Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 - Performance?

This chip is not on Intel's website. So far I have found out that it doesn't support SSE4 and it uses 800MHZ FSB/2MB L2.
My question is, is it worth paying $150 to for T7350?
How is T5800's performance in applications? I couldn't find any benchmarks

Another question is about Geforce 9600M GT. There is one laptop I'd buy but it has 9600M GT and lately I've been hearing how nVidia chips overheat and are not stable. Does it apply to 9600M GT? Are these chips faulty as well?

Thanks in advance

 

The T5800 is more than powerful enough for most apps. Unless you're into heavy video editing, photoshop, 3d modelling or some other things, the T5800 is more than sufficient. What are planning to do with it? Also $150 for this small upgrade is not worth it since the T7350 is barely (if at all) faster than the t5800.

 

Thank you

I plan to use it mostly for Internet, Office, Video viewing (maybe Blu-ray in future), Audio, viewing pictures and maybe some occasional gaming such as Civilization or Age of Empires so nothing big
I have a Mac Pro which I use for heavy duty stuff

The price difference between the Toshiba laptop (with T5800 and ATI 3470) and the HP one (T7350 and nVidia 9600M GT) is about $100

I have no problem going for the HP one but I'm worried about 9600M GT being a faulty chip and overheating. Is it something I should be worried about?

Thank you

 

The T7350 isn't that much better than the T5800, but the 9600M GT is a big upgrade - that's the chip that's used in the new Macbook Pro. I'd probably pay $100 extra for that. I don't think the 9600 has any overheating - if I remember correctly, it was the Geforce 8000 series mobile chips that were faulty.

BTW, is the P8400 an upgrade option on the HP? It's a bit faster, has SSE4, and gets better battery life since it's a 25W processor. I'd upgrade to that if it's, say, $50 or so.

 

Thank you

I don't think you can change the config for HP products in Canada so you're stuck with the pre-config models (unfortunately)
I thought about going for Dell to get the T8400 processor but it costs more, it gives me ATI 3450 and I don't really believe in Dell's quality

Wikipedia mentions that T7350 does have SSE4 but maybe they are wrong. As long as nVidia9600GT doesn't have any problems, HP is the obvious choice

 

The Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT is in theory safe from the overheating issues - those affected the G84 and G86 cores, while the 9600M GT is safely using the G96 core.
Of course, the Enquirer said that ALL GeForce cards in the 8- and 9- series were affected, but the proof on that hasn't materialized.
I'd say it's a safe choice.

 

The t5800 is a t7250 with out VT. I have a t5800 and am promtly going to get rid of it in hopes for a p8400 or a q9000 when released.

 

Do you mean the P series CPUs? I don't recall a T7350, but I can recall a P7350(I also recall a certain HP with that CPU AND a 9600M GT soooo )

For all purposes, the T5800 is fine as a processor and should do you well unless you plan on doing some heavy work. You won't notice much of a difference between it and the P7350 other than the Perryn series CPU runs cooler and more efficiently.

Oh and supposedly it undervolts better I think(not sure about this though).

 

The CPU I really look forward to is a mobile Nehalem processor. Looking at the benchmarks from the desktop Nehalem processors, it is safe to say the upcoming mobile ones will be awesome too
But it is coming in O3 2009 and I cant wait that long

You are right it is P7350. Is this a good processor?

 

and what if the upgrade is $125 to go from a T5800 to a P8400? Is it still worth it to upgrade? Thanks! Pam

 

The P8400 is a new Penryn mobile chip. It should have a lower power consumption than the other chips listed in this topic. Also, most platforms now running the P8400 chip are also likely Centrino 2 units (featuring X4500 integrated graphics, intel's new wireless cards, and the centrino 2 chipset.)

 

I'd personally pick the P7350 over T5800 because it's new (Penryn) technology, operates on a higher FSB, has a slightly larger cache, produces less heat and requires less power (which is better for the battery).

So if it's between P7350 and T5800, go with P7350.
Or better yet P8400 (if the price difference isn't that high).

 

Note that the P7350 & the P8600 undervolt better than the P8400 since they don't use half multipliers so they can reach lower voltages without becoming unstable.

But yeah, the P7350 isn't exactly much more performant than the T5800, just that it uses newer and more efficient technology.