2.66ghz core i7 in 14 inch laptop.

I was wondering, after I read this article http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5453 where they shuved in a 2.66 ghz core i7 in a 14 inch laptop, how long it would take before they would use those processors in gaming laptops aswell. And i'm talking about decent sized gaming laptops, not those 10kg heavy xxodd beasts.

Since the laptop in that article has a weak graphic card the strong cpu would be usseless to me, but this shows that its possible to make a small laptop with such a strong cpu. As a result I have serious doubts if its going to be worth buying a laptop with a 'weak' 1.6ghz corei7 since obviously the technology is already there to put stronger cpu's in normal sized laptops.

 

that´s just a dual core so no comparision to core i7 quad cores.

 

Ah yes I see its one of those new corei 7 models, nvm then

 

PS: You can actually find a quad core i7 in a 14" dell model. The studio 14 in Asia has the option for i7. Go figure.

 

the combination with the lowest end GPU is just probably not really smart..

 

The i7-620 (Dual Core) is equal to the 1.6ghz i7-720 Quad in most test and even faster in a few. It's also a 35w vs 45w TDP meaning your battery will last longer.

# of cores is not everything....just as people finally realized that mhz wasn't everything...now they fall for new marketing lies.

 

^What types of tests?

 

I'll let you do the comparison:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-Notebook-Processor-Clarksfield.21025.0.html

720
1.6Ghz base Speed
2.8 Max Speed
4 Cores
45nm process
45watt TDP

620
2.6 base Speed
3.3 Max Speed
2 Cores
32nm process
35watt TDP

seems like a no-brainer to me.

 

I don't see any benchmarks in the 620's favour.

edit: I don't see any tests or benchmarks..

edit2: don't bother -> http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=450403