Uh ok here is my input on this. I feel I am well qualified because I have a dual core..um I mean core 2 duo system (intel), and a AMD Turionx2.
Basically the turion is budget cpu, and the intel cpu I have is the cheapest one of the 6x00 line. The intel is a e6300 basically a 1.83ghz x 2 of course sitting on a 2mb of cache, with a 1033mhz fbs. With about 2 gigs of ddr ram.
My notebook (uh desknote..its like...huge) has the turion cpu with 2 gigs of ram.
My intel setup blows away the turion by leaps and bounds. Games can be cranked up much higher, and when there are multiple windows open...my system still feels very light.
The turion on 2gigs feels nice, but there is lag to be felt when playing 3d intensive games. Now I have to say that the turion system is basically hamstringed because I can not upgrade the graphic card...i wish i could. Cause if I could..I am sure that this system on say 3 gigs of ram with a mid range 256mg card (512 is best), it would be able to handle gaming just a notch under my core2duo system.
ANother thing...the intel line up of cpu's run alot cooler. That means with the right motherboard..you can overclock the cpu a little, and get a very nice performance boost out of it! If you are using a single core cpu now...you need to be taken out to the pasture and whipped. Cause your wasting more energy to run that thing, and you are getting poor performance. Yogita used to have the most poweful system in our house. A 2.8ghz p4 with about 1 gig of ram. Her system was sweet. But sit it next to any of my dual core systems...and it is quite apparent. The cpu needs time and resources to "think" over the next thing the user wants it to do.
On a dual core setup....there is little to no "thinking" time. Boom! Your next window opens, or your video will play..while doing other things actively in the background!
So...basically Intel wins it for me, AMD's run hot and the cache memory is small...my turion has only 512k cache. The newer intels...some of them come with a whopping 6MB of cache memory!!!!!!! WOW!!
I am thinking about quads, and duals now.....but...we might have to wait until april. Or even a bit later. I might pick up some second hand parts from other English teachers....a very nice way to get alot of bang for our weak won.
tata
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Good Blog man, your writing seems to be getting better, very insightful stuff! The Philly trip was great, did some shopping, Mike's house was great. My knew CD is coming along nicely, stay tuned, I want it to be ready by May 1st. Hit me back
Ok man cool! I need to get back on msn but I have been just way too busy. Wow May 1st....cant wait...although I would still want to get some of the work you had in progress about 1 month ago..it sounds great!!!!
Yeah, my AMD runs hot. Very irritating. I've noticed gltiches when it has been on too long. My P4 never did that. It worked just as fine regardless of how long it was left on. We are going to be doing some upgrading this year. It should be interesting.
Please keep me posted! I must say that my turion runs hot. But..it just keeps on kicking. I am very curious about the cooling system. You can not really hear a fan. It makes so little noise. Yogita's tablet...that this purrs when the cpu is under load. My....there is no real noise. I suspect that it uses a cooling system similar to that of a car. A coolent filled radiator surrounding the cup with a low rpm fan blowing on it. It makes so little noise. We are playing this free to play MMO called Angels Online. Basically when we go to Work or sleep, the Hall. It runs our characters in an auto mode. So our laptops (...uh mine is a like a Legnote) And i have not had one crash....
You and your legnotes and desknotes. Very funny. They sound like monsters. I need to up my power suppy and then I can upgrade my video card. That is going to cost like $200.
Yeah if you want a nice med range video card (actually they are quite nice!) It can be expensive. What power supply do you need?
How are the kiddies?
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