Which is the best processor for a laptop?
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In a head to head comparison, AMD soundly defeated Intel in the gaming category playing Half-Life 2 (and costs less).  The AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ finished first in ALL categories.  Most of the games on the market now don’t take advantage of the multiple processing threads of the dual-core CPU’s, but newer games coming out will perform better with these by taking full advantage.  Good luck in whatever you choose…and happy gaming.
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Here are the fastest processors available, from fastest to slowest: Core 2 Duo, Athlon 64 X2's, Athlon 64's, Pentium D's, AMD Semprons, and last, and least, the Celerons.
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I have an Acer laptop, and i like it.... Intel or Amd are both good processors, I have an AMD,but I highly reccomend that you do NOT get a celeron processor, they work good for a couple months, then they are the slowest dang things.
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Out of those - go for the pentium 4 - but the new intel's - core 2 duo's are really kicking a$$ at the moment. - I'd seriously consider looking at a low end one of those even if it's a little over budget.\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
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Intel's Core 2's are the undisputed kings of processors at the moment.  even the AMD guys have had to admit that the new Intel chips are far superior.  the larger cache memory is important, but you should also know that the Intels are 64-bit processors as well, so they are both Windows Vista-ready.
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THE INTEL DUO CORE IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN INTEL PENTUM M \n\nIT RUNS AT 667MHZ  FSB AND M RUNS AT MAX 400MHZ
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I always recommend computers with AMD processors, because in my experience and my husband's experience, the Pentium processors run hotter. If you plan to run a laptop as a primary computer, or use it for extended periods of time where it's actually working (like rendering 3D images as opposed to office documents), the first thing I'd worry about is heat.\n\nOn the box of the game, you should find the minimum recommended specs. I personally recommend a gig of RAM and a 1.5gig or higher processor, but there's always a "sweet spot" in the computer market. Go there. For example, you may find that a computer with a 1.5 gig processor is a certain amount of money, 1.6 is $75 more, 1.7 is $200 more. There's no need to get more than you can afford if it's more than you need. ;)
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Pentium processors have had the best overall performance. However, the new AMD processors are faster than their Pentium counterparts in some tests. In general, you'll pay the most for an Intel processor, which means the AMD processors typically have a better price-performance ratio.\n\nSo conclusion go for AMD Athlon.
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Consumer Reports has the following laptops listed as best for for overall quality:\n\n"WINDOWS BUDGET Relatively low-cost systems for most general uses, including photo editing":\n\nDell Inspiron 6000 1.5 GHz Celeron M 370 ($850)\nSony Vaio VGN-FS690 1.4 GHz Celeron M 360J ($1,000)\n\n"WORKHORSE Have additional memory and storage for more intensive uses, such as 3D games and video editing\n\nHP Pavilion zv6000 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 ($1250)\nCompaq Presario V4000T 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740 ($1395)\n\nSLIM AND LIGHT Lightweight systems for travelers and students.\n\nToshiba Portege S100-S213TD 2 GHz Pentium M 760 ($1900)\nSharp Widenote PCM4000 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740 ($1800)\n\nMULTIMEDIA Have enhanced sound and video components for home entertainment\n\nToshiba Qosmio G15-AV501 1.8 GHz Pentium M 745 ($2300)\nHP Pavilion zd8000 3 GHz Pentium 4 630 ($1725)\n\nMACINTOSH Best reliability and less vulnerability to computer viruses and spyware\n\nApple iBook 14" Combo 1.4 GHz PowerPC G4 ($1300)\n\nNOTE: Gateway is not necessarily a bad computer just because a person has a bad experience with theirs. Mine is a Gateway laptop and it runs beautifully, 24 hours a day (extra cooling added).
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The AMD X2 processor is great for games, the X2 4200+ is a good one thats not too costly but great, 2.2Ghz and good size cache.
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Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2600\n65 nm 2MB L2 2.16 GHz 667 MHz 31W
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Pentium Xeon is mainly for servers and costs a lot, some use it for 3D rendering. Pentium M uses centrino mobile technology mainly in laptops. The best Pentium Processor is the Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition 955, having two cores @ 3.46Ghz. But the high price of over $1000 scares a lot of customers.\n\nTomshardware Guide compares all kinds of CPUs, here's a link to one of their charts where they list the CPUs according to performance: http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
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Just about everything.  But mainly games and high-end software like video editing, photo editing... anything that requires lots of horsepower.  The more cache a CPU has the more instruction it can store close (on) the CPU and it will excute everything faster.  L1 cache is the fastest and the AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (San Diego) has 64KB+64KB (128KB) of L1 cache and 1MB of L2 cache.  This varies among processors, Semprons have less and Athlons have more.  The same applies to Intel with the Pentium 4 and Pentium Ds, they have more and the Celerons have less.\n\nIt does matter.  See how slow a Sempron 3100+ is compared to a Athlon 3000+, despite the Sempron having a faster core, you will find that the Athlon 3000+ is actually and performs tasks faster than the Sempron.\n\nThis link might help you, http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/lanwan/story/0,10801,44333,00.html
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This is a laptop processor that is midrange of all the M processors. It is quick with 1.70GHz (the clock speed), and is probably a good processor for everyday use, but not great if you're into gaming. It has only one core, like most laptops, so running more than one high capacity program will definitely slow the computer down. It is a good processor for everyday use though, and if it's for school it's a good choice.
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A good processor, the rest will operate just fine, I either have a pentium or amd athlon.. no generics for me even thought they might be cheaper they are cheap!!
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Yes 1.4 Ghz is fine for casual computing tasks like surfing, chat etc. Besides on a laptop processors usually have a failsafe feature that won't allow it to exceed certain speeds because of the heat it will generate. So even if the manufaturer says it's rated at 1.x Ghz, in reality the processor will be by default limited to about 80% of that figure for most of the time. Unless you're going to do 3d modelling or video editing, it really isn't a big deal save for the price.\n\nSince you have 512MB memory, then that's good to go.
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I always tell people to stay away from celeron processors.  Sure they're cheaper, but you get what you pay for.  A laptop with a pentium M processor is probably going to be smaller than one with an AMD.  AMD processors run a little hotter, so they require more space, but they are also slightly faster.  What I would go for though is the new Intel Core Duo processor.  It has two processing cores on one chip so it's a lot faster.  I think Dell just released an inspiron with one in it.  Apple's got them in a laptop as well.  I'm sure there are also many other companies that are going to have them in their machines as well.  But if you have to chose between the three you listed above, go with pentium or amd.  You really wont notice much of a difference between the two.  Just stay away from celeron.