400MHz also enuf la...

Centrino is a platform laid down by Intel for maximum compatibility and efficiency among the kry hardware of a laptop...

Core 2 Duo is a CPU manufacturered by Intel...

put it simply:
Centrino = Core 2 Duo + Intel mobo chipset + Intel WiFi adapter

This post has been edited by astria: Jun 16 2009, 11:52 PM

use Vista driver for Win7... they'll work without any problems...

yes, GMA X4500MHD has the codec to play BD, but u still need a player that can takes advantage of the codec, then u'll ve hardware acceleration... iirc not many players support GMA like in GeForce and Radeon...

DDR3 won't give u a significant performance boost... as can see from the WEI score, my laptop has a higher RAM score than urs, and i am using DDR2 800MHz with T9550 (1066MHz FSB)... the bottleneck is at the FSB it self... if it's not raised, even if ur RAM runs at 100GHz, it's still limited by the FSB...

read:


write:


copy:


Vista WEI:

RAM wise, i doubt dual channel plays a major role here since for ur setup, u still ve 2GB at dual channel mode...

i will contribute the difference in RAM speed to be the FSB...

well, for me is becuz i am going overseas to study, so i need a laptop that can handle my work + gaming needs

else i would ve gotten a netbook instead...

it's the OS problem... 32-bit OS theoratically can read 4GB RAM max, but some space is reserved as resources for I/O, thus max u can get is abt 3.25GB only...

switching to 64-bit OS will solve the problem...

erm... Itanium is not a x86 CPU... u can't compare liddat...

i ve been using Vista x64 for close to 2yrs, and no, it works flawlessly, even more stable than Vista x86... all the games an apps run withlout any hiccups at all... MS did a good job in virtualizing 32-bit environment in Vista x64...

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Added on June 19, 2009, 12:31 pmand all the while AMD only say it's x86-64 extension makes x86 CPU to be 64-bit compatible.... the architecture is still x86...

This post has been edited by astria: Jun 19 2009, 12:31 PM

T4200 is also 45nm la... but the 1MB L2 is really a big turn off...

performance gain from 1MB L2 to 2MB is actually quite a big leap... considering Vista and Win7 is "heavy" (compared to XP), more cache is still beneficial...

all i can say there's quite a lot of anomalies in the list...

cache doesn't seem to be part of the tests...

CPU with higher FSB actually loses out to those with lower FSB, while other factors (clock, cache) being constant...

worse case is, a higher spec CPU gets beaten by a lower spec one... (look at C2D E7600 ranked 96 and 3 ranks above it, PDC E5400...)

yes, the CPU (especially the desktop ones) could ve been overclocked, but there's no mention of it in the list... i can't call this accurate ranking...

This post has been edited by astria: Jun 30 2009, 08:30 PM

dual core does not mean twice the speed of a sigle core...

it juz means 2 cores each running at 1.7GHz... if the app is not optimized for dual core, it will run on only 1 of the avaliable core at 1.7GHz... if it's optimized, then theoratically u can get twice the performance, running 2 threads at 1.7GHz at the same time...

but do take note that in real world, max performance gai of dual core compared to single core is at most 70% only...

roughly 3hrs...

AMD Turion CPU has roughly the same TDP as Intel C2D T series CPU... but i ve to admit, Intel is better in power consumption when comes to the chipset...

now if u throw in C2D P series or SU series, u ve even more battery time...

1GB is enuf la...

got...

Asus K40Ab...

Athlon x2 with HD4570. cheapest in market is rm1899 with freedos...

freedos = no windows...

so prepare a budget to buy Vista also...

well, i would say not too bad...

u could ve considered Asus K40Ab if u prefer to play games... Athlon x2 with HD4570 for lowest i see, rm1899 with freedos...

but i guess, most ppl will prefer to stick with Intel...

that extra battery life is abt a few minutes more only...

a bit high but still acceptable...

for 45nm Core 2 Duo, shouldn't exceed 50C at idle...

erm, 9500GT should give u better performance leh...

so it's with those programs running at the background rit??? then the temperature looks normal

This post has been edited by astria: Aug 2 2009, 12:41 AM