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    An in-depth look at Dothan: PM review

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Underpantman, Dec 27, 2004.

  1. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    A very good and detailed review of Intels PM CPU has been posted over at sudhian(http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=635).

    Of major interest was how well the PM faired against high end P4EE and AMD64 cpus, it even managed the odd benchmark win!

    For those interested in a mobile gaming machine it looks like the best choice is either a PM or AMD64, the price and heat/power usage of the current P4's just doesn't seem to be competitive against the other two choices, in the mobile market.
    In fact from my reading of the article I would say that you should NEVER buy a P4 based laptop unless the main task is 3D rendering (3dmax etc).
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    ASUS M6Ne 15.4" WSXGA 1.7 PM ATI9700 80Gb HDD 1Gb RAM
     
    Underpantman, Dec 27, 2004
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  2. bootleg2go

    bootleg2go Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks for the link, I'll have to read this right away.

    Jack

    "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" (Ben Franklin)
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    bootleg2go, Dec 27, 2004
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