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    Does a Duo2Core 7200 make any difference on an X60

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by beautymatters, Feb 25, 2007.

  1. beautymatters

    beautymatters Newbie

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    I want to purchase an X60 - what's the difference between a Duo2Core 5600 and the 7200? Lenovo only offers (at least a far as I can see) the 5600 version and don't understand why. Thanks
     
    beautymatters, Feb 25, 2007
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  2. ylim

    ylim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi there,

    d2c t5600 has a 2mb cache on the processor with top speed of 1.83ghz
    and d2c t7200 has a 4mb cache with minimum speed of 2ghz.

    The bigger the cache, the better transfer rate but then it depends on the optimization of the hardware transfer (in theory).

    As for processor speed, the higher the better, but the i dont think a couple of mhz will do a major difference. I favor the 7200 only because of the bigger cache on die.

    Btw, I am getting a t7200 2ghz x60 soon. Welcome to the x60 family =).
     
    ylim, Feb 25, 2007
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Only if you are doing CPU intensive work like coding video will the CPU make a huge difference.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 26, 2007
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