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    T9800 vs T9900

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fred2028, Jul 4, 2009.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    I looked at the specs sheets on Intel's site and it seems that the only difference between the 2 processors are their clock speeds. Both are 1066 MHz FSB and I think 6 MB L2 cache. T9800 is 2.93 GHz and T9900 is 3.06 GHz. Both use 35 W. So I'm thinking, would overclocking a T9800 to 3.06 GHz basically give you a T9900?
     
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  2. Soviet Sunrise

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    Yes. 10char
     
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Weird. So Intel wasted an entire name just for a slight overclock ... sigh. Time figure out how to OC xD
     
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    They do that a lot though.

    Taken from the Intel processor finder web page:

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    They just have different multipliers unlocked.
     
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  5. Andy

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    There you go. They basically save you your time, for some extra bucks.
     
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  6. ramgen

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    Considering the fact that they have similar prices (on ebay), I would get T9900. (I did that though.. :) )


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    T9900. If both are the same tdp, same architecture, and more or less the same price... go for the extra bit of oomph. It's not much, but it doesn't hurt to have it when you need it.
     
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    If you really need that much processor power, go for a quad core - even the base Q9000 will blow the T9900 out of the water in applications that use all 4 cores.

    I would recommend going with the cheaper option.
     
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    not all laptops support quad core.
     
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  10. ramgen

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    Additionally, you may only be interested in single thread performance.

    Dual core running at 3 GHz is more useful to me than a quad core running at 2 GHz.


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  11. Andy

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    Upgrading from a T9800 to a T9900 would be totally pointless, unless you're looking for that extra 3-4fps when doing video encoding, etc. And overclocking the T9800 is impossible, since the multipliers are locked. The only way is to overclock the FSB, which increases the frequency of other components as well, and may negatively impact the life of your notebook if you dunno what you're doing.

    And, well..newer notebooks and BIOS are usually more limited and protected to prevent the user from trying out anything fancy.
     
    Andy, Jul 5, 2009
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