Light gamer questions for upgrades

Hello,

Im new here. I did a search and found a BUNCH of stuff on my topic. However, I am still a bit lost as to suggestions.

I am a light gamer, basically I play Counterstrike source and a few other games that arent too hardware dependent.
I do however use my laptop for Video editing with Sony Vegas 8.0 and Photoshop CS/Gimp.


On to my question...

Currently I have a Toshiba P105-S6104
It has T5500 1.66 Core 2 duo processor
2048 mb of ram
Crappy integraded 128 video chip set
120 gb hard drive (cant find the drive speed)

Now, recently I found a really good deal on a Toshiba P105-S9312
Intel Core Duo Processor T2500E 2.0ghz
1024 MB RAM
120 GB Hard Drive (again I am not sure on speed, I believe its a 4200 RPM )
Nvidia GeForce Go 7900gs graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated RAM


I know the ram should be able to be transfered over. I also will be upgrading the hard drive for better performance.

Ok finally my question lol...
Would it be worth it to upgrade the CPU in the second laptop to a newer chipset or is the 2.0ghz Core duo a good enough processor to run the programs daily and on the go.

Finally, where can I find the CPU configuration so i can attempt to find an upgrade?

Sorry for the rambling post.

 

2.0 core duo...

T7400/7600

or if your bios doesn't support core2 you could

T2600/2700

if you do the research you will find that all of the above processors are very expensive... probably not worth the upgrade.

 

Ok so I did look at the ones you posted and oh yeah...far out of my price range lol.

On an up note, I went to www.hwbot.org amd used the comparison charts for both the CPUs and GPUs. I feel much more comfortable and dont think Ill beed to do any further upgrades besides the RAM and maybe the Hard drive.

Thanks again for the help.

 

I'd guess the 2.0Ghz Core Duo should be enough, If ind a 2.1GHz Athlon X2 to be more than enough for gaming of that calibre which has similar performance.

 

yup your set. enjoy