Selecting between Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Turion X2 laptop
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I am soon going to buy a laptop which will be also be used for gaming and I have some touch task to select the right one between AMD Turion X2 and Intel Core 2 Duo .
I have 2 laptops in my mind as below
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HP dv5-1106ax
Processor :- AMD Turion" X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70
" 2.0 GHz, Level 2 cache 1 MB, Up to 4000 MT/s system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 watt
RAM :- 3 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM
Graphics :- ATI Radeon" HD 3450 Graphics with 512 MB Dedicated memory
Screen Size :- 15.4 Diagonal WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
OS :- Vista Premium
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The second one is
Compaq Presario CQ45-137TX
Processor :- Intel® Core"2 Duo Processor P7350
" 2.0 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB
RAM :- 3 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM
Graphics :- NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS with 256 MB dedicated memory
Screen Size : 14.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
OS :- Vista Basic
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The HP Amd based Notebook is much cheaper than the Intel's Core 2 Duo
Please suggest me which one to go for
many thanks
I am soon going to buy a laptop which will be also be used for gaming and I have some touch task to select the right one between AMD Turion X2 and Intel Core 2 Duo .
I have 2 laptops in my mind as below
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HP dv5-1106ax
Processor :- AMD Turion" X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70
" 2.0 GHz, Level 2 cache 1 MB, Up to 4000 MT/s system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 watt
RAM :- 3 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM
Graphics :- ATI Radeon" HD 3450 Graphics with 512 MB Dedicated memory
Screen Size :- 15.4 Diagonal WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
OS :- Vista Premium
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The second one is
Compaq Presario CQ45-137TX
Processor :- Intel® Core"2 Duo Processor P7350
" 2.0 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB
RAM :- 3 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM
Graphics :- NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS with 256 MB dedicated memory
Screen Size : 14.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
OS :- Vista Basic
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The HP Amd based Notebook is much cheaper than the Intel's Core 2 Duo
Please suggest me which one to go for
many thanks
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Intel and AMD does not use the same way to calculate the speed of their processor ... in the time of P4 vs AMD 64 a Intel 2.4 was more powerful than an AMD 3.0
Both processor are about the same even if the numbers are different. You won't have any problem multitasking a lot of application on any of those ( except if you multitask 2 games :P )
Also for the pricing, the Compaq is 14'1 inches which means more expensive as they need to reduce pieces size too.
Both processor are about the same even if the numbers are different. You won't have any problem multitasking a lot of application on any of those ( except if you multitask 2 games :P )
Also for the pricing, the Compaq is 14'1 inches which means more expensive as they need to reduce pieces size too.
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I have more question, Intel Core 2 duo model I mentioned in the question has the L2 cache size of 3 MB whereas for AMD turion based processor L2 cache is only 1 MB.
Will this create any problem for multi- tasking for example Office Applications , word processing ?
I also have a bit confusion on the System bus speed
In case of Intel Core 2 machine , the System Bus speed is 1066 MHz FSB and in case of AMD it is Up to 4000 MT/s system bus
Does that mean AMD is more equipped to handle multi-tasking ?
Please let me know
Many thanks