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    1.66 GHZ Duo Core?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by artless, Apr 25, 2006.

  1. artless

    artless Newbie

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    How does an Intel Yonah 1.66 ghz duo core compare with other processors?

    I've tried searching but most of the things I've found are vague or rediculous-sounding.
     
    artless, Apr 25, 2006
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  2. Reize

    Reize Notebook Virtuoso

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    The T2300, the CPU you mentioned, is excellent for multitasking and pretty much anything you throw at it, except for, of course 64-Bit applications, but those won't be very common for a few years now.

    It's powerful, and great for the price.

    Is there anything you wanted to know about it in particular?

    Also, are you looking for a notebook? If so you could fill out the FAQ and post it in the corresponding forum.
     
    Reize, Apr 25, 2006
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  3. artless

    artless Newbie

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    No, I'm not looking for a notebook. I ordered this and I just wanted to know how it would compare to my current 2.4 P4.
     
    artless, Apr 25, 2006
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  4. Knifes

    Knifes Notebook Geek

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    I believe that I read that the 1.66ghz duo core comes to about a little under the 3.0ghz w/HT regular proccessor. It doesn't have the raw power of the 3.0ghz, but with the duo core, it was meant for lots of multitasking, and thus being quite fast in itself.
     
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  5. Reize

    Reize Notebook Virtuoso

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    The 1.66 Core Duo will kill a 2.4 P4 in every way imaginable, really.
     
    Reize, Apr 25, 2006
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  6. RogueMonk

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    For sure. :D
     
    RogueMonk, Apr 25, 2006
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  7. Knifes

    Knifes Notebook Geek

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    I second this remark ^^
     
    Knifes, Apr 25, 2006
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  8. xbox360dellxpsm140guy

    xbox360dellxpsm140guy Notebook Guru

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    basically all processors that are coming out today are able to do just about anything you want. At the Pentium level especially... Hard drive speed and quantity of RAM is where I focus on upgrades.
     
    xbox360dellxpsm140guy, Apr 25, 2006
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  9. rickt

    rickt Notebook Consultant

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    Copied from lowlymarine's notebook faq.

    1) Intel Pentium-M processor speeds:
    One often-asked question is, “Why on earth are Centrino processors so slow?” Well, they're not really. The advanced mobile-optimized architecture used in Intel's newest notebook chips, the Pentium-M and the lesser Celeron-M, allows the chip to operate much more efficiently than Pentium 4s and Celeron-Ds clock for clock. Here's a rough guide for converting Pentium-M chips to their equivalent Pentium 4 cores. Note that we're assuming that up to 4GHz non-hyperthreading Pentium 4s exist.

    Celeron-Ms:
    C-M 1.20GHz - 2.42GHz Celeron-D
    C-M 1.30GHz - 2.60GHz C-D
    C-M 1.40GHz - 2.86GHz C-D
    C-M 1.50GHz - 2.93GHz C-D

    Ultra-low voltage Pentium-Ms:
    C-M 0.9GHz ULV - 2.0GHz Celeron-D
    P-M 1.0GHz ULV - 2.0GHz Pentium 4
    P-M 1.1GHz ULV - 2.2GHz P4
    P-M 1.2GHz ULV - 2.4GHz P4

    Alviso/Sonoma Pentium-Ms:
    P-M 1.40GHz* - 2.5GHz Pentium 4
    P-M 1.50GHz - 2.8GHz Pentium 4
    P-M 1.60GHz - 3.0GHz P4
    P-M 1.73GHz - 3.2GHz P4
    P-M 1.86GHz - 3.4GHz P4
    P-M 2.00GHz - 3.6GHz P4
    P-M 2.13GHz - 3.8GHz P4
    P-M 2.26GHz - 4.0GHz P4
    *Not avaialable in an Alviso/Sonoma model; comparison uses older Banias core.

    Core Solo/Duo Pentuim-Ms:
    Core Solo 1.50GHz - 2.8GHz P4
    Core Solo 1.66GHz - 3.0GHz P4
    Core Duo 1.66GHz - 3.2GHz Pentium 4HT
    Core Duo 1.83Ghz - 3.6GHz P4HT
    Core Duo 2.00GHz - 3.8GHz P4HT
    Core Duo 2.16GHz - 4.0GHz P4HT
    Hopefully you've noticed a pattern that can be applied as the P-M series continues. These are rough equivalences only; much as there is dispute on the P4HT vs. Athlon 64 equivalences, no one is able to agree on an exact standard for converting the Pentium-M's speed to an equivalent P4.
     
    rickt, Apr 25, 2006
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  10. RogueMonk

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    Thanks for that.

    Where did you get that information?
     
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    I also posted this on a differrent topic but at least under a muliti-threaded app I use, my 1.66GHZ Core Duo with 1GB RAM and a PenD 840 with 2GB is comparable.(Core Duo out-performed Pen D but very small difference, and my XP pro is slighly more tweaked)
     
    dudesdudets, Apr 25, 2006
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  12. rickt

    rickt Notebook Consultant

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    Click on that link (faq) in the post. It was written by lowlymarine and is available on the top of the "Which notebook should I buy" forum. There are a few guides on there that may be of some use to you. Since you already ordered the processor though, that list might be all you're interested in.
     
    rickt, Apr 26, 2006
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