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    Turion & Athlon 64 Diffrences

    Discussion in 'HP' started by southbark, Jun 9, 2005.

  1. southbark

    southbark Notebook Guru

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    Ok i have an R4000 with an Athlon 64 4000+ and i am considering returning it for a Turion computer.But not sure if there is any real diffrence besides battery life and weight.

    Desktop:
    P4 2.4GHZ 800MHZ FSB
    20gb maxtor,120gb Samsung Spinpoint,120GB WD
    Geforce FX 5700LE 256MB,
    Antec Sonata case W/480Watt TruPower

    Laptop:
    Compaq R4000
    80GB 5400RPM
    Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4ghz 1mb cache
    128MB xpress 200m
    15.4 BrightView screen
    1GB ram (2X512)
     
    southbark, Jun 9, 2005
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  2. southbark

    southbark Notebook Guru

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    Thanks i usually have it hooked up to power supply i have rarely used the battery at all and a 2lb diffrence in weight is not a bother for me as i have mine in a rolling case when i take it somewhere

    Desktop:
    P4 2.4GHZ 800MHZ FSB
    20gb maxtor,120gb Samsung Spinpoint,120GB WD
    Geforce FX 5700LE 256MB,
    Antec Sonata case W/480Watt TruPower

    Laptop:
    Compaq R4000
    80GB 5400RPM
    Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4ghz 1mb cache
    128MB xpress 200m
    15.4 BrightView screen
    1GB ram (2X512)
     
    southbark, Jun 10, 2005
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  3. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's pretty much it. Turions are just Athlon 64's with the transistors tweaked for lower power consumption rather than higher clock rates. The same Radeon 200M chipset but without the 128MB dedicated memory the zv6000 has is very popular for Turion notebooks. Anyhow, you might as well keep what you have.
     
    brianstretch, Jun 10, 2005
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