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AMD or Intel for laptop?
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Evilsizer said:
It will... but currently it doesn't. Really... in terms of longevity and what's currently available... Intel and the C2D is the only game in town. Don't just look at the "megahertz"... look at the L2 Cache... and definately look at the video card. AMD laptops hae a slight advantage in the graphics department... but you can pretty much get the same cards in C2D... they just aren't as common.
It's sort of odd that ATI is in a situation where they have to sell graphics chips on Intel laptops to remain competitive in the market even thought they're currently owned by AMD... but hey!
With current Intel laptops (on the 479 architecture) you can upgrade your processor and everything except for the video card. So I'd say get the best built-in graphics available.
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this is only true if the laptop has a yohan based cpu and he upgrades to the meron.rainless said:
the new socket P cpu's are not the same to 479, as i recall they are going to be pinless like lga but not the same layout.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3180
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Deta...pcoming-Socket-P-Mobile-Processor-29166.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_P
as you can see here the socket P cpus are listed on intel's site.
http://processorfinder.intel.com/List.aspx?ProcFam=2643&sSpec=&OrdCode=
now we just wait for them to show up in lappies.
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ok so they still are using pins... maybe its the next gen then...
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essientally the C2D lappies KILL anything amd has to offer... i mean their highest mobile chip is i think 2.33ghz? and only consumes 35w fully loaded... if im not mistaken amd has nothing to compare... and thoes mobile C2D's are DISGUSTINGLY fast its redicolus... we got all new iMac 17inchers with "only" 2.0ghz mobile c2d chips (apple uses all mobile stuff in their imacs) for our mac lab at my high school.. and i ran super pi in parallels with windows xp. (essientally it runs windows xp as a virtual machine on top of OSX) and it ran a 26sec super pi 1m i was amazed... my E6600 @ stock 2.4ghz desktop chip with 1066fsb (not the 667fsb of mobile chips) and with ddr2 800 does 21secs super pi 1m... although at 3ghz it does 17 secs... and 4ghz it does 12.609 
go with a intel c2d lappy
go with a intel c2d lappy
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just wait these are going to be fast if they do come outnd4spdbh2 said:essientally the C2D lappies KILL anything amd has to offer... i mean their highest mobile chip is i think 2.33ghz? and only consumes 35w fully loaded... if im not mistaken amd has nothing to compare... and thoes mobile C2D's are DISGUSTINGLY fast its redicolus... we got all new iMac 17inchers with "only" 2.0ghz mobile c2d chips (apple uses all mobile stuff in their imacs) for our mac lab at my high school.. and i ran super pi in parallels with windows xp. (essientally it runs windows xp as a virtual machine on top of OSX) and it ran a 26sec super pi 1m i was amazed... my E6600 @ stock 2.4ghz desktop chip with 1066fsb (not the 667fsb of mobile chips) and with ddr2 800 does 21secs super pi 1m... although at 3ghz it does 17 secs... and 4ghz it does 12.609
go with a intel c2d lappy
Rumored to use this socket:
* Core 2 Duo X7800 (2.6 GHz)
* Core 2 Duo X7900 (2.8 GHz)
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Evilsizer said:
o my god that would be sick!
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Evilsizer said:
Well yeah, I'm aware of all that. I was just talking about what's currently available. I intend to personally upgrade to C2D sometime in the near future. And if he gets a good deal on a slower memron now, he'll be able to upgrade to a faster memron later if need be. I'm not sure if he'll have that option with socket P.
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Bottom line... Don't even look at AMD... go with intel on a Laptop... Even if you get a cheap intel laptop, it will destroy a highend AMD laptop.
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GigaHertzAddict said:
qft.... amd looks pretty skrewed right now... i really wanna know how they are gonna dig them selves out... i mean not only do they have the c2d to deal with as it is just straight up pwning anything they have to offer... they have to deal with their flop of a HD2900XT gfx card that was said to be 2x as good as a 8800gtx... and its barly as good as a 8800gts 320mb...
