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    A Quick Question About Core Duo 2

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by smcgil9899, Jan 14, 2007.

  1. smcgil9899

    smcgil9899 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm about to purchase a notebook. I have seen the CD2 T7200 and the CD2 T5500/5600. I know the the T7200 are 4MB Cache and the others are 2MB. The price seems to be a large gap. What will the differences be between the 4MB and the 2MB caches. Will there be a noticable difference? I'll be using the notebook for school work and maybe some light gaming. Thanks
     
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  2. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    Tasks like encoding and video editing will benefit from the extra clockspeed and cache to some extent. If you are just doing some schoolwork and a bit of gaming, then you won't need the extra power of the T7200. Gaming is more dependant on the graphics, and even a T5500 can game well, when coupled to a good graphics card.
     
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  3. Gofishus

    Gofishus Notebook Consultant

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    gaming isn't even multi-threaded, so a single core amd or intel might do as well or even better then two cores.
     
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    fxrron Notebook Geek

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    Sorry. Some games are multithreaded and more are on the way. Quake 4 is multithreaded and makes use of two cores.
    The sweet spot for future games is the T5600.
     
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    As Zero said, the T7200 is way more than you need. Any modern processor will suffice for your needs in reality; I would go with the Core 2 Duo T5500. Great price/performance.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jan 14, 2007
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