Turion X2 HTtech vs Core duo

So, for the notebook Gurus:
Which is better now? even comparing with core 2 duo?
Is the hyper transport technology of the AMD Turion kicking off the Duo technology? Because now, the superior cache of the duo, wouldn't be that of an issue, am I right?
Thanks for the help.

 

i could make a comment saying use the search function but i aint going to.

The core duo beats the turion x2 so the core 2 duo beats it even more. Im sorry to say but intel have their mobile cpus sorted so i would recommend an intel cpu from the core series unless you can pick up an x2 with more ram, better gpu, bigger hd etc or for a lower price.

Thats not saying the x2 is slow ts very powerful and more than enough for most users.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=78769
There is a thread with some more info.

 

Hmm... It depends.

For gaming, the Core Duos stink and the Turion X2 is the clear winner.
But for work and multitasking, the Core Duo has more stability and blows the Turion X2 out of the water.

I would note that for gaming right now, a dual core is not the best choice. I would go with a Mobile Athlon or Turion ML series for gaming.

 

hmm im gonna have to disagree with the above. games have started to take advantage of dual core, for quite some time now.

Core duo and Core 2 duo beat out turion clock for clock- performance per dollar is subject to change, but i believe those numbers are much closer.

also important is that core processors beat turion in performance per watt, so your battery will take you further.

a final thing to consider is that "core duo" processors dont support 64 bit processing, and that might prove important in the coming years, especially with the next OS revision (vista). core 2 duo, turion, and turion x2 processors all support 64 bit.

 

Yeah yeah, I Checked that thread, but the opinions goes from one side to the other, both comming from respectful gurus, so I'm as lost as when started.
Still, I was looking for more opinions respect to the Hypertransport technology for the Turion.

 

Er . . where did you see that the Core Duo was a bad gaming chip? It beats the Turion X2 in that aspect as far as I know. And the Core 2 Duo is simply awesome for gaming, nothing beats it - not even a desktop Athlon 64 FX-62 (when comparing to the T7600 2.33GHz). I have benchmarks to prove that.

The Athlon mobile CPUs are all but non-existent in the latest generation of notebooks, and the Turion 64 is a single-core CPU. Neither are worth buying because dual-core is so cheap, with the possible exception of the Turion because it provices good price/performance at the low-end.

 

Chaz, no Notebook-based processor beats the FX-62, as far as I know. What would make you think that?

PS...where in PA do you live?

 

Not think - know. In synthetic tests the Core 2 Duo T7600 is faster than an FX-62 in the majority of the benchmarks. See some here:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3260&review=WidowPC
We did not have room to publish all the benchmarks but in all the SiSandra tests I ran the T7600 never failed to beat the FX-62 in the majority of the tests.
The T7600 isn't even comparable to the FX-62, really. .

Edit: fixed link.

 

Oh well...that is the processor I plan on upgrading my notebook with in a few months, nice to see that kind of performance.

I would still rather see full system benchmarks, though, but I'll take what I can get.