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    CONFUSED, need help

    Discussion in 'HP' started by vlk, Jun 28, 2004.

  1. vlk

    vlk Notebook Consultant

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    Hi. I do not know much about notebooks and processors, so I would really appreaciate everyones help.
    I just purchased HP pavilion zv5000z with amd 64 3000+ 1.8 GHz, I read that it has 1 MB L2 Cache, and its better then Mobile Pentium 4 2.4 GHz with 512 MB L2 Cache. Is it realy better or not, and does it realy has 1mb of L2 Cache? I read that higher the BUS, faster the computer, so now I really confused, since Pentium 4 has 533 Mhz, and AMD 64 only has 266 Mhz. So does it mean that Pentium 4 is faster? and over all which is a better choice? And if AMD 1.8 better then Pentium 2.4, by how much?

    Thank you
     
    vlk, Jun 28, 2004
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  2. Quikster

    Quikster Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    The AMD64 is the fastest current mobile processor, and the only drawback is that HP only combines it with a nVidia go 440 video card.

    zx5000 :: 2.4M :: 512 DDR :: 40gb 4200 RPM HD :: 15.4" :: Radeon 9600 Mobilty M10 :: Aquamark3 22,856
     
    Quikster, Jun 29, 2004
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