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    T6600 or P8700

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vIGAMEIv, Jan 21, 2010.

  1. vIGAMEIv

    vIGAMEIv Notebook Consultant

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    I know everyone might suggest a i5 or such but theres sine great deals on laptops with those processors,The most demanding thing I would do is watch youtube and listen to music at the same time thank you
     
    vIGAMEIv, Jan 21, 2010
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    with no price mentioned so I guess it's not a problem for you?
    get the faster and better one P8700 :)
     
    crayonyes, Jan 21, 2010
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What's the price difference?
     
    moral hazard, Jan 21, 2010
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    Well To be honest I went to the stores today ready to buy a i5 dell studio but it was ugly really huge and horrible screen.So I started looking at the Sony and Asus.That were around the same price as the dell but had the 2 intels mentioned above but had 1080p screen dedicated graphics cards blu ray players for the same price.
    Originally I wanted to be with the in crowd and have a new i5 or i7 but realized it wasn't worth it.I would rather have the other features also I wanted to ask is Asus any good I dont really know much about them
     
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    Asus is the best brand for notebooks.
     
    moral hazard, Jan 21, 2010
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    So if the 8700 is a lot faster then then the t6600 then thats cool but if its only a minimal difrence then I will know tommorow when I go back to the stores
     
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    yeah go with asus and then overclock it.. moral will helps! Rockk n roll babyyy LOL
     
    crayonyes, Jan 21, 2010
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    vIGAMEIv Notebook Consultant

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    would an i3 intel smack both of these chips or no?
     
    vIGAMEIv, Jan 21, 2010
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    Overall, more than likely.

    Cheers!
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 21, 2010
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    sean473, Jan 22, 2010
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    Okay, maybe 'smack' was too strong an adjective...

    But considering that this is the newest platform, it definitely 'smacks' it in other areas other than pure HP.

    But this is also interesting too:

    See:
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html


    P8700 is rated at #37 spot and i3 530M is rated at #49 spot (but no benchmarks).

    What is interesting is that the i3 330M model (lower end) is at #55 spot but scores higher than the P8700 in the few benchmarks it does have.

    Your call vIGAMEIv, but these are close enough performance-wise (for me, with the edge going to the i3 series because of HyperThreading) for your specified uses.

    What you'll also get is much better integrated graphics performance and also better battery life too.

    Cheers!
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 22, 2010
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  12. mystery905

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    Asus FTW........ :)
     
    mystery905, Jan 22, 2010
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    Well I decided to splurge and go with the studio xps 16 with the i5 430,500 gb hard drive at 7200Rpm,VIDEO CARD ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670 – 1GB,Edge-to-Edge FHD Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP. $1,099..I also loved the back light key board and the design This should last me 2 to 3 years
     
    vIGAMEIv, Jan 22, 2010
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    everything in that laptop is great except for the graphics card... especially if u want to game on Max... i recommend ASUS G51VX which has core 2 quad and NVDIA GTX260M for about $1100-1200... or the G51J which has core i7 instead or ASUS G73 which has core i7 , ATI 5870 , which is fastest mobile card and DirectX 11 , full hd screen and blue ray for $1600... that should last way longer than the studio XPS 16...
     
    sean473, Jan 23, 2010
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  15. Thierry19

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    i3 330 does perform better than both of these, not by a huge ammount, but it does! (Based on a single benchmark result, I coulnt find anything else...)
     
    Thierry19, Jan 23, 2010
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    Do I have to worry about the i3 prototype technology being unstable in the beginning?
     
    leetxy, Jan 25, 2010
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    I dont think so, the i7 has been on the market for 6 months and there has been no problem, in the worst case, they will update the bios.. I'm pretty sure Intel wasnt on a hurry with the i3, they probably took all the time needed to make it perfect!
     
    Thierry19, Jan 25, 2010
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