Just wondering if anybody has compared the Duo T2500 and the T2400. Is there any noticable difference in justifying the $200 price difference in the
T2500 chip? I already placed an order with Sony for a customized FE590 with the T2500 core chip, but now I'm getting second thoughts. After my initial excitement of placing my order wore off, I started thinking maybe I should have just gotten the T2400. Since I just placed my order last night, I might still be able to change it?![]()
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compare the price difference between 1.83 and 2 GHz. I beleive the price difference is not justified, considering the incremental performanca increase.
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I would get the 2400. Later on down the road, you can upgrade to something faster. Possibly a Merom chip.
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The price difference for the highest spec chip is almost never justified unless you know you need it.
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I agree the T2400 has a much better price/performance ratio. I think the performance increase from 1.86 to 2.00 will be minimal. For me it was more a psychological reason to get the T2500 over the T2400. I wanted a 2 infront of the dot.
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What about the same question between the T2300 and the T2400??
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In may intel will be massivly slashing their prices on the core duo chips, Get the minimum you can live with for now then upgrade later, a user on notebookforums upgraded his and he said it was very simple.
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There is no significiant differences among these dual cores. It is probably psyhological thing to suppose bigger number is the woww number. But it is not true.
Such as;
T2300 - T2400 - T2500 - T2600...
SYSMARK 2004SE;
T2300:1.39
T2600:1.66
1.60 730 SONOMA:1.00
T2600 is %19 better than T2300...think 2400 and 2500? probably 2400 is %5-6,2500 is %10-14 better than T2300.
PCMARK 05 SYSTEM TEST;
T2300: 1.49
T2600: 1.74
1.60 730:1.00
PCMARK 05 CPU TEST;
T2300: 1.51
T2600: 1.96
1.60 730:1.00
T2600 is %29.8 better than T2300. Put the %10 margines among T2400 and T2500...
3DMARK 05 OVERALL TEST;
T2300: 2.12
T2600: 2.28
1.60 730: 1.00
3DMARK 05 CPU TEST;
T2300: 1.71
T2600: 1.97
1.60 730: 1.00
T2600 is %15 better than T2300...so T2400 is %5 better than T2300,and T2500 is %10 better than T2300...
SPECint rate base 2000;
T2300: 1.89
T2600: 2.33
1.60 730: 1.00
SPECfp rate base 2000;
T2300: 1.94
T2600: 2.19
1.60 730: 1.00
T2600 is %12 better than T2300,and other %3-4...
As you see, I dont find so logical to buy a T2400 and T2500 instead of T2300. When I look at prices...T2400 and T2500 is real performance is not much than T2300 but money is big. 300-400 dollars are very comic to take T2400 instead of T2300.
On the other hand, T2300's performance over 730 sonoma s very significiant. I think T2300 dual core equals to Sonoma 2.0...
regards,
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as this seems to be one of the more referenced and viewed threads on comparing various core duos, here is a link on intel's site that compares the pentium M 730, core duo t2300, and core duo t2600 with various benchmarks.
http://www.intel.com/performance/resources/briefs/mobiletechnology.pdf
FE590: T2500 or T2400?
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