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    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dmgab, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. dmgab

    dmgab Notebook Guru

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    I dont know what to choose:
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz "Montevina" w/ 3MB L2 On-Die Cache (P8700) - 1066MHz FSB 25 Watt
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz "Montevina" w/ 3MB L2 On-Die Cache (P8800) - 1066MHz FSB 25 Watt [$55.00]
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80 GHz "Montevina" w/ 6MB L2 On-Die Cache (T9600) - 1066MHz FSB 35 Watt [$130.00]
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80 GHz "Montevina" w/ 6MB L2 On-Die Cache (P9700) - 1066MHz FSB 25 Watt [$165.00]
    Intel® Core 2 Quad™ Q9000 | 6MB Shared L2 Cache | 2.00GHz | 1,066MHz FSB [$165.00]

    I'm from Colombia so i guess it will be hard to upgrade later, is it worth the $165 increase for 2.8-2.53=0.27?
    35W or 25W? Dont you have to be plug in all the time anyway?
    The Quad is 0.8Ghz slower, is it a good option for gaming?
    I hear Directx 11 will use the multi-threaded if i buy the 8662, with the gtx 260M, will this card support directx 11, and if it does, is the quad core going to beat the P9700?

    Has someone tested crysis warhead/wars with the 2.53Ghz CPU?

    Thank you
     
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  2. ReDuNZL

    ReDuNZL Notebook Evangelist

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    The Q9000 seems a bit slow, if you ask me ... I would go with the P9700 if you can't or won't get the Q9200 or QX9300. I think most games will do better with that, even most new ones coming this or next year. That is, if the main purpose of the laptop is gaming. If gaming is not your priority, then the Q9000.
     
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  3. shadowfox952

    shadowfox952 Notebook Guru

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    A 2.53 proc will not bottleneck the GPU when playing crysis.
     
    shadowfox952, Jul 14, 2009
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