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    1.6ghz to 1.73ghz difference?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by csp, Mar 8, 2005.

  1. csp

    csp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will there be any noticable difference going from 1.6 to 1.73

    Was wondering if I should change my order to a 1.73ghz
     
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    There will be a boost, but I don't think you'll actually feel it, depending on what you do. I will say that cost wise, the 1.73 is the sweet spot right now. If money's not a big concern I'd get the upgraded CPU.

    Brian

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    kita Notebook Enthusiast

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    In the future, could you upgrade the CPU yourself? Say next year I wanted the 2.0 or 2.? that is the fastest right now.

    I did not and am getting the 1.6, but was just wondering.
     
    kita, Mar 8, 2005
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  4. csp

    csp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I decided to go with the 1.73ghz. I just submitted my change request form.



    quote] Originally posted by Brian

     
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  5. Packrat

    Packrat Notebook Consultant

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    you will notice a longer battery life of the 1.6 before you notice the faster speed of the 1.7

    spend the money on 1 gig (or 768K) ram upgrade which will result in much better performance. Especially if the video uses the system ram
     
    Packrat, Mar 10, 2005
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    Conscript Notebook Geek

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    Actually you wouldn't notice a battery life differnece since SpeedStep guarantees you'll be running at 600-700Mhz the whole time while you're doing stuff like surfing or chatting, which probably translates to similar battery performance.

    The speed difference will only be noticable if you're doing encoding or decoding of large video files or other CPU intensive tasks. For everyday use it won't do much.
     
    Conscript, Mar 11, 2005
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  7. DeathMoJo

    DeathMoJo Notebook Consultant

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    yeah you really only need the higher end P-M processor speeds if you do video editing, CAD drawing, gaming, or something that requires a huge CPU load.

    *Dell Inspiron 9300, P-M 1.86ghz 533mhz FSB, 1GB DDR2 533mhz ram, 17inch UXGA+ screen with TrueLife, 256mb Nvidia GeForce 6800, 60gb 7200rpm drive, XP Pro SP2, WiFi*

    *Sony MDR-G74SL Headphones for music and gaming, best 40 dollar pair i have ever bought!*
     
    DeathMoJo, Mar 11, 2005
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  8. CathDAT

    CathDAT Newbie

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    I thought the difference was .13 ...
    [xx(]

    I guess I'm a little out of the loop as far as processor speeds go lately. When did we leave the 2.8 to 3.4 ghz measures?



    CathDAT
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    "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!"
     
    CathDAT, Mar 13, 2005
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    back to a ? that was already asked, can you upgrade in future yourself?
     
    BamBam, Mar 15, 2005
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