Computer Processor Question

TallGuy · 08-03-2006, 03:26 PM

So I am looking into buying a laptop and I've come to quite a cross-roads: Intel Core Duo or AMD Turion 64 X2?

I've seen benchmarks that has the X2 lagging behind the equivalently paced Intel. I'm not a HUGE gamer: Rise of Nations is about the biggest game I play - should I just save the boatloads of cash and go with the fast X2 or go with a lower Duo?

childrenofbodom · 08-03-2006, 03:39 PM

i'm an amd kind of guy but thats because thats what my friends tell me to be....

Sniffkin · 08-03-2006, 04:06 PM

Apparently the intel can be overclocked to easily run at about an extra 1Ghz. It can go higher but then needs liquid cooling. Apparently it pisses over the AMD. However, I have an AMD because they are a good cheap chip.

coopdro · 08-03-2006, 04:21 PM

Yeah, I've seen the benchmarks between the two, what type of price range difference is there?? Is it that dramatically more for the intel??

childrenofbodom · 08-03-2006, 04:24 PM

i'm just skeptical about the whole games on the labtop thing at all, are the video cards leaps and bounds better than what i remember?

xmorteferoz · 08-03-2006, 05:42 PM

-Yes, laptop video cards are much better now, comparable to desktop ones.

-AMD chips are cheaper; newer Intel chips perform better.

-Your friends had the right idea two years ago, but things have changed. Intel is currently ahead of AMD in processor quality, especially on dual-core systems.

-The AMD Turion 64 X2 has a noticeable lag when switching loads to the second processor -- it only lasts about half a second, but the more you notice it, the more it will annoy you.

-Go with intel.

mikeyD · 08-03-2006, 05:53 PM

dualcore processors are very elite man.

and that guy who said intel>amd is incorrect, your story is ass backwards and as you put it, "two years old" =p

however i'd go with the dualcore technology nevertheless. (incase you're not aware, it's as if having two processors inside of one)

=]

-mike, MBA computer science qwned

TallGuy · 08-04-2006, 04:58 PM

So I guess it really doesn't matter if I'm not doing anything overly intense?

Chute Stomp · 08-04-2006, 07:49 PM

If your only gonna play RON then get an Athlon, much cheaper and damn good. You can get a good one for like £60, or $80...

If you like RON get 'Rome:Total War'. Sick game...

Jay Pan ROKK · 08-05-2006, 11:58 AM

Intell is the standard, wherever they go amd will have follow usually in a better implementation, they can beat benchmark all the time ,..

I do not like any industry standard, these things should be controlled by public laws, imo ...

The whole world are in the hands of few people in a single or few companies ...

I once read a book where a creature from space came to earth ate all papers, can you imagine no ids, land scriptures, contracts, money, books, paints, pictures gone in a single event ?