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    T7250 vs. T7500

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by benx009, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. benx009

    benx009 Notebook Evangelist

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    trying to decide b/t a notebook customizable w/ one of these two processors, but is the T7500 worth the extra $$$?
     
    benx009, Jan 19, 2008
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    I'd say $50.
     
    Lithus, Jan 19, 2008
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  3. benx009

    benx009 Notebook Evangelist

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    but is it worth that much extra? i mean, i obviously know the better processor benchmark-wise, but will i see (visually observe) much better performance w/ the T7500 than the T7250 in real world apps?
     
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  4. X2P

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    depends on how you think about it..
     
    X2P, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Probably not much if any.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 19, 2008
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    I would say yes, but not because of the increased processing power (200 megahertz). The reason to upgrade would be because of the additional L2 cache. A while back, notebookreview.com had an article that talked about L2 cache, and it concluded that benchmarks didn't do increased cache justice, and that 4 megabytes was a sizable improvement over 2 megabytes. I would say that it is worth the extra 50 bucks, and that yes, you will notice it.
     
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    On the contrary, that $50 could be spent on a larger capacity or faster harddrive, which would speed up the system more than the l2 cache increase.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 19, 2008
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    For $50 I would get T7500, CPU harder and more expensive than other upgrades. I do agree that HDD upgrade could show more improvement (depending on what it has and what you get, also RAM could be the same as HDD. But I would still start CPU for $50.
     
    powerpack, Jan 19, 2008
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    This probably won't help you too much because I have no experience with the T7250 but I went for the T7500 on my HP CTO. I went through the forum and saw that opinions were mixed -- most saying that there's not much difference between the 2.0 and 2.2 GHz but after reading about the 4MB L2 cache on the T7500, I was convinced I should go with that. I can upgrade the hard drive or RAM any time but the processor I'm stuck with, ya know?

    I'm very pleased with the performance of the T7500 on my DV9700T, btw.
     
    rtrdogs, Jan 19, 2008
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    $50, yes, I think I would go for it, especially if you intend to use it for games or encoding or photoshop etc. Once it gets up to $100 more, maybe not. If it's more than $100 more I'd say not worth it.
     
    moon angel, Jan 19, 2008
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  11. ahl395

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    I would say its woth around $75. You will see a pretty noticable increase in proformance definetly. But i would get it if possible.
     
    ahl395, Jan 19, 2008
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