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    m1530 t7250 vs t7500

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jrlizardking, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. jrlizardking

    jrlizardking Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I ordered my m1530 and am completly fine with the 800x1200, and im quite happy about my purchase, but im really curious about my choice to get the t7250 over the t7500. I got 2gbs of ram(May upgrade to 4gb later, also curious, do I need 64 bit to utilize that? if so, how much could I have without 64 bit?) 2.0ghz t7250 and the 8600m GT. Now, im not really able to cancel it , seeing as it arrives tommorow :). I plan to do a fair amount of gaming, but im not picky with graphics, running stuff on low-medium settings isn that bad. Im just wondering if im gonna see a MAJOR performance drop while gaming? also, is it upgradable? will it be upgradable to new penryn chips? and how much will they cost?

    Sorry, im just kind of worried about my purchase, thanks.

    Thomas
     
    jrlizardking, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. Acorn

    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    The T7500 has 4mb level 2 cache, the T7250 only has 2mb, so there will be somewhat of a difference, but since you have gotten yourself the 8600GT card, your computer will be flying, no i dont believe you can switch the graphics card on the dell laptop.
     
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Nah, gaming relies heavier on the GPU rather than the CPU. So while you might see a difference with the extra 2mb of cache and .2 ghz in cpu-intensive things, they're will be little difference in terms of gaming.
     
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    jrlizardking Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ahh thanks. And sorry if I was confusing, I was refering to upgrading the processor...
     
    jrlizardking, Dec 11, 2007
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