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    X205-S9349 good enough processor?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by LeoNBooM, Dec 14, 2007.

  1. LeoNBooM

    LeoNBooM Notebook Enthusiast

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    The only reason I didn't want to get this laptop was because of the T7100 1.8GHz. I thought it was weak compared to the 8700M GT. But then I heard that the 8700GT is actually bottlenecking the CPU! Is this true?
     
    LeoNBooM, Dec 14, 2007
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    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Umm.. it doesn't make sense comparing a CPU to a GPU. But, the short answer to your question is yes. your GPU will ALWAYS be the bottleneck when gaming.
     
    David, Dec 14, 2007
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    Not really for this case, someone had upgraded the CPU of this X205 by 20% saw over 50% games improvement in GPU... suggesting the CPU is bottlenecking....
     
    planet, Dec 14, 2007
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    Unless you play Microsoft Flight Simulator X ;)

    Quite a lot of games around still are very CPU-bound.
     
    Ingvarr, Dec 14, 2007
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    Yeah, I am the person that upgraded the cpu and in fact it made big difference, since then I put in a T7250 2ghz cpu from the sli1 I got about a month ago into the 9349 laptop and gave the 9349 laptop to my son and I put the same T7700 cpu in the sli1 to make sure I have enough cpu power to keep up with the 2 8600m Gt's in the sli1.
     
    jesse6749, Dec 14, 2007
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  6. be77solo

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    Hey jesse, just curious, did you see much drop in performance with the 9349 when you dropped from the 7700 to the the 7250? Wondering how much a 7700 would help out a SLi1. I know the change isn't as big as it was with the 9349's original when you changed to the 7700, and you upgraded the CPU in the sli1 almost immediately when you got it. Thanks, just curious, pondering future upgrades.
     
    be77solo, Dec 16, 2007
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