Core Duo vs C2D

Yeah, I know this sounds like one of those threads again, but it is different. Unintelligently, I waited for the holiday season, expecting prices to go down for HP and Dell, but instead they skyrocketed. I have pretty much ruled out Dell, since their base price has jumped from $650 to $820 with no additions! HP's price has jumped, but not nearly as high. So, the processors I have been looking at are the T2050, T2250, T5200, and T5500. So here comes the barrels of questions. What is the difference between the T2050 and T2250? What are the main differences between T2250 and T5200 (excluding 64-bit, which I am well aware of, and do not plan to use)? What is the difference between the T5200 and the T5500 (I have noticed that the T5200 is not offered by many manufacturers, so I am curious)? Thanks for help!

EDIT: One more question: I am in dire need of a notebook now, but if I wait 2 weeks after Christmas, would there be any chance of Dell or HP lowering their prices? How about before Christmas?

 

The main difference between the T2250 and T2050, is clockspeed. T2250 operates at 1.73 GHz, and the T2050 at 1.6 GHz. Otherwise they are the same.

Difference between the T2250 and T5200 is the core they are based on. T5200 is based on the newer Merom core, and the T2250 is based on Yonah. Performance wise, there is very little difference, because the extra clockspeed of the T2250 equals any speed advantage brought on by the newer Merom core in the T5200. T5200 has advantage of 64-bit, but you don't require it. Both have the same FSB speed of 533 Mhz, and both have the same L2 cache of 2 MB.

The T5500 has the benefit of a larger FSB, of 667 Mhz. However, this doesn't always get saturated, and thus, not much extra performance is atained. Both have almost the clock speed of 1.66 GHz (I think that the T5200 is 1.6 GHz).

 

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808


Click on the link at the bottom of the article "Model Numbers Galore" to continue reading. The article is several pages long, and includes benchmark scores.

 

If you need then buy. At some point the notebook you buy now will sell for less, but who knows when that will be. If you are just doing basic stuff almost any notebook you buy today will suffice. Good Luck.

 

i m getting a HP9222tx laptop here in india with 1.6ghz t5200, 1gb 533 ram, 80*2=160 gb hdd, 17", vista home premium, webcam and nvidia 256mb go 7600

vista index scores are 4.3(lowest for cpu)

i wish to do video and audio editting and encoding and gaming.

how good is this lappy? does the slow fsb of 533 and 1.6 ghz cause bottle necks? as comapred to higher processors?

 

nope.. video & audio editing will mostly depends on the speed of the HDD, best to get a 7200rpm. Unless u do math calculations, or else a t5200 is good for normal use.

 

and 3d rendering and gaming?

cant get 7200rpm disks. not included. lappy alread costs 70000 bucks. so no extra spending allowed. will the lappy last me for say next 6-7 yrs with all kinds of jobs.?

i wish to do video and audio editting and encoding and gaming.

 

6-7 years is a long time. Chances are it will be defective before that if you are unlucky. If you want to stick with Win XP or Vista for the next 6-7 years then it might work.

 

That depends on the GPU, the 7600 would last you for about 4 years and after that, games are mostly unplayable... after 2.5 years, i think u ll be playin games in Low Quality...

 

6-7 years is long enough for any technology to become outdated.. laptops no exception. The first thing to be obsolete is the graphics card, in your config. DX10 cards are out next month. In about a couple of years, newer games will be virtually unplayable on any GF 7 series cards. Video rendering/3D animation, these things are more dependent on your processor, memory, HDD speed. The T5200's good enough for the task. One thing that you should do is get a faster HD, and more memory.
If budget constraints are there, you could look at 15.4" laptops, with WSXGA, WSXGA+ resolutions. Correct me if I am wrong, but afaik, the screen being offered on the dv9000 series in India is 1440x900, isn't it?

 

yues screen is 1440x900
and 15.4 " laptop from hp has only go 7400 and other compal el80 doesnt have a core2 with another company giving compal el 80 with core2 is charging 66000

im getting 9222tx for 67000 from my regulat computer guy.

only issue is how biig will it be.,?
will it be portable? for occasional taking to college. it looks awesome

also my current system is a p3 933mhz with 256 mbs ram. using since 2001. now video play back of mov files is jerky, but rest smooth, though it works fine with non HD files and i do audio editting and photoshop desinging on it and dvd making. it took me 12hrs to encode a ntsc dvd and 6hrs for pal dvd. will be selling it soon.

 

If its the same size as other dv9000s then its about 3.5kg. Not something you want to carry around all the time.
Occasional should be ok but you will need a big laptop bag to carry the 17".

 

getting an hp carry case
the laptop wasnt very heavy

but looks awesome

not deicded yet. looking at a el80 from a company called connoiseur which was reviewd in pc world india in april issue
http://www.pcworld.in/review/article.jsp/artId=5439538/secId=1