Processor Difference
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I'm stuck up with two processors T7250 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2 MB cache) and T7500 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, 4 MB cache) Actually +0.2 GHz speed and +2B cache can make any significant difference in performance? Between these two, there's nearly 150$ difference. Please share your opinion.
-Sarath. "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
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I'm stuck up with two processors T7250 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2 MB cache) and T7500 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, 4 MB cache) Actually +0.2 GHz speed and +2B cache can make any significant difference in performance? Between these two, there's nearly 150$ difference. Please share your opinion.
-Sarath. "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
Hi, I would not pay much for 10% higher frequency, assuming the FSB frequency is the same (I rhink it is 800MHz for both). I would not pay much for twice the cache size unless my main application would fit in the larger one while not fitting the smaller one, which is very unlikely. I would rather spend some money in getting: - faster memory if my app is not disk bandwidth limited; - faster disk, or a second disk, if it is (such as Visual Studio); - more memory (unless you run only one or a few apps at a time). As a software developer (with mainly small apps) the T7250 IMO is the ideal CPU right now, it is the cheapest one with 800MHz FSB (so was the 1.8GHz T7100 earlier). :)
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Hi, I would not pay much for 10% higher frequency, assuming the FSB frequency is the same (I rhink it is 800MHz for both). I would not pay much for twice the cache size unless my main application would fit in the larger one while not fitting the smaller one, which is very unlikely. I would rather spend some money in getting: - faster memory if my app is not disk bandwidth limited; - faster disk, or a second disk, if it is (such as Visual Studio); - more memory (unless you run only one or a few apps at a time). As a software developer (with mainly small apps) the T7250 IMO is the ideal CPU right now, it is the cheapest one with 800MHz FSB (so was the 1.8GHz T7100 earlier). :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
Happy 2008!
Thanx for you suggestions. What you said is true, just 10% increased cpu wont make big difference.
-Sarath. "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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Thanx for you suggestions. What you said is true, just 10% increased cpu wont make big difference.
-Sarath. "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern