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    NP5796 which CPU?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by waynet, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. waynet

    waynet Notebook Consultant

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    Primary use: video editing (Pinnacle Studio 12, Cyberlink Powerdirector) and gaming (Crysis Whd, COD5, Farcry2) + usual internet, email, and such. Will be using XP Pro, Office Enterprise.

    P9500?...lower heat (25W) and 6MB L2 cache for gaming?
     
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  2. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Games arent very reliant on the CPU. Mostly the GPU.

    But, that CPU is very powerful, so i recommend it - unless you want to save some cash and go down (which wouldnt hurt you too much)
     
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    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    I think that the P9500 is a good processor for its wattage/clock frequency. It should be plenty for what you do.

    -J.B.
     
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    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Real life test of the p9500 in video editing, encoding, decoding. Result: Very good and very powerful. I encoded a 2 1/2 hour project and burnt to DVD playability in 20 minutes. In comparison, my p4 did that in 3 hours. The time savings have allowed me to create multiple 'masters' of the production if the client is willing to pay without any inconvenience to me. It will NOT fail you and its a decent processor to have for both editing and gaming. Even at the same time when you want to blow off some steam on those marathon nights. You know what I'm talking about :)

    Based on my approval of the p9500, I can only imagine the power of the higher end processors. I myself am actually thinking about upgrading to the t9800 when its available or just substituting it with my blu ray drive (which has no ETA yet from any reseller).
     
    Deathwinger, Nov 23, 2008
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