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    Question on these processors!?!! help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by eriffic, Feb 5, 2007.

  1. eriffic

    eriffic Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok guys, im planning to get a laptop and i came to the processor part.

    AMD Turion(TM) 64 Mobile MK-36 (2.0 GHz/512KB)

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    AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-50(1.6GHz/512KB)

    which one is faster? i would think the moble mk-36 is faster because it has 2.0ghz and it costs less? but im not sure. which one is faster? please help. thanks
     
    eriffic, Feb 5, 2007
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  2. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

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    Hello and welcome.

    Please note...now days, speed ONLY isnt matter...so Dual Core is faster then MK-36.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Feb 5, 2007
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    eriffic Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you.
     
    eriffic, Feb 5, 2007
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    The tl50 will especially perform better than the mk36 when you're multi-tasking.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 5, 2007
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    TL-50 will perform faster in multi-tasking, but MK-36 is faster for single threaded applications. I'd rather have the TL-50 because even just running the operating systems is multi-tasking, but still the MK-36 is technically faster.
     
    jak3676, Feb 6, 2007
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    I agree with the others. The Turion MK-36 may be faster in single threaded applications, but more and more programs are incorporating multithreaded programing, and they will take advantage of the second core in the Turion X2 TL-50.
     
    Zero, Feb 6, 2007
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