T9300 for games

hey I'm just wondering how well the T9300 (2.5GHz w/6MB - 800MHz FSB) works out for gaming. Am I correct in assuming this wouldn't act as a bottleneck when running alongside a 9800m GTS?

 

no,it wont!it will handle everything w/o a problem

 

the processor is rarely a bottleneck for gaming, and with that processor i doubt it would bottleneck any graphics card when gaming (depending on the game of course, but most mainstream games should be fine)

 

it shouldnt if you dont overclock it or anything silly like that. Gaming notebooks are built so that they dont overheat after long hours of gaming.

 

The only bottleneck for your 9800M GTS would be the 9800M GTS... My P9500 (25w 1066fsb varient of the T9300) screams next to my 9800M GTX. You'll be just fine with that CPU.

 

Looping 10 Quake 4 demos all night, my max temp on a [email protected] never went over 50C.

Any CPU 2.2GHz and beyond is good for gaming, so 2.5GHz of the T9300 is ok for gaming.

 

i wanna get the x9000 though, my 2.5 wont stand a change against an oced 3.2 ghz

 

The 2.26ghz 3mb cache doesn't, so I doubt 2.5ghz 6mb cache would

 

this cpu rocks

 

I need this CPU - I'm still stuck on a 1.83 GHz, 667 FSB chip here!

 

if your talking about the P8400 in the 7811, it wont help in games much to upgrade the CPU. it will help in almost everything else though

 

i need this cpu so bad.

 

T9300 made everything faster. Even games run more smoothly and have slightly better fps. The cpu is only a bottleneck at low resolutions (this one shouldn't bottleneck a 9800mgts, even at low resolutions)

 

If i were you, id loop something else honestly, Quake 4 wont use 1/2 of your CPU... Loop something like Devil may cry 4 benchmark, thats something modern

 

Run orthos for a few hours if you want a stress test.

 

and that sums it up i forgot what was the Thing's name GET ORTHOS

 

My T7300 is perfectly suitable for gaming.

You dissing my T7300?!?!?!?!

 

I only loop things I need and use, not something that isn’t going to do anything for me. I play Quake 4. The only reason why it was looping is because I fell asleep. I wasn’t looping anything to find stability, as I wasn’t planning on falling to sleep thru the first 2 demos. If there isn’t a problem, I don’t go looking for one, but thanks for the input.

 

It is what it is and you take it as that.

 

I could use some help with understanding processors---

Ok, so I understand that Montevina is the newest platform and that Santa Rosa is the second newest. Does that mean that a Montevina P8400 2.26GHz 3MB L2 Cache w/1066mhz FSB will be faster than a Santa Rosa T9300 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache w/800mhz FSB? I guess I'm mainly wondering which has the biggest affect on general speed, the operating frequency (ghz) or the FSB (mhz)?

Another question, is the x9000 currently the best possible processor that can be put inside a Santa Rosa based laptop (the Sager NP5793 for example)?

And one more completely unrelated question...does Santa Rosa support DDR3 RAM?

 

Nice question SplinteredVision!


You would think the newer Montevina would be worlds faster than the Santa Rosa platform due to the higher FSB, but that is not the case. The P series processor has lower thermal watt than the T series, so it should run cooler. The faster RAM and FSB of Montevina seem to provide very little if any performance gain over the older Santa Rosa platform. The P8400 would be compared to the T8300, while the T9300 would be compared to the P9500.

The x9000 is the top processor for the Santa Rosa platform, while x9100 is top for Montevina. With that being said, they are working on support for quad core processors to work with the Montevina platform. Rather it will work with all Montevina based systems, is up in the air at this point.

Still can’t get over how cheap that NP5793 is what a deal!

That notebook, which should be identical to mind somewhat, supports PC2 5300 and PC2 6400 RAM. As far as I know, that is DDR2 memory and should be the only memory preferred for that notebook.

 

the more MHZ is still better honestly. a 2.5ghz Santa would still be better than a 2.2ghz monty. still, the difference can only be spotted in Synthetic benchmarks. gaming wise, both are great.

 

I upgraded from a T7250 to a T9300. I saw zero performance gains while gaming and very little speed increases in various applications.

 

Very true, the most difference would be Cooler temps, and more power efficient CPU.