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    What i5 or i7 is comparable to aT9900

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Mechanized Menace, Mar 19, 2010.

  1. Mechanized Menace

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    I am getting a system exchange through Dell, and I don't wanna get ripped off by them giving me an underpowered CPU because its an i5 or an i7. I know what I have this processor is a rated just under an x9100 even though they are the same clock speeds L2 cache etc. now my question is of the i5's or the i7's which are the closest?
     
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    Depends on the application, I'd guess. The various benchmarks at notebookcheck.net point to the i5 430 as the closest match, if you can believe it.
     
    chris-m, Mar 19, 2010
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  3. Bronsky

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    In that case, push for the I5-540M. :D

    Bronsky :cool:
     
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    I just looked at the Benchmark list and the T9900 ranks # 14 and the Core i5 430 m is ranked # 30 the core i5 540m is ranked 16 the closest i've seen is an core i7 -720qm /820qm or a core i7 620m which dell carries and are better than my T9900 does that sound right? is the core i5 540m not as powerful as the T9900?
     
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    If it's a system exchange shouldn't it be based on cost and not processing power? The T9900 is a US $530 CPU in bulk orders from Intel....or about the cost of an i7-820QM quad.


    I wouldn't settle for less than an i7-620M and even that CPU is about $200 USD less than the T9900.
     
    Phinagle, Mar 19, 2010
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    The rank numbers are kind of arbitrary. I was looking at the actual benchmark results: superpi, wprime, whetstone, dhrystone, cinebench, etc.

    @ Phinagle: good point
     
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    I wasn't sure I paid $2,889,79 for this laptop completely upgraded so im just regretting not getting an alienware/sager/clevo instead of whats in sig at this time and really dont wanna get ripped off with a 1645/47 so the processor is the only thing that is bugging me cuz everything else I know what i should get just with the new processors im all confuzzled lol but so i should def not accept anything lower than a i7 620m?

    Edit: How will these processors affect my gaming I play alot of older valve games TF2 HL2Ep 1 n2 and some new ones like L4D2? or will i see no improvement?
     
    Mechanized Menace, Mar 19, 2010
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    None of those games are CPU bound, so don't worry about any processors being the limiting factor.
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 20, 2010
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    no improvement... your CPU LCD and other stuff is great but the GPU is really the bottleneck at high res... i don't know why dell didn't use a ATI 5650 with GDDR5 at least... would have made XPS 16 a great gaming machine.
     
    sean473, Mar 21, 2010
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    Where is this benchmark?

    Which i7 or i5 is most powerful for performance/battery mix?
     
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    i5-540M then i7-820QM would be my top two picks in that order for the best performance per battery life.
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 21, 2010
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    agreed with you.. :D

    corei5 ad core i7 is the newest technology..
     
    solidquality, Mar 22, 2010
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    i5 520M and i5 540M. Anything lower is pretty much a stretch. There's no way a i5-430 is equal to T9900 except in multi-threaded apps, and then no better at it.
     
    IntelUser, Mar 22, 2010
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