improvement from CPU upgrade?

Im thinking about replacing my old T1300 single core processor for something a little quicker. Ive been look at one of these:

T7400: C2D 2.13GHz 4Mb 667Mhz
T7600: C2D 2.33GHz 4Mb 667Mhz

and now ive got:

T1300: CS 1,6GHz 2Mb 667Mhz

Want i really want to know is what kind of preformance increase I can expect from this upgrade, in areas like windows performance, photoshop, games, etc.

Would much appreciate it!!!
Dorian

EDIT: Ive heard having a better processor also helps a lot with the performance of the GMA950, is that true???

 

It will be a big difference going from a 1.3 Core Solo to a 2ghz+ Core2Duo.

Graphics wise, your integrated card wont benefit much, if any at all.

and No, you still wont be able to play crysis. lol

the system itself will be faster not the gpu

 

Yeah, big performance increase there. You will definitely notice a speed gain from upgrading to a dual core.
You may have to worry about heat, since the T7200, t7400, t7600 are very high power consuming processors, which will heat up alot more than your core solo

I do not know if your system can even support that powerful of a processor.
What chipset does your laptop use?
Use cpu-z to find out

K-TRON

 

the chipset (according to CPU-z) is an intel i945GM. A T60 is configurable with a high power processor, if im not mistaken.

I actually thought that a C2D would consume less power, as its 65nm and a lower voltage. If it would consume less power, then warmth wouldn't be a problem either... I look up the consumption (TDP?)

 

Yes that chipset should be able to handle up to T7600. Do you remember what the best processor your T60 came with?

Theres a small chance the chipset revision and/or BIOS might not be compatible with the fastest cpu's

Yes it runs overall efficiently

 

Its a small increase in the TDP, from 27 to 34, so the increase shouldnt be too drastic. Im more curious in what ways ill see a performance increase, and how much (say percent wise or so) can i expect?

 

If you want, download a copy of sissandra. (can be downloaded from guruof3d's website)
Then go into the benchmark tab, and click on "processor arithmetic"
Then click the refresh button to benchmark your processor. Then using the pull down menu's select the T7200,T7400 or T7600, and you can compare the mflops/mips of the processor.
Most likely the performance increase will be over 200% cause your going dual core.

Also that tdp increase is not much. Just undervolt your new processor and you can probably get the tdp down to 27watts.

K-TRON

 

if you REALLY do have a i945, the chipset supports upto a T5300,,, and maybe just a tad higher,, i've seen 2 people with T5600's in thier i945 based laptops.... but if you only have an i943 then you are limited to the T5300.. PERIOD..

and if you have a i940 then the T1350 is the best you can do!!

hope that helps
bigO

 

My laptop has a i945Pm, the performance verison, and it supports up to the T7600.

I am not sure what the i945 standard can do, but it may limit you to processors with a 533Mhz FSB. The T7200, and faster all have a 667Mhz FSB, so they may not exactly work in your system.

K-TRON

 

I am pretty sure the "standard" 945 chipset was the 945GM. Which could support higher then a T5300. I had a T5500 in my DV6000t that had a 945GM in it. And could support the 7x00 series.

 

from intel's info they will work,,, but they down clock to the chipset's max FSB... kinda like RAM does

atleast that is my understanding


bigO

 

by the way, GMA950 will benefit too since T&L is done on the CPU side

 

Which chipset are you looking at? The 945GM and PM both are 667.

 

The T1300 I already have has a 667Mhz FSB, so i dont need to worry about any downclocking. And socketwise I can definitely handle up to the T7600.

 

You might need to update the bios for the T7600 Support.

 

escalera is correct,, given all the above conditions have been met,, your next worry is your BIOS...

finding out what the HIGHEST CPU your BIOS supports is going to be the next question to answer... there may be a text file included with your BIOS ZIP file that contains info on all the changes made... you need to look for added support for CPUID xxxxx then search google for those numbers/letters following the CPUID.... that's the only way i've found short of testing CPUs blindly,,, or you may get lucky and your manufacturer might just give you the info...

bigO