Re: Question processor speed

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From: wing007 (wing007_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:33:02 -0800

Dear McCarty,

thank you for your reply and your help. I really appreciate it. I have
narrowed my choice between 1 type, but with 2 models that are identical
besides the processor speed. One is 1.4 and the other is 1.6 Centrino.

Still not sure what best to do as the 200 Mhz is around 800 dollar/euro more
expensive. Do you think if it is worth to pay $800 more for 200 Mhz if looked
at performance or is it almost not perceptible?

Best regards,
Wing

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> I look at it this way - Buy all the performance you can on a notebook
> until the cost gets too much. You can't open a notebook and update.
> A 4-5% performance gain is barely perceptible. Usually, upping the
> memory on a notebook to 512 Megabytes gives the best value for the
> money. It's just very subjective, there's always a downside to every
> option. A larger cache means greater power consumption & less battery
> life (Even with CPU throttling).
>
> You can work yourself crazy trying to analyze and pick sub-options
> on a notebook purchase. Once you pick a model, check the vendor's
> web site tech support for any issues that existing users have. I also
> check around in Epinions to see how new products are reviewed.
>
> Good Luck.
>
>
> "wing007" <wing007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA50AF97-94A2-453B-9052-62B8EFB588B5@microsoft.com...
> > Dear R. McCarty,
> >
> > many thanks for your prompt reply.
> >
> > The link was very helpful, though I am not sure what the practical
> > difference for ME will be. I am not a heavy gamer, but I do like to have
> > some
> > fancy 3D screensaver running (expecially a 3D Matrix movie screensaver)
> > and
> > do have MANY screens open at the same time. For example often I have many
> > internet explorer screens, MS word, MS excel, Windows media player, etc,
> > open
> > and running at the same time.
> >
> > Do you think having double chache would help me much? In the conclusion of
> > the test on the link it was mentioned that "In the case of the PIII
> > architecture, doubling the L2 cache improves computational performance on
> > the
> > order of 4-5%". Is 4-5% much? It doesn't seems for an amateur like me.
> >
> > Please let me know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Wing
> >
> >
> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
> >
> >> The Gamer's stay on top of speed issues, so you might read the
> >> following for a simple description of L2 cache:
> >>
> >> http://www.overclockers.com/articles684/
> >>
> >>
> >> "wing007" <wing007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E29072EE-FF3E-48DC-9F2D-74003993AF3E@microsoft.com...
> >> > Dear Windowers,
> >> >
> >> > I am on the edge of buying a new laptop and have a question about the
> >> > processor speed.
> >> >
> >> > I currently have 2 Acer laptop models on my mind, both with a Intel
> >> > Mobile
> >> > Pentium / Centrino processor. The Acer Travelmate c300 tabletpc has 1.4
> >> > Ghz
> >> > with 1024KB L2 Cache and the Acer Travelmate 4000 has 1.5 Ghz with 2MB
> >> > L2
> >> > Cache. The rest of the specs are equal (like internal memory 512MB,
> >> > Intel®
> >> > 855GME chipset with 400MHz FSB, etc.)
> >> >
> >> > I would like to know if the overall performance between the two
> >> > computers
> >> > would differ much, and how the two components have a roll in the
> >> > performance.
> >> >
> >> > As a amateur I used to simple look at the processor speed (rated in how
> >> > much
> >> > Ghz it has), but lately I heared the Chache memory is also very
> >> > significant.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone explain this a bit to me?
> >> >
> >> > Best regards,
> >> > Wing
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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