The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Processor Speed differences

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by evster_mcman, Jul 21, 2007.

  1. evster_mcman

    evster_mcman Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I would like to know how much of a noticeable difference a 1.66ghz is to a 1.8ghz for example...What is the sweet spot of performance and price for dual core laptop processors?
     
    evster_mcman, Jul 21, 2007
    #1
  2. aaa

    aaa Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    197
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Very little. What are you using this for?
     
    aaa, Jul 21, 2007
    #2
  3. evster_mcman

    evster_mcman Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I will be using it for random university related things, and some mild gaming
     
    evster_mcman, Jul 21, 2007
    #3
  4. baddogboxer

    baddogboxer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    144
    Messages:
    1,092
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Both those C2D should work fine. If there is a sweet spot for C2D it is the 2.0Ghz 4MBL2, because of the cache and good speed and price.
     
    baddogboxer, Jul 21, 2007
    #4
  5. aaa

    aaa Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    197
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I say go for the cheapest... you tend to get the cheapest price per mhz with the cheaper chips. Gaming=videocard, if that's on the menu.
     
    aaa, Jul 21, 2007
    #5
  6. evster_mcman

    evster_mcman Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    For gaming would this be a fairly decent setup?

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5450 (2MB cache/1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB)
    2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm
    120G 5400RPM SATA HDD
    256MB NVIDIA ®GeForce™8600M GT
     
    evster_mcman, Jul 21, 2007
    #6
  7. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    2,011
    Messages:
    2,777
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Yes, that's the kind of machine i would choose for gaming. More advanced cpus would only really make a difference in cpu based applications, like photoshop or encoding. For gaming that should be a great setup.
     
    moon angel, Jul 21, 2007
    #7
  8. evster_mcman

    evster_mcman Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    42
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    alright, neat-o gang
     
    evster_mcman, Jul 21, 2007
    #8