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    m860tu / edge / np8660 Proecessor

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by theincubus, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. theincubus

    theincubus Notebook Consultant

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    I'm seriously considering getting the the m060tu (or one of its rebranded variants) but my parents are implying they don't want me to spend too much, probably $2500 MAX with warranty. I figure I'll be able to afford the 8800m (i.e. the reason I want this machine) but processor is a question. I'll mostly play games, get on the internet, and word process but I might occasionally do some video editing. Will the 2.2ghz processor be enough? I play a lot of games off of Steam, I heard that a bigger cache is better for this?
     
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  2. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    My humble opinion is yes that should be enough. It's mostly about the video card. That cache is fine for steam. Only game i kno that uses a bit of CPU is like crysis.
     
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  3. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    that should be enough
     
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    thanks for the quick responses. Would i see much performance increase if I did upgrade?
     
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  5. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    in performance benchmarks yes.

    In real life gaming, not much.

    It all depends on what we are comparing it to.

    For your budget, I think you should easilly be able to get a T9300 equivalent.
     
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