10-25-2009 at 01:38 PM
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question about hardwares
Hi guys, im having trouble deciding a new laptop, i have a choice between 2.24g quad and 2,8g duo, im really confused, some help please, and also, can some 1 explain to me the "turbo" function of the cpu? does it make cpus run faster?
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10-25-2009 at 02:05 PM
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Hard to say without some links to the laptop specs? Where are you purchasing it?
From a quick google, the turbo mode turns a quad core into a dual core @ higher ghz, or into a single core at even higher ghz, so in theory yes better performance, but at a cost of potential heat...
Personally, i would go with the 2.8 dual core as most games / apps dont use 4 cores anyways, and you will see better performance for single core apps without needing any turbo mode... is there any other difference between the laptops to help you decide... what is the graphics chipsets?
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10-25-2009 at 02:09 PM
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Ty kevin, the specs r the same, with a difference about 500$,. this is the spec
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 2.0GHz, ( core duo 2.8 GHZ)
15.6" Full HD 1920x1080,
4GB (2x2GB),
640GB (2x320GB) SATA,
NVIDIA GTX 260M 1GB DDR3,
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10-25-2009 at 03:26 PM
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damn, that looks smoking. Dual hard drives is sweet, specially if you have the option to raid them after you format all the OEM crap that comes with retail computers.
For the 500$ difference, i would even more so recommend the dual core (as it is the cheaper one i presume).
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10-25-2009 at 03:28 PM
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THank you kevin, u gonna help me do the raid harddrive thing after i get the laptop lol
thx so much
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