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    Core Duo vs Turion X2

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by X-dark, Sep 20, 2006.

  1. rivet

    rivet Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe I digged out an old thread. I understand Turion X2 TL50 is generally slower than T2300 in Benchmarks, But how does Turion x2 TL50 compared to intel's core duo T2050 and T2060 which have lower FSB, I guess those intel processors are the ones still get sold today, it is hard to find T2300, T2400 laptop now.
     
    rivet, Mar 8, 2007
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  2. Insane

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    It really doesn't matter which one you get. Both will run the applications basically the same. so you might wait a second or two more with the one in a particular app, who really cares.

    I'd be more concerned with what GPU and how much ram I have. Nearly any CPU teamed up with enough RAM is more than fine to work with.

    I decided to send my $$ to AMD as I'm hoping they could use it to improve and put up a better fight with Intel in the next round.

    insane
     
    Insane, Mar 8, 2007
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  3. wearetheborg

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    admlam Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I believe it's next year since these Taylor Turion X2s are still 90nm, and we've just started to see AMD shifting over to 65 nm Tylers.

    Essentially, any notebook processor will get you pretty far since those are no longer the main bottlenecks to be concerned about.

    But that won't stop me from hating my TL-50. Runs much more hotter and noisily than my old T2500 Asus while getting less battery life... (although this is probably Averatec's fault since I know AMD HPs are pretty cool and quiet)
     
    admlam, Jul 30, 2007
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    For me, priorities when buying a laptop are screen and gpu really as these are the things that stay with the laptop for it's entire life. Ram and hard disks can easily be upgraded, cpu can be but I'd rather not have to, so I'd take the laptop with the screen and gpu I want and then the cpu brand might come after that. If it was AMD or Intel and the laptops were otherwise the same I would take the one that was generally quicker in benchmarks.
     
    moon angel, Jul 30, 2007
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