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    Did I make a mistake going with a t5600?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zellio, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    Would a core 2 duo t7200 have been much better?
     
    Zellio, Nov 15, 2006
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    hmm... your questions.... as usually...

    better for what?

    You would be able to see a difference between those two CPUs only in demanding tasks like rendering...
     
    Dreamer, Nov 15, 2006
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    Is this a yes/no or a no/really-long-drawn-out-explanation type question? I always get these wrong...
     
    Gator, Nov 15, 2006
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    It would have been better, if it had been a multiple-choice question but it's obviously an essay question. :D
     
    Dreamer, Nov 15, 2006
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    Ok then, the answer is that the jump from the T5600 to the T7200 will be slightly greater than the difference in speed alone would indicate, as the increased cache allows for better (i.e. less) memory access. But like Dreamer said, depends on what you use your laptop for.
     
    Gator, Nov 15, 2006
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    You'll only really notice the extra cache on CPU intensive, repetitive tasks like audio/video encoding or for apps (like superPI) that can run entirely within the larger 4MB cache.

    For day to day computing, you'll never notice the difference.
     
    TedJ, Nov 15, 2006
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