amd

does anyone know if the amd turion 64 x2 dou-core uses lots of power? looking for a proccessor that will give me long battery life
thanks

 

No, it doesn't use a massive amount of power, but bettery life depends mainly on other components, as well as the processor. If you are looking for a notebook with low battery life, then generally, smaller screen size notebooks give the most battery life. Also, Core 2 Duo processors are very good in terms of battery life, and they also perform faster than the Turion X2.

 

besides screen size, HDD access frequency and what\how many applications will be running whilst on battery power wil also greatly affect longevity.

as above, the Turion 64x2 uses little battery power - but the Core 2 Duo uses less.

 

Core 2 uses 31W
The Turion 64 X2 uses 35W

But, on Idle(word proccessing) Turions use less power than a Celeron M.

my computer on batterys with the proccessor on idle @ 800mhz screen brightness on 100% wifi and bluetooth i can almost get 4 hours, and uses 30W according to mobile meter (total including proccessor) the meand
Proccessor + sreen + gpu(minimal use) + wifi + bluetooth + Harddrive...etc = 30W
not to bad, really

a core 2/cd will do better under load, sorry i don't have 'time' etc for a core 2 under load.

All depends on your use.

 

Last time I checked core duo used 31w, core 2 duo 34w and turion x2 either uses 35w or 25w TDP (for the low power versions).

But in terms of performance/watt the core2duo is the king at the moment.

 

The reason i ask is because HP has a great sale on right now for there Dv6000z which has the amd turion 64 x2 dou-core. there dv6000t comes with intel but specing it out the same I can get the dv6000z with the turion 64 x2 dou-dore for about $230 less then the intel model.

see below

» Free shipping!
($49 value!)
$100 instant savings
» $50 mail-in rebate
Free upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView widescreen display
Free TV tuner with remote
» Free Windows Vista Upgrade Program
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-50(1.6GHz/512KB)

15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!

NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150 w/Productivity Ports

HP Imprint Finish + Microphone

1024MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Super Multi 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support

802.11a/b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
HP ExpressCard Analog TV Tuner!!

Microsoft(R) Works/Money

 

The 12 cell battery should give you ~4.5+hrs of battery life for average use(wifi on, low brightness). You might get more depending on how/what you use the laptop for. Do remember though that the 12 cell battery will stick out an inch or o from beneath the laptop.

I hope you have looked at the review for the dv6000z...
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3163&review=HP+Pavilion+dv6000z

 

Hm, I am wondering that which current CPUs has lowest voltage. My guess is Duo Core 2.

JC

 

ok
if i go with the dv6000t with Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo T2050 (1.60 GHz/2MB L2Cache) and drop the tv tuner & go with Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - Core
I can get that for $982

does anyone use a tv tuner? worth it?
how about the graphics? I doubt I will paly much for games
nay opinions?
thanks

 

Well if the amd dual core system is over $200 cheaper I would go for that. Also the Geforce 6150 is better than the intel 950 graphics.

 

No,not even close(even amongst laptop processors)...there are Low voltage & ultra low voltage Core Duo's/Solo's/Celeron/Pentium M's. Then there is also the Via C7M...
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-m_ulv/index.jsp

The GMA 950 is pretty poor for gaming, the 6150 Go is slightly better. Between the 2, the 6150 offers better performance. But if you arent into gaming then either would do just fine to run Windows.

 

Ahh ic, thanks miner.

JC