dv5t processor question

so im planning on getting the dv5t from hp, for use of gaming and computer sceince stuff. my question is though, would i see a difference between these 2 processors: P7350 and P8400? im gonna install 4gb of ram from newegg and im getting the 9600m gt with it.

 

For gaming, the main bottlenecks are the GPU and the amount of RAM. So you should be fine with the P7350.

 

thanks for the quick response, that makes me happy i get to save 50 bucks

 

A difference in what? The speed the games run at or something else? If you use a lot of processor intensive software such as Photoshop or anything that does video conversion or rendering, the faster processor will make quite a bit of difference. Additionally, the faster processor will likely be cooler because it's a 45nm chip, thus running the fan less and making for a more quiet laptop. If games are your only concern, there probably wouldn't be much difference between them.

 

Im pretty sure the P7350 is a 45nm chip, its the P series which means its 25W.. and lower clock means it should use less energy

 

What about the P8400/P8600 vs. the T9400/T9600?

The T's have double the cache, I'd get a P9500 if HP offered them, but they don't. P's also run cooler.

From what previous posters have said, it appears that there would not be much of a noticeable difference when gaming. However, I am curious about battery life and performance with science/engineering software of the kind typically used in college. Anybody know about that?

 

7350 is a T as far as I know, Intel does not over lap so do not believe P7350 exists. T7350 is 35w TDP. I would spend $50 for 400Mhz. Don't think for most people it would matter.

To illogik if it is CPU intensive look for up to 20% speed increase. Does that matter? Depends.

 

Well if it's math/sci I'm probably not going to be sitting in front of it waiting for it to finish anyways, heh. At any rate, it looks like the P8600 will be sufficient for gaming on high settings with a 512mb GDDR3 9600m GT.

One more question though - lower TDP = lower power usage = longer battery life not accounting for other factors, right?

 

I actually was wondering the exact same thing. I'm about to order a dv5t tomorrow, and I'm debating between the P8600 vs T9400. The T9400 costs $100 more than the P8600, and most people seem to think the GPU will hold the speed back before the processor, so is it worth it to drop the extra $100 for the faster processor? I'm mainly concerned because of gaming.

 

Deis I think you would be fine with P8400 with any application but gaming even more so. The reduced TDP is a nice + for trading very few clocks and 3MB L2 which is not very important in many applications. Save the $100.