[gmanater]

I am considering to buy a new laptop and want to know if a Intel Centrino Processor is better that a regular P4 processor. I will be using the laptop for power/gaming, not mobility. thanks

[No_Style]

Hmm.. If mobility is not a concern then, the regular P4 is a better choice if you get the higher end P4 ones (3 GHz+)

[Zardon]

Originally Posted by gmanater

I am considering to buy a new laptop and want to know if a Intel Centrino Processor is better that a regular P4 processor. I will be using the laptop for power/gaming, not mobility. thanks

Ordinary P4, higher clocks (and cheaper). downsides are, louder fan noise, more heat, bad battery life. Dothans are nice mind you with the 2 meg cache but they are limited to under 2 gigahertz right now.

[Geminiwave]

I personally perfer the Athlon 64 in my laptops they run like champs and change clockspeeds according to your needs so battery life is great(Even on a huge monitor). I play UT2k4 on my bros laptop for about 3 hours(and this is on a POS compaq)

[Zardon]

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

I personally perfer the Athlon 64 in my laptops they run like champs and change clockspeeds according to your needs so battery life is great(Even on a huge monitor). I play UT2k4 on my bros laptop for about 3 hours(and this is on a POS compaq)

That what Intel mobility has been doing for years. ive an AMD mobility here and the dothan is a better processor IMO.

[me.myself.&.ATi]

Originally Posted by Zardon

Ordinary P4, higher clocks (and cheaper). downsides are, louder fan noise, more heat, bad battery life. Dothans are nice mind you with the 2 meg cache but they are limited to under 2 gigahertz right now.

i have some good news Z.

Intel recently released a new Pentium M Dothan that is clocked @ 2.10 GHz

as for the 2 Ghz model...it has been available for at least 4 months now....

more info can be found on intel's Pentium M Processor sheet located here: http://www.intel.com/products/proces...o.htm#pentiumm

& for the people who don't want to go look:



@ gmanater: as far as i am concerned you're better of with a Pentium M in the longrun

[Zardon]

2.1 very nice indeed great little cpus.

[Geminiwave]

yeah I know that Intel has been working with this stuff longer...

the 64 gets VERY hot so that is one problem(keep your hands away from the vents)

but even so, my bro's processor performs really well. VERY nice memory bandwidth and pretty good processing power.

the importance to me is the battery life. His laptop gets a good 3 hours on an a64 and a HUGE widescreen. I'd say thats pretty good.

[Zardon]

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

yeah I know that Intel has been working with this stuff longer...

the 64 gets VERY hot so that is one problem(keep your hands away from the vents)

but even so, my bro's processor performs really well. VERY nice memory bandwidth and pretty good processing power.

the importance to me is the battery life. His laptop gets a good 3 hours on an a64 and a HUGE widescreen. I'd say thats pretty good.

depends on the battery specifications too, my mate has an A64 3400+ and he barely gets 2 hours surfing, your brothers battery is probably a high capacity model. My dothan laptop gets around 5 hours.

[gmanater]

I've heard that the Intel Pentium M processors are terrible performers (on proccessor power). Is this true? I have also considered a AMD 64 processor , but I really dont care witch one I get as long as it is fast (above 2800+ or 2.8 GHz). with a good FSB.

[Geminiwave]

well it depends...pentium M processors arent "Bad performers" really. They do their job VERY well. They take little amouts of power and they give decent speeds.

if you want higher performers you'll need to get a non-mobile proc.