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    New Machine: HP dv2125nr

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jfafimtu, Dec 16, 2006.

  1. jfafimtu

    jfafimtu Notebook Geek

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    So, I had a fujitsu S6000 series laptop. It served me well, except I wanted something fresh, with a larger screen and a bit more powerful.

    So i purchased the HP dv2125nr. Specs:

    AMD 64 turon duo 1.6ghz mobile proc
    1024mb RAM
    120gb hdd
    14" widescreen screen

    $799 and a free printer at best buy. So how did i do? Is it a good machine? I hope so :) Anyone else have one?
     
    jfafimtu, Dec 16, 2006
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    joystik, Dec 16, 2006
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    jfafimtu Notebook Geek

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    I ran super pi.. it beat my 1.6ghz pentium m by 2 seconds :(

    i was hoping since it was a dual core processor, and had twice the ram that it'd beat it by more :(
     
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, Super Pi is a single threaded benchmark, so wont be any faster in a dual core processor when it cannot make use of the second core. Run 2 instances of SuperPi setting affinity to each core and you should see the real power of dual core.
     
    miner, Dec 17, 2006
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    Good point!!!
     
    jfafimtu, Dec 17, 2006
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    Yeah, but in the Intel Core Duo Benchmarks, the 2.0GHZ Core Duo obliterates the Pentium M 2.0 GHZ.
     
    lappy486portable, Dec 17, 2006
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    I ran PCMark on both computers...

    new computer: 2800
    Old Computer: 1400


    big difference!
     
    jfafimtu, Dec 17, 2006
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    Thats because there was an architecture change, if you had a 2.0GHz Pentium M and a dual core version of the same processor, then the Super Pi times will be the same.
     
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    Oh really, I didn't know that, I thought that it was the same architecture, just that they doubled up on the processor's, and switched to a 65NM production.
     
    lappy486portable, Dec 22, 2006
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