Core Duo 1.66Ghz Powerful?

Is this powerfull enough? to run Standard Applications,Games, and do Multitasking/Booting up "speedy"?
I read that 1.66Ghz Duo isnt the fastest..

2nd, is the CPU (1.66Ghz Duo) Upgradeable in the Acer 5672's ??
(Upgradable to like a 1.83 or 2.16Ghz Duo?!)

thanks

 

people tend to exaggerate the differences a slight increase in cpu speed will make. 1.66 will work fine for you. the cpu is upgradeable, but it will probably void your warranty if you upgrade it.

 

Yes you can upgrade the cpu in the 5672WLMi but the 1.66ghz core duo is a real good processor and l really see no need upgrading it.

 

I have a 1.66ghz Core Duo and it outperforms my 2.13ghz Pentium M (Dothan).

So, yes, it is quite powerful.

 

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=coreduo&page=8

The benchmarks here show a significant increase from a 1.66 to a 1.83, in my opinion, but not so much after that. If you can get a 1.83 for a good price, why not?

 

I had both a Core Duo of 1.83 and 1.66. I couldn't feel a difference in the speed at all (downloading, playing videos, etc. aka typical activities). I kept the 1.66 because of the price savings.

You should determine first what you need it for, then see if its fast enough for your needs. Theres always faster, but the faster it is the more money it will cost you.

 

the only people who see an actual real-world gain in cpu speed are those who do things like rendering where the time to perform a single task (rendering a large video file) can take hours, days, and even weeks. when this is the case, then a 25% increase in cycles translates directly to 25% less time rendering. a 4 hr render would take 3 hours with the bump in speed.

if all you're doing is reading email, listening to music, surfing, etc., you won't notice any gain because you never stress the processor for more than a second or two.