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    t2050 to t7200

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by G-fella, Aug 15, 2007.

  1. G-fella

    G-fella Newbie

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    Hi,

    I'm considering upgrading the proc in my laptop from a cd t2050 to a c2d t7200. The reason for doing so is that i'm not satisfied with the gaming performance of my laptop. The problem is i don't know if i should spend 250 euro's on a new proc when my laptop only has an x1600. Will this upgrade provide a significant increase in gaming performance?

    Specs: Toshiba a100, cd t2050, 2gb ram, 80 gb 5400rpm, x1600 128mb dedicated.
     
    G-fella, Aug 15, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    In theory, that upgrade in CPU should give around a 30% boost in CPU performance. However, is the CPU your current bottleneck? Is it running at 100% load during gaming? (you can use perfmon (start > run > perfmon) to monitor the CPU load). If the CPU is not 100% loaded at present then a faster CPU will not boost performance significantly.

    You would also need to be sure that the A100's BIOS will support the T7200 before upgrading the CPU.

    A bigger / faster HDD might help a little, depending on how much the games access the HDD.

    John
     
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  3. khanhfat

    khanhfat Notebook Deity

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    the cpu won't run 100% unless u run 2 task that requires lots of power.. other wise it'll run 60% to 70% at max in one task.
     
    khanhfat, Aug 16, 2007
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