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Which CPU gives the best Performance to Price Ratio: 2.8, 2.66, 2.5, or 2.4?

post #1 of 9
11/12/02 at 3:28pm
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With the price difference of over $300 going from 2.4 to 2.8. I want to select the best Price to Performance ratio and not just presume that 2.8 is the best, because it is the fastest.

Thanks,

James
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post #2 of 9
11/12/02 at 3:50pm
I'm pretty sure the 2.4-2.5 will give you the best priceerformance ratio. You have to remember the bottleneck in these laptops are the other parts (harddrive, video card, RAM...etc) The CPU will give you small incremental improvements all the way up to 2.8 but upgrading one of the lesser components will have a greater impact IMHO. But in the end I say go with what you can afford.
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post #3 of 9
11/12/02 at 4:29pm

Intel CPU price cuts in November

Here's some related news to consider. When the new 3.06 Ghz P4 hits the market sometime this month, Intel will drop prices on the 2.8 & 2.6 P4 by about $100 each, increasing the bang for the buck nicely. Here's a link to the news:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/articl...Hardware/2011/

Basically, in just a few weeks you'll be able to get a 2.8 P4 for the price of the 2.6 P4 today. The only question is, how long do you want to wait?
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post #4 of 9
11/12/02 at 4:37pm
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So true, on what you can afford part. Since PC Torque has the Sager priced extremely well, fortunately, I can afford the 2.8. Which makes the choices so hard. With other computer companies, I've checked out, the price pretty much dictates the choices.

I think the 10%+ gain going with the 2.8 probably is not worth the extra $300 dollars. Considering, what else I can purchase with the $300 like an extra battery and power cord, wireless lan card, and upgrade to Windows XP Professional.

Thanks vanfanel, for the response and the information to help with my decision. I think I'm giong with the 2.53 CPU and use the extra $300 for above mentioned items.
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post #5 of 9
11/12/02 at 4:48pm
2.53 ghz for sure. Never buy the latest and greatest processor, it' never worth the huge jump in price. Always buy one or two down.
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post #6 of 9
11/12/02 at 5:43pm
Agreed... plus, think of it this way: the next processor from intel is going to have hyperthreading and a buncha other sweet things that the 2.8 doesn't have. Sooo, since the sager processor can be replaced, it's more worth it to get a lower processor and save the money and then in a while (even a year or more if you want to wait), you can replace it with a higher version so long as the heat sink and fans can take care of it. I might still get the 2.8 just cuz it's really not a bad price at all from pctorque.com, but we'll see. I might go down to the 2.66 and get a nice carry case instead. (However, the 2.8 Ghz processor is a lot better than the 2.66 Ghz based on performance. It's pretty much redesigned and so the performance gain is a lot more than what you'd expect from the difference in clock speed; that's another reason why I might go with the 2.8Ghz).

Habib
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post #7 of 9
11/12/02 at 5:47pm
I agree the 2.8 is still to expensive for what you get. If you're going to get the 2.53Ghz processor then I would seriously consider upgrading to the 2.66Ghz. It's only $63 more, not a whole lot in my opinion and with the P4 every Mhz counts (not the most efficient processor in the world).
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post #8 of 9
11/12/02 at 5:48pm
lol, speaking of... anyone know exactly when the 3.06 will be available on the 8886? I would definitely wait for it if it's within a couple of weeks....


PS: I also agree that the bottleneck on notebooks is not the processor. Actually, it's usually the hard drive. If I'm not mistaken, though, a 7200 rpm hard drive is coming out soon... so it'll be nice to pop one of those into the second bay of the 8886 and use it. (If it fits internally, I'd put it there and get my operating system on it too, lol, duh). RAM on these notebooks isn't bad at all... yeah, it's not RDRAM, but my gosh, that stuff costs three arms and two legs, lol. I'd rather have a gig of DDR than 256 RD. Besides, RDRAM is insanely inefficient with power consumption.
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post #9 of 9
11/12/02 at 6:09pm
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Originally posted by beebster83
lol, speaking of... anyone know exactly when the 3.06 will be available on the 8886? I would definitely wait for it if it's within a couple of weeks....


PS: I also agree that the bottleneck on notebooks is not the processor. Actually, it's usually the hard drive. If I'm not mistaken, though, a 7200 rpm hard drive is coming out soon... so it'll be nice to pop one of those into the second bay of the 8886 and use it. (If it fits internally, I'd put it there and get my operating system on it too, lol, duh). RAM on these notebooks isn't bad at all... yeah, it's not RDRAM, but my gosh, that stuff costs three arms and two legs, lol. I'd rather have a gig of DDR than 256 RD. Besides, RDRAM is insanely inefficient with power consumption.
Agreed. Memory on laptops isn't bad (266MHz PC2100 DDR) however with increasing CPU speeds and bus speeds it easily becomes a limiting factor. Now what would be ideal is dual channel PC2100 DDR. I believe that would be a perfect match for the 533bus
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