Will I see a difference between an AMD and an Intel processor?
I currently have an Acer (Aspire 5633) laptop with the following specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor, T5500 @ 1.66Ghz, 667Mhz FSB with 2MB L2 cache;
2GB DDR2 RAM;
Intel integrated graphics.
I am thinking about buying an HP Pavilion (DV9820) laptop with the following specs:
AMD Turion 64×2 Dual Core processor @ 2Ghz, 1600Mhz FSB with 1MB L2 cache;
3GB DDR2 RAM;
NVidia GeForce 8400GM 256MB dedicated graphics.
I have never had a machine with an AMD processor before, but I do know that they typically don’t run as fast as the Intel Core 2 Duo.
What I really want to know is will I still see a significant improvement in performance if I buy the HP laptop, compared to my current laptop? I really want an HP, they look so stylish and have much better build-quality than other brands, but they tend to favour AMD processors. The only HP I’ve found with an Intel is well over my budget!
I don’t play games, I basically surf the internet and do some video and photo editing, but nothing too strenuous. I know the specs on my current laptop are still pretty decent – the main reason I’m getting a new one is because I want a 17-inch screen, as opposed to my current 15-inch screen, so I thought I might as well go for the best specs I can afford if I’m buying a new one.
The intel Processors are usually for X86(32-Bit) Systems, and the amd Processors are usually for X64(64-Bit) systems. In my opinion, get the intel, theyre much better
You are right, you are not going to notice any difference in performance.
However. Intel is currently in the lead when it comes to energy-efficient processors.
To you that means longer runtimes on a battery and a cooler computer.
You can also help yourself (and your wallet, and your battery) by going for a lower clockspeed and Duocore instead of Quadcore.
That Intel processor you have there looks very good indeed.
You are not going to be sorry if you buy it.
One thing: It has 2GB of RAM. Nothing wrong with that, but check out how much an extra gigabyte would cost you.
Theres no big difference.
In all likelihood the Turion will be a bit slower than the ’slower’ Core 2 (the Core 2 can do more work per clock cycle) although the difference either way won’t be very significant (you shouldn’t notice it).
The better graphics though will make a big difference with any 3D stuff you do (such as say, games). I doubt you’ll see much of an improvement in image editing although the extra RAM might help especially with video editing (but you could easily upgrade what you’ve already got, though if you go all the way to 4 GiB you probably won’t be able to use all of it, at least not with the i945 chipset your current laptop has).
Firstly, the graphics card alone is an insanely huge upgrade for anything graphically intensive, since integrated graphics ****.
Between the two processors, I can’t really say much though, since I generally stick with Intel processors.
Try reading reviews on newegg.com and see if that helps at all. They usually have something to say about every specific piece of hardware.