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Processor Comparisson - G2K - 12-01-2009
So I have been studying laptops to get and eventually decided on the Vaio VGN-FW455D, which has a T6600 processor. Running games doesn't give me a great speed (about 20FPS on Wind Waker, slower on Wii games). When I went to the store to pick this laptop up, I noticed another one - same specs, but a smaller screen and better processor. But I was wondering how much better it is, and if it would be worth it to exchange this one for the other one. The other one has a 2.60 GHz AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor M640. It the HP dv6-2064CA if anybody is wondering.
RE: Processor Comparisson - a mad pigeon - 12-01-2009
I'm not entirely sure, especially when it comes to laptop processors and AMD vs Intel performance with Dolphin. Comparing the two, I would probably swap the laptop for the one with the AMD processor, if you want that extra speed. I wouldn't expect a dramatic increase in speed, maybe only 5FPS. Also, Dolphin's speed also depends on your graphics card...
RE: Processor Comparisson - extreme64 - 12-01-2009
but not enough to make you worry because as long as it's not integrated your fine
RE: Processor Comparisson - G2K - 12-02-2009
The graphics card is the same as my current one, which can run Crysis on high, and very high if you overclock it, so I'd say I'm good there ;P Anyone else have any knowledge in this area?
RE: Processor Comparisson - a mad pigeon - 12-02-2009
So it seems that your processor is the bottleneck if your laptop's graphics card can handle Crysis on High. I guess you should swap laptops for better performance, but I don't know how much you'll get. I mean, my PC has a quad clocked at 3GHz with what sounds like a similar graphics card and it can run Cube games 60fps, and Dolphin is only optimized to use two cores of the processor. Well, I would advise getting the other laptop, but good luck with this
RE: Processor Comparisson - boogerlad - 12-02-2009
you can't compare just clock speed. Clock for clock, the intel is faster, while amd one is clocked higher, so they're pretty similar in the end.