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    What advantages does the T7100 have over T5470?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by manzi, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    What advantages does the T7100 processor (1.8Ghz, 2mb cache, 800fsb) have over the T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB cache, 800fsb)?
     
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  2. bestbuyer

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    u sure the T7100 is at 2mb cache?
     
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    It is- the T7300 is the first chip with the 4MB cache, which makes OP's question a good one.
     
    Durmat, Aug 31, 2007
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    I think T7200 and above all have 4MB L2. The T7100 is a little faster how much more does it cost? I would not pay more than $50 extra and that is a little more than it is worth for 200Mhz.
     
    powerpack, Aug 31, 2007
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    200MHz. Not worth much really! About $50 is right. You wouldn't notice any difference at all in day to day use and only a very very very very tiny one in cpu intensive tasks.
     
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    Yea, whts the cost?
     
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    HaHa. I would of thrown in 1 more very :D
     
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    I think calling the T7100 is a bit of a marketing scam by intel. For my money it should be the T5670, the T7*** being reserved for the 4MB L2 cache models.
     
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    Not much, dont go for the upgrade
     
    allan_huang, Aug 31, 2007
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    the T7100 does support Intel Dynamic Acceleration which I think the T5470 doesn't support. IDA shuts off one core when a single-threaded application is running and overclocks the other core. According to this site http://www.asisupport.com/tech_newsletter2.htm its overclocked by a additional 200mhz. So the T7100 could be 400mhz faster on single-threaded apps which is most apps that you will run.
     
    Snezz1e, Aug 31, 2007
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    The T5xx0 series runs on a 667MHz FSB, instead of the 800MHz FSB of the T7x00 series (where x is an odd number). In the real world, that FSB difference only accounts for something like a 1-3% increase in performance, so it's not a huge deal, but strictly speaking it is better. The T7x00 series is also able to dynamically change FSB speeds to reduce power usage.
     
    tritium4ever, Sep 1, 2007
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