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    Bottlenecking

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by chronicfuture12, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. chronicfuture12

    chronicfuture12 Notebook Consultant

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    I have heard a lot about bottlenecking, and I was wondering if any of these components would bottleneck each other, causing lower speeds. Any help? Thanks.

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5600 (2MB Cache/1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
    Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
    Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition
    1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
    80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
    8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
    256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™
     
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Should get an all round great performance with that, are you having issues or is this hyperthetical?
     
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    Depends on what you want to do with the notebook.

    The best upgrades to do the system would be more RAM, a faster hard drive and a better video card, but I'm guessing you're configuring an e1505. In that case the x1400 is the best card available.

    If you're gaming, you might want to up the RAM, or hard disk to 7200RPM.


    It all really depends on what you will be doing with the machine.


    Technically you can run 667 MHz memory, to match the FSB of the processor, but there isn't much, if any, performance gain due to the CAS latency.


    More information would help.
     
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  4. chronicfuture12

    chronicfuture12 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, yeah its for gaming, I just wanted to make sure I would get the most performance out of all the components.
     
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    You are looking at an e1505, correct?


    More RAM will give you a smoother in-game experience, while a 7200 RPM hard disk will give you faster loading times.

    Be aware that the x1400 is not suitable for heavy gaming with settings turned up. As long as you don't have any false illusions, you will be very happy with the x1400. I had it in my e1505 and was surprised by how well it performed.
     
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    chronicfuture12 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah its a E1505, sorry I evaded that for some reason. Yeah, I never am expecting really heavy gaming on high settings, but I am looking for games like CS and BF 2 on medium to low settings, which people seem to agree would work. I am still not positive about Oblivion, though. Some say it will work fine on lower settings, others do not.
     
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    CS will play no problem, I was able to play BF2 with most of the settings turned up pretty high. I did play oblivion and with most of the settings turned down, it played alright. AA, shadows, those sorts of things are hard on the card.
     
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    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    Sure, but lets go to the Bottlenecking (I think it is an interesting subject).
    My opinion,
    Your first bottleneck by far will be the x1400. Then the Ram, and HD in that order (but really by far, so dont expect much improvement upgrading the later two)
     
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