not notice any difference between the two. But if you have the money, it wont hurt...

 

Thanks for the replies.

Here is the system that I ordered:

Vostro 1500

Genuine Windows® XP Pro
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
15.4 in Wide Screen SXGA+LCD Display w/TrueLife™
512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 1 DIMM
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
No Bloatware

The RAM will be upgraded to 2x2gig (4 gig) that I have already ordered from TechData

Total price......$1007.96 Ship date 8/21

 

Are you going to be using a 64-bit OS? If not, the 4 gigs of RAM is a waste

 

You really don't need the T7500... even if you have the money.

 

even if your running 32-bit you still get 3.25-3.5GB of RAM recognized... and usually you can buy packs with 4 gigs of ram relatively cheaply

wouldn't you lose dual channelling if you use 1GB + 2GB anyways?

not essential since you'll probably be set with 2GB but it can't hurt

 

If I'm not mistaken, the performance gains from Dual Channeling these days is negligible.

 

It is true that a 32-bit OS can recognize up to 3.5GB of RAM, or even a little more if given some slight tweaking.

However, even when gaming, he really won't use more than 2GB of RAM. Memory simply isn't the bottleneck for performance at this time.
As one of the most expensive upgrades to get, I have to agree with amit that the extra RAM simply isn't worth it.

If you really must have it, I'd suggest upgrading after you get the notebook, so as to save money by doing it yourself.

 

Through my companies Dell rep I was able to get an upgrade to the T7500 for $25 so I figured what the hell. As for the ram, to get 3.5 out 4 gigs is a nice package since it is so cheap ($200 through TechData with corporate account).

 

the gain from having 3GB of RAM and 2.2GHz is negligble if you consider it. All you'll probably need is 2GB of RAM for now but if your intending to upgrade you might as well go for 2x2GB sticks. If I'm going beyond 2GB I rather have 3.5GB rather than 3GB.

why would you upgrade ram through dell? lol obviously aftermarket

i honestly don't think anyone would pay $600 to upgrade to 4GB through Dell when you can easily buy 2x2GB sticks for $200-$300 and then sell the 2x1GB/2x512 sticks they give you

 

I was wondering how you got that price. I configured half the specs of yours and I was already at 1000

 

Benefits of working for a consulting company that orders over 1mil a year from Dell.

 

You will notice a difference, in both framerates (games) and general application performance, but it won't be large. 200mhz / 2000mhz is only 10%, so if it scales perfectly with clock, then the most you will notice is a 10% difference. Real world probably a 5-7% difference. If you play games however, you will get about 2-3 FPS higher.