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    T7300 vs T7500 for gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by bbos, Jul 12, 2007.

  1. bbos

    bbos Notebook Geek

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    I plan on playing a lot of games so is it worth the extra cash to upgrade from T7300 to a T7500 or should I spend the money on RAM?
     
    bbos, Jul 12, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    More money on RAM would yield better performance. The CPU does not matter nearly as much as the GPU or RAM or HDD, and the GPU is going to be the big bottleneck so focus on that and 2GB RAM.
     
    Greg, Jul 12, 2007
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    bbos Notebook Geek

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    So the T7500 won't offer the big jump in performance and is not worth the extra $150?
     
    bbos, Jul 12, 2007
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  4. lappyhappy

    lappyhappy Notebook Deity

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    no, definitely not worth $150 to jump from T7300 to T7500. As Greg stated, you need to be more focused on the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and RAM (get at least 2GB). Gaming wise, you will notice little to no difference between the T7300 and the T7500.
     
    lappyhappy, Jul 12, 2007
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    agreed. except that i disagree that the hdd has more of an impact than the cpu.

    i think the gpu and ram are both crucially important, the cpu takes a backseat to those two in terms of performance (as long as it is a reasonably fast core 2 duo; any processor with a t7 in front of it in the model name is going to be really ideal) and the hard drive should have no performance impact at all. that would be true if you had plenty of ram. (2Gb, more if you are on vista)
     
    masterchef341, Jul 12, 2007
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