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    Processor Confusion Help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by spradhan01, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    What the hell is the difference between Core2Duo 2.8ghz, Core2Extreme 2.8ghz and Core2Quad 2.8 ghz mobile? Core2extreme is powerful or Core2Quad?

    Plz help me with this.
    Thanks
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    spradhan01, Jan 13, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Core 2 Duo T9600 2800 6144 1066

    Core 2 Extreme X7900 2800 4096 800

    Core 2 Extreme X9000 2800 6144 800

    There are two Core 2 Extreme chips at 2.8GHz. One, the X7900, is a last-gen chip based on a 65nm process with only 4MB of L2 cache. The other, the X9000, is a 45nm part with 6MB of L2 cache. Both chips have unlocked multipliers which the T9600 does not have. Other than the unlocked multipler, the only difference between the T9600 and the X9000 is the faster FSB on the X9000.

    AFAIK, there is no mobile Core 2 Quad or quad-core Core 2 Extreme clocked at 2.8GHz.

    For most purposes, the T9600 should be sufficiently powerful.
     
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    What is the unlocked multipliers ? Whats the advantage of it?
    So Core2Extreme has 2 cores like Core2Duo?
     
    spradhan01, Jan 13, 2009
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Unlocked multipliers... basically it means you can more easily overclock the processor if your BIOS allows for such a feat. It is irrelevant and gives no advantage at all on almost all notebooks.

    There is, at the moment, only one Core 2 Extreme that has four cores. This is the 2.533GHz QX9300.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 13, 2009
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  5. ValkyrieLenneth

    ValkyrieLenneth Notebook Evangelist

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    Currently we have a few C2Q Mobile such as Q9000 (2GHz), Q9100
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, Jan 13, 2009
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