If I want a good home laptop to use for Quicken, Office, etc. as well as some photo and DVD editing, should I go with a cheaper Turion 64 chipset versus the more expensive Intel dual core options? The Turion is about $150 cheaper and is 64 bit ready (for what that's worth) - but the multi-threading may be better performance even if I'm not doing heavy multi-tasking. Thoughts?
2006-07-12 17:05:49 · 6 answers · asked by jubbjubb1 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Since the X2 AMD is not out yet, I'm comparing the single core Turion 64 with the 1.6 Dual cores from Intel if that helps. Don't want to wait for the X2 to get better established. From what I understand I can eventually swap out the Dual core for the 64 bit dual core down the road. But unless I am doing a lot of multitasking, is it really worth pursuing the dual throughput?
2006-07-13 01:18:11 · update #1
I'd go for the Turion.
Oh yeah ... I did!
Love it.
Note: My Turion is dual core.
Purchased this laptop six weeks ago.
2006-07-12 17:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone is quick to state an opinion.
The choice still depends on which Turion 64?
Here are benchmarks for various AMD Turion processors.
http://www.mobilityguru.com/2005/09/06/the_turion_64_inside_story_part_ii/page20.html#sysmark_2004_se_office_system_benchmark
Here are benchmarks for the Intel (Look at the T2300 that's the 1.6)
http://www.intel.com/performance/mobile/perfandbl.htm#sysmark
If you compare the SYS Mark 2004 SE Tests here are the results: (Higher Scores are better)
Intel T2300 (1.6) - 198
Turion 64 MT-34 - 145
The Intel Duo Core Wins!
On the 3D Mark 05 Test (Higher Score better)
Intel Duo Core - 3651
Turion 64 MT-34 - 2378
The Intel Duo Core 1.6 (T2300) Wins over the ADM Turion MT-34.
2006-07-13 00:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by Peter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general turion matches single core centrino...
AMD is supposed to come out with dual core version of turion late summer.
2006-07-13 00:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by N2FC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turion, hands down. AMD's hyper-threading will not fail you, even in laptops. The multithreading core allocates processor power very well based on strain - it won't ever let you down.
2006-07-13 00:09:39 · answer #4 · answered by Naphistim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turion.
2006-07-13 00:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by pgufs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dual core is so much better. Even though it is for home use you want a great laptop
2006-07-13 09:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by marishka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋