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    Penryn change out?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wettek, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. wettek

    wettek Notebook Consultant

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    Gidday guys!

    Hope you all had a good Christmas and are hoping for a top New Year.

    Does anyone know if the T7700 Santa Rosa and the new Penryn CPUs will be interchangeable? I am loving my SZ58GN (Asian/Australian model) and am thinking maybe it would be a worthwhile change when the CPUs are available off the shelf. Maybe a new BIOS required and will SONY support it?

    Regards to all........
     
    wettek, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Penryn are still using the socket p so they should be compatible... problem is the bios.
     
    Ayle, Dec 29, 2007
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    rick9974 Notebook Guru

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    performance wise it probably isn't worth it unless you just got extra money to blow away, the chip won't be able to be in full ability until the Montevina platform is out or so i hear
     
    rick9974, Dec 30, 2007
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  4. singh100

    singh100 Notebook Consultant

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    so would there be any point swapping hem out at all then?
    Because if the chip doesnt hit max capability till montevina comes out, that would mean new motherboard, i.e POINTLESS????
     
    singh100, Dec 30, 2007
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  5. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    very true. won't be worth it
     
    MaXimus, Dec 30, 2007
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  6. singh100

    singh100 Notebook Consultant

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    what is the likly price, and is there really any performance increase?
    iv got an fz21s with a t7500 2.2ghz cpu
     
    singh100, Dec 31, 2007
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  7. rick9974

    rick9974 Notebook Guru

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    your gonna end up paying alot for alittle and have to deal with putting it in, you'll get slightly better battery performance and processing speed, but the price is not worth it at all in my opinion, just use your laptop till its life is over and get a new one, that technology for ya
     
    rick9974, Dec 31, 2007
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