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    T7300 vs. T7500

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by alkaeda, Aug 21, 2007.

  1. alkaeda

    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 Processor (2.0GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)

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    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)


    Is there a big difference between the two? Is the £60 additional price justified? Better for gaming?
     
    alkaeda, Aug 21, 2007
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  2. wuzertheloser

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    No, there won't be much of a difference unless you're into synthetic benchmarks.
     
    wuzertheloser, Aug 21, 2007
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    You will not see a significant difference in gaming ability; a video card has far more say in determining how a game will run. I would save the 60 pounds for something else.
     
    vespoli, Aug 21, 2007
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    Nope it isn't...put that money on more memory or a faster HDD. You only will notice the difference in synthetic benchmarks...no real world apps. In games it will be marginal at most.
     
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  5. alkaeda

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    what about processor intensive games like counterstrike source... and other games where alot of processing has to go in the physics of objects and movement etc???

    ive ordered a vostro with the 2.2ghz because i felt it could run tommorows games (e.g. crysis) better. It didnt have a 7200rpm hard drive option but ive heard that only speeds up boot times. It comes with the 256mb geforce 8600gt
     
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  6. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    CS:S is not really a processor intensive app. About the only game you'll notice any difference is supreme commander.

    You'll notice it in CAD design, video editing, coding and stuff like that.
     
    fabarati, Aug 21, 2007
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  7. alkaeda

    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    thanks i was planning on doing some video editing :) (im member of a productions team that edits videos for game players and most of our productions have been in CSS)
     
    alkaeda, Aug 21, 2007
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    the 8600M GT will bottleneck your gaming performance way sooner the processor.
    a T5470 with 8600M GT will play Crysis just as well as even a T7700 and 8600M GT. Your performance is only as good as your weakest link, which is the video card.

    a 7200RPM HD will not increase your gaming FPS, but it will improve boot up time, loading time, file transfer rate etc.
     
    hlcc, Aug 21, 2007
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    When i mean notice, I mean like a few minutes shaved off. The T7300 is a beast.
     
    fabarati, Aug 21, 2007
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    Don't waste your time and money.
     
    allan_huang, Aug 21, 2007
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