2.0GHz vs 2.16GHz: Is it worth???

hi huys. recently I have another option to add (budget wise).

I choosed 2.0GHz all the time but now the price went down (chinese dell website), so now Im interested in 2.16GHz. Now the big question is:

Will I feel big difference between 2.0GHz and 2.16GHz???
IS IT worth the 190 USD???

need your advise!!!
thnx
Cheng

 

Not at all. The difference is really minimalized by the 667mhz front side bus. Save the money for better upgrades like memory or batteries or things that aren't easily user replaceable.

There's a big difference between the 2.0 and the ones below it, but not between the 2.0 and the 2.16.

 

I don't think its really worth the extra $190. It seems a bit expensive for what is a small gain in speed. Even then if you do upgrade, then the only really benefit you will see is in encoding and processor heavy applications, and even the, it will only be a small increase in speed.

 

The sweetspot in terms of price/performance right now would be getting the (I am assuming) Core 2 Duo T7200 at 2.0GHz. As many have already pointed out, the jump to the T7400 at 2.16GHz most often do not yield a proportional jump in performance for whatever extra you are going to pay for it.

Right now as I am browsing via Dell's various sites, the jump from the T7200 to the T7400 is:
Dell USA: +US$ 175
Dell China: +US$ 253 (RMB 1999)
Dell Hong Kong: +US$ 254 (HK$ 1981)
(Since you mentioned you are looking at Dell's Chinese sites)

I would advise you to spend that amount to upgrade your memory from 1GB to 2GB instead. The increase in RAM will give you more performance increase in return compared with a 0.16GHz clockspeed increase. (And with Vista coming soon, 2GB RAM is really the recommendation). Or, get a better video card option.

 

Well, it does offer a perfectly linear performance jump in CPU bound tasks. Hence why I got it. I likes me 3d renderings... hehe. But I'd agree with the above post... most people don't need the upgrade. Get more RAM and a faster hard drive (7200RPM) and those will serve the normal user much better.

 

Agreed, if you make $$$ rendering video and 3d, then it's worth it. For the average user who does normal things and only rips and renders sometimes, not worth it.

 

thanks guys totally clear for me now
and yes I will get 2GB ram and Nvidia video card, so no worries hhehe

 

In fact, using CPU-Z, my laptop is mostly at 1GHz, only kicking into 2GHz when stressed.

 

well i got the 2.16ghz (core duo) because it was only $10 more than the 2.0ghz (core duo) on dell.ca (canada), otherwise i woulda gotten 2ghz

 

Get the 2.0. With the 2.0 you get the 4MB cache knocking out most of the performance gain you'd see between the the two otherwise. Google the performance tests between the two and I really doubt you'd ever be able to tell.

 

Next spring also, Intel releases their new and faster mobile CPUs. At that time I am sure the existing ones will drop in price. I say save a little money and stick with the T7200 (2GHz) one now and then come next spring/summer pop a faster one in then. I really do not think that you will see a huge difference between the 2.0GHz and the 2.16GHz.