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    Thorough review of Core Duo (Yonah) VS Core 2 Duo (Merom)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nick_danger, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. nick_danger

    nick_danger Notebook Consultant

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    Anandtech is the coolest!

    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808

    Summary:
    "General application performance can improve a bit by switching to Core 2 Duo, but the biggest performance gains are associated with 3D rendering and media encoding tasks."

    "Owners of Core Duo laptops really have no reason to worry about upgrading for now, and waiting for the Santa Rosa platform before your next laptop upgrade seems reasonable."

    Considering the review focuses mostly on the high end, for users like me that bought the low end Yonah (1.66GHz), a high end Merom upgrade would obviously be a much more explosive upgrade...
     
    nick_danger, Aug 3, 2006
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  2. AbN610

    AbN610 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nice read.
     
    AbN610, Aug 3, 2006
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  3. famous grouse

    famous grouse Notebook Evangelist

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    An excellent find. I will now sleep better knowing that core 2 duo isnt going to completely munch core duo.
     
    famous grouse, Aug 3, 2006
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  4. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Ooh, interesting. I have to admit, I wasn't convinced Core 2 could match the battery life of its predecessors, but looks fine... Impressive.
     
    Jalf, Aug 3, 2006
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    And soon the "should I wait for Core2Duo threads will stop YAY! lol. At least many Yonah notebooks wont be obsolete and can be upgraded.
     
    Bhatman, Aug 3, 2006
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  6. nick_danger

    nick_danger Notebook Consultant

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    It's really tempting to sell my laptop now and then wait for a socket-P setup with DX10 graphics...
     
    nick_danger, Aug 4, 2006
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  7. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    anandtech reviews are great. You get to see all the stats. Like I posted elsewhere, Intel seems to be promoting MASSIVE battery life improvements, but this is not at all the case...in fact, there has been no improvement according to the review...
     
    Gautam, Aug 4, 2006
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  8. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Yeah me too, but for the same price as yonah and if compatible why settle for yonah? ehh Ill have to see when they actually release it and if they have a bios for my lappy.
     
    Thaenatos, Aug 4, 2006
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  9. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    what an excellent and comprehensive review! I reckon the Core Duo 2 CPUs will come down in price rapidly. Intel really has moved at such a rapid pace over the past 6 years. I wonder if a quad core mobile CPU will come out...
     
    Lil Mayz, Aug 4, 2006
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  10. Lyshen

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    Quad core laptop CPU, sure one day in maybe another 1 to 3 years.

    There is already Engineering Samples of Quad Core, Core 2 Duos for the desktop, aka Kentsfield already out that select people are testing and posting results of. However actual release of this to the public won't probably be until end of this year at earliest or sometime 2007. (Supposedly the release date got pushed up from Q1 2007 to Q4 2006)
     
    Lyshen, Aug 4, 2006
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  11. ez2remember

    ez2remember Notebook Evangelist

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    I like the fact core 2 duo offers more power but consumes less battery life.

    Lets say an average of 10% increase which doesn't sound much but its like going from a core duo 2Ghz to 2.2Ghz which is not bad...
     
    ez2remember, Aug 5, 2006
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