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    AMD Released the E-450, which might find its way in the X120e

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BrendaEM, Aug 22, 2011.

  1. BrendaEM

    BrendaEM Notebook Consultant

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    AMD officially released the E-450. There is an extremely small frequency change, but the new chip can "turbo" the GPU section from 508-600MHz, which should show a bump on gaming, and perhaps Window's Aero effects.

    Stated from the article: "Don't expect to get anywhere near Llano's performance, but AMD notes a 36% increase in 3DMark Vantage performance"

    AnandTech - AMD Updates Brazos with E-450, E-300 and C-60 APUs
     
    BrendaEM, Aug 22, 2011
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    are u sure it will be powering x120e ???
     
    kaede, Aug 23, 2011
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    No, I am not sure, but hardware-wise, the part is a drop-in replacement for the E-350.
     
    BrendaEM, Aug 23, 2011
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    No, I am not sure.
     
    not.sure, Aug 23, 2011
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    They are both Socket FT1 APU's that have an 18 watt TDP. I don't see any reason why you can't stick an E-450 where an E-350 once was.

    I don't think there will be a significant increase in performance for gaming though, as it seems a fair number of games are CPU limited.
     
    Pseudorandom, Aug 23, 2011
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    Yep, from my experiences, the E-350 is often CPU-bottlenecked when gaming. The promises of improved battery life will be interesting, though. I'd like to see a comparison of two machines with the same hardware except with an E-350/E-450. Regardless, the E-450 should be a nice drop-in upgrade, with the X121e or something of the sort, at the same price.
     
    MidnightSun, Aug 24, 2011
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    interesting. how much do you guys think this might cost? $100~?
     
    junglerumble, Aug 24, 2011
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    that depends on how Lenovo wants to price them and how many units they are expecting to sell of these CPU.

    $100 dollars upgrade for the X120e cpu upgrade seems steep, probably more in the $50 to $75 dollars region, but it could be higher or lower depending on how much they want to sell and how much they get these CPU for.
     
    lead_org, Aug 25, 2011
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    If they do utilize the E-450, I doubt the chip will be appreciably more expensive than a E-350, based on the following things:
    The E-450 is largely an E-350, with only a mild speed bump and the ability to turbo the graphics, so yields should be similar.
    At 1.65Ghz, the CPUside is a true Atom killer, but otherwise stands in a crowded field of dual-core lower powered chips.
     
    BrendaEM, Aug 25, 2011
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    If it were a 100 dollar upgrade it would not be worth it, IIRC Fusion APU are BGA soldered onto the motherboard, so there would have to be more reason/feature to add 100 bucks to the baseline price..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 25, 2011
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    Premium pricing may apply for top of the line products.
     
    lead_org, Aug 25, 2011
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