Posts by SaRcAsTrO9

Well well then axeman, it seems we shall have a review-off!

So after a month of researching, trolling for info, and reading these boards I finally decided that Tuesday morning I was going to call up and buy that CL 56 I'd been looking at. 1.7 ghz Dothan. 1 GB or Ram. All the fixings my friends....

klas - I have a Compal CL56 (Powerpro 5:6) coming with a 1.7 Dothan and with 1GB of ram sometime next week. I'll be glad to see if she looks like a restaurant and drives like a buffet for you.

I would recommend to everyone checking out that X86 site. Their data show a more clear comparison of the two processors with respect to the advantages of the Dothan over the Banias, and they used an ATI 9700 in their machine. Or so they...

I got a little bored so he's a little rundown of the French article. I didn't put in exact translations of everything, just an outline of the paragraphs for the first four pages. (the last four cover stuff that's really irrelevant to...

You can deck out fully a Compal CL56 for less than 2500

As someone that reads French pretty well, I would tell you not to worry about a lack of translation for the French site. It's thorough, but it doesn't tell you much more that the THG review. It is a little better comparison given that...

Thanks for the links Bloke. After reading that X86 page I can finally say that my six years of French was worth it.

So then, am I right in assuming from all of this bickering that a 1.7 or 1.6 Banias will outperform a 1.7 Dothan?

This is true NSi, I will save my energy from this pointless conflict and put it into another, like why I ate all of my roomie's freshly baked brownies.