Hmm. Well, that's good, on a nice light Brisbane box. I can see why it's so popular.
But now I'm stuck trying to compare apples and oranges: twice the L2 cache, vs a higher clock speed. I've often wondered about that. For multitasking (not gaming), what do you think?
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- Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: AMD Processor Forum
- Topic: Which is the best among the three AMD 5200+ processors?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9379
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:31 am
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: ASUS, AMD, and the F3T-AP055C
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4480
Re: ASUS, AMD, and the F3T-AP055C
6 Months Later. . . . No one ever replied to this, but I actually did buy it. Well, really it was my girlfriend who bought it for herself, and I was acting as an advisor for her. She didn't buy it in August—I kept on researching things for another month. So now I just wanted to add this update. The...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:05 am
- Forum: AMD Processor Forum
- Topic: Phenom worth it?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11002
Re: Phenom worth it?
No problem in staying with AMD, though. Yes, there are a lot of alligators around. And a whole lot of people are abandoning AMD on the premise that one buyer doesn't make a difference—or they just don't care—but if AMD actually went down, Intel would double its newly monopolistic prices the next day...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:43 am
- Forum: AMD Processor Forum
- Topic: Which is the best among the three AMD 5200+ processors?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9379
Re: Which is the best among the three AMD 5200+ processors?
I'm researching the very same question. Would you guys who chose (C) maybe explain in more detail your choice over (B) ? I'm leary that 512 can be as useful as 1024 in a level-2 cache when the system is used for heavy multitasking. Maybe it can be, but I hate to see that L2 cut in half. My real choi...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: AMD Processor Forum
- Topic: The AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core TL60
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4568
The AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core TL60
I'm asking for opinions here. Has anybody got this? I'm considering it for a notebook computer, and I'd like some input from someone who's been there. (I don't want Intel; Intel screwed me way back when, in their marketing of the Celeron 1.7 with its 128 KB L2 cache—and I never go back to be cheated...
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:39 pm
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: Suggestions for a laptop
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4579
Re: Suggestions for a laptop
I'm also in the computer notebook market for a girlfriend. So far, my research suggests that $2,000 is high. Given the short (arguably 3 year) lifespan of a laptop, you might be better off not to buy too extravagantly. Something to consider, anyway, depending on her budget. You might be able to get ...
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: question about notebook ram
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5094
Re: question about notebook ram
I agree with Dan, but I'd like to suggest a different way of looking at things. How much is the money worth to you? If you are watching your budget, then you want cost-efficiency. But if the money is no big deal, then I would go for the RAM. Here's why: The difference between "too much RAM"...
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: ASUS, AMD, and the F3T-AP055C
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4480
ASUS, AMD, and the F3T-AP055C
I'm likely to buy this very soon, unless I hear warnings against the model or against ASUS reliability. Everything looks good on paper. I'm in Canada, where the price is CDN $ 1288. It comes with 1 GB of RAM but I'll upgrade that to 2 GB. At the moment the computer is more of a Cadillac than I need,...