Battery lifetime on Turion X2 based laptops

I have a Core2Duo laptop now with 8600 gpu and the battery time sucks big time. My last laptop was a Dell with Core Duo processor, but only integrated gpu. I could get over 5 hours on the battery if i dimmed down the screen. I was wondering how AMD® Mobile Processor Turion64 X2 is when it comes to battery lifetime compared to Core2Duo.

 

Full charge with Dim lights would only get me about 2 hours Maximum battery life.

Actual time would be around 1 hour to 1 and 30 minutes.

 

That doesnt so good... I was kinda hoping it would be better. What kind of laptop do you have?

Hey look at that. We are both in Philippines. Im in Cebu!

 

An Acer Aspire 4520 specs in the Sig.

"Maliit talaga ang mundo"= "It's a small world"

Also having Aero on has an effect on battery life of about 10-15 minutes.

 

I believe it also depnd on other component and capacity of the battery

my friend has compaq v3000 with turion which las almost 3 hours with wireless on

 

3hrs on the laptop in my signature. Thats with the screen dimmed, wireless on.

 

generally turion X2s get good battery life, though not quite as good as C2Ds, your GPU/screen/wireless have a bigger affect on bat life than TurionX2 vs. C2D

 

The best so far is 3 hours. Not so good, but better than my Asus G1S.

Im considering to buy a 13.3" laptop with either TurionX2 or CoreDuo. So im trying to see which one could give me best batterytime. It will have integrated gpu, so it wont be a powerhog. What i consider as good batterytime is at least 3 hours.

 

Asus have bad battery life. The C2D does have better battery life but as mentioned a lot more factors can come into play.

 

Intel processors sometimes manages power better than AMD. Also depends on specs.. a less powerful CPU uses less juice. Also depends on the battery size and laptop maker. Lots of variables.