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post #21 of 33
3/11/06 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce
Another thought about the ram, as I just re-realized we're talking about integrated graphics on this guy....

The intel graphics will eat away some of the system ram (up to 224 meg of it I believe), so it's another example of the importance of more ram for you.
Also on the note of integrated graphics.... they really are pretty weak performers in games. I can't say I'd recommend the 6400 to anyone planning to game until at least the ATI x1400 gets added as an option.
Why would an integrated card use so much memory - does this happen only when playing games?

General question about Dual core - for laptops, just how often do people multitask compared to using desktop pc's? Or is the 'duo' mostly a marketing thing?
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post #22 of 33
3/11/06 at 1:40am
If your choice is between a faster processor and more RAM, I'd purchase the faster processor and upgrade the RAM through a site like NewEgg. IMHO.
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post #23 of 33
3/11/06 at 3:50am
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Guys, the decision i'm not able to take is: spend some fussy time with 1.83 512mb or rest in peace with 1.66 1gb-but then the upgrade issue crops up.

Tell me, are 1.66 or 1.83 dual cores equivalent to 2-2.2 ghz processors? MAy be that'd help me, coz whenever i think about 1.66, slow processing speed blocks my mind from thinking further...
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post #24 of 33
3/11/06 at 3:57am
My core Solo 1.66 is far from slow. 1:27 2M SuperPi.
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post #25 of 33
3/12/06 at 2:11pm
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Originally Posted by humbert humbert
Guys, the decision i'm not able to take is: spend some fussy time with 1.83 512mb or rest in peace with 1.66 1gb-but then the upgrade issue crops up.

Tell me, are 1.66 or 1.83 dual cores equivalent to 2-2.2 ghz processors? MAy be that'd help me, coz whenever i think about 1.66, slow processing speed blocks my mind from thinking further...
a 1.66 duo is easily going to give you a better experience than a 3GHz pentium, if that's your frame of reference.
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post #26 of 33
3/13/06 at 1:29pm
Let us know what you decide, there Humbert. I'm interested to see how you feel about whatever you finally go with.
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post #27 of 33
3/13/06 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce
a 1.66 duo is easily going to give you a better experience than a 3GHz pentium, if that's your frame of reference.
That's interesting, I'm replacing my Inspiron 1100 [2GHz Celeron] with a 1.66 Duo. I was expecting major improvements in multi-tasking but not single tasking.

Needless to say, I'll have to run some benches on the applications that matter to me: PTGui, RSE, Photoshop, Enblend. Very common to develop RAWs in RSE and stitch them in PTGui at the same time. The Celeron just crawls.

Hermit
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post #28 of 33
3/13/06 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by DarthPierce
I feel like getting 512 on any xp machine (especially since you're a power user and gamer) is going to seriously cripple the machine. If you're looking at months before you could go to at least a gig, I'd really have to say the 1.66 will be your better bet.

There are few situations where a 10% faster processor will benenfit you more than an upgrade from 512 to 1 GB. There will be specific tasks and benchmarks the 1.83 would be betteDarthPiercer on, but for your actual day-to-day use, I have no doubts that the 1.66 with a gig will be better.
DarthPierce,

I specific question, if you please . . .

On my E1505 [1.66 Duo, 950 GMA], it will come with a single 512MB stick of 533MHz DDR2. I eventually want to end up with 2GB of DDR2, either 533 or 667. Back in Dec, DDR2 was going for $60-80 per 1GB SODIMM, not today.

Therefore two scenarios:
  1. Buy a single 512 for the short term, ~$40 or
  2. Go for the gusto and ponyup ~$300 for 2 - 1GB 667MHz SODIMMs

How closely do I have to match the included 512 included by Dell?

Is the 667 worth it over it over 533?

I often spend 5 min to over an hour doing a single stitch, the result is a single image, obviously not taxing the 950 GPU. Don't game so FPS is meaningless.

Thanks,
Hermit
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post #29 of 33
3/13/06 at 8:02pm
If you're not gaming you won't see much (if any) difference between the 533 and 667MHz ram (as long as you have matched 2 of either). So if you can save some money, go for the 533.

If your images that you're stitching are big (sounds like they are) then I think you'll see a pretty sizeable benefit from a lot of RAM.

If you're buying ram from someone other than dell make sure you are getting laptop ddr2, regular ddr2 is very different in size.

I think you will see a pretty significant increase over a 2GHz celeron even in single-threaded applications.
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post #30 of 33
3/13/06 at 11:12pm
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post #31 of 33
3/17/06 at 1:52pm
Thread Starter 
Darthpiece and guys, i've finally decided.
Its 1.86 Core Duo and 512MB DDR2 i'm going with, rest of the config remains same, not to mention a 1680 X 1100 TrueLife Ultrabright SXGA screen .
I felt its better to compensate with performance (hope not that much...) when i'll be goin for an upgrade pretty soon (~1yr). Just hope this machine wont trouble me that much. Ordered it on 16th, lets see how things go....
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post #32 of 33
3/17/06 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by humbert humbert
I felt its better to compensate with performance (hope not that much...) when i'll be goin for an upgrade pretty soon (~1yr).
Are you saying you'll upgrade the ram in ~1yr, or upgrade the system (new processor/new lappy/something else) in ~1yr?

What do you mean by "better to compensate with performance"?

good luck!
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post #33 of 33
3/18/06 at 12:24pm
Thread Starter 
Yeah, i'll upgrade the RAM within this year.
And regarding the configuration, i decided that its better to go with 1.83 core duo, and 512mb ram because its better to go with a good processor rather than very good ram, just because i'll have more options later. I hope this machine wont trouble me that much, ( as the experience i've had wit 512 mb 2.8 gigs desktop, works somewhat smoothly), as its a core duo, so, a 10% increase may somewhat compensate for 100% increase in ram.
Thats it, a quick upgrade later this year and a better processor was all i had in my mind before ordering the machine.
Lets see how this system works, any reviews from ppl withthe same configuration?
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