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[cbclark4]

So I want a laptop I see the TL-60 Turion 64 x2 and the Core 2 Duo T5450 and T2330.

No one lets you know the clock speeds up front any more and then thereis front side bus and cache to consider.

It looks likethe Turion beats the others at the price mark.

Any opinions here?

Please weigh in.

[JustJohn]

I'm not completely up to date, but usually the core2 has better performance, though the turion *might* be better for the buck.

[cbclark4]

Thanks for weighing in.

just wondering is the performance benchmark of a DUO or x2 twice the clock speed or is there a different determinant?

[JustJohn]

It depends. A lot. For most stuff they will not perform like a CPU with double the clock speed, but a core2 is a pretty beefy processor anyway so it's still pretty strong clock for clock if you understand what I'm saying.

Anyway, all dual core processors need to have applications designed specifically to take advantage of both cores if you want the max performance. A lot of programs are starting to do this nowadays, especially cpu intensive programs, because dual core is already a significant share of the market. However, stuff that most people are going to be running on a daily basis will see very little benefit from a dual core CPU at this point in time.

[bassexpander]

From what I've read, if a Core2Duo is at least .2 to .4 faster than the Turion.

The Turion and the older CoreDuo chips are nearly identical in speed.

See here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html

[Demophobe]

[Khenan]

Everyone I asked before buying my new laptop last week said that Intel was the way to go this generation. It's true that the AMD can be as much as $2-300 cheaper for comparable clock speeds, but I think that's due to the fact that, since they're not as good as the Intels, they have to mark them down to sell them. People who care and do their research buy Intel; people who just look at clock speeds and price tags buy AMD.

(I miss AMD..)

[Demophobe]

[JustJohn]

My computer is in the shop, I'm at a PCbang and I don't really have time. Sorry. Quickly:

What I was saying is that stuff like web browsers and word processors aren't multi-threaded yet (to my knowledge) so they can't take full advantage. I assume you're going to say that people WILL benefit from dual core in every day situations. This is true, but it's due to more cache and such rather than the dual cores except in applications written to take advantage.

[spliff]

2.66 Dual Core Pent4

Great computer for sale. Everything in it is less than 1 year old. I am travelling soon, so no longer need a computer. 800,000 Won
2.66 Dual Core Pent4 (In case you are not up with comp. technology, dual core means there are two 2.66 chips in the computer.)
Intel Motherboard
4gb Ram
512MB nvidia e-Ge force 8600GTS Video Card (High End card that can play any video game out there today)
300GB SATA Harddrive
22 inch Monitor (Very nice flat panel monitor. No pixel damage. Less than 6 months old)
TV Tuner and Remote
Sound Card
Keyboard/mouse
DVD writable
Microsoft Vista/works

For sale on ES...what kind of CPU is this?

[Demophobe]

[SuperHero]

In addition to what Demophobe said. At the minimum you can benefit froma dual core with single threaded apps as one core can run the o/s and background services leaving 100% of the remaining core to run your single threaded app.

[christopher1magelli]

[spliff]

The guy should have just said that in his ad. Your ad, BTW? Nice chip! Finestkind...

[OneWayTraffic]