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Good Bye Prescott Hello Northwood

post #1 of 33
2/28/05 at 10:01pm
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I got myself a 3.2 northwood to replace my 2.8 prescott. With the 2.8 prescott my temps were around 55-58 idle and with the 3.2 Northwood 38-40.
My batterie life whent up as well, from 1:40 to 2:30.

The Clown
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post #2 of 33
2/28/05 at 10:57pm
i was thinking of doing the same.. although i dont like going down from the 3.4 to a 3.2 (or spending the grand for the 3.4EE). two questions:
1) can you post a 3dmark03 score for your configuration, at normal clock speeds for the mr9800? just want to compare with mine before i think of making a switch
2) you know if there are any northwood 3.4ghz cpu's?

-thanks a bunch
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post #3 of 33
2/28/05 at 11:03pm
You bet there is 3.4 Northwood's.
I just done the swap myself over the weekend.
I took my 3.4 out of my desktop and put it in the XPS and put the Prescott in my Desktop.
My results mirrored clowns with getting almost double the battery life out of a Northy compared to a Prescott .

Both Cpu's were rated at 3.4/800 FSB
I have a 3.2 I could try if i get to feeling bored next weekend lol.
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post #4 of 33
2/28/05 at 11:09pm
iam just wondering of the loss in preformance, cause i think i heard about some loss with northwoods. and i dont really feel like spending the extra hundreds for $$ for a preformance loss and a drop in temps. instead i was thinking, if the CPU is too much $, i could do the 8600 cooling mod. but so far i dont know anyone that has done this with there xps.
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post #5 of 33
2/28/05 at 11:16pm
The loss is with the prescott.
The northwood always out performs the Prescott clock for clock in real world apps and games.
The prescott has to scale a lot higher to compete with the Northwood.
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post #6 of 33
2/28/05 at 11:42pm
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I will download 3dmark and let you know.

The Clown
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post #7 of 33
3/1/05 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by angry_monk
iam just wondering of the loss in preformance, cause i think i heard about some loss with northwoods. and i dont really feel like spending the extra hundreds for $$ for a preformance loss and a drop in temps. instead i was thinking, if the CPU is too much $, i could do the 8600 cooling mod. but so far i dont know anyone that has done this with there xps.

what is the 8600 cooling mod? do you have a link monk?
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post #8 of 33
3/1/05 at 1:34am
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I get 6349 with 3dmark2003 at 3.2 ghz and Video at default settings using Dell Drivers.

The Clown
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post #9 of 33
3/1/05 at 2:50am
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post #10 of 33
3/1/05 at 2:53am
http://www.laptopsolutions.plc.uk/vi..._8500_8600.htm

Heatmod.
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post #11 of 33
3/1/05 at 3:20am
how much are you guys paying for your 3.2 Northwoods and where? Just wondering if they are into impulse buy range yet
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post #12 of 33
3/1/05 at 9:40am
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I got mine from Tigerdirect.ca for 310.99cdn. I sold my prescott 2.8for 250.00cdn


The Clown
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post #13 of 33
3/1/05 at 11:23am
Whats the diffirence between the two processors guys..

Ive got a 3.4 p4 9100 unit thats about 2-3 months old.. what processor you think i got ?

give me a bit more info
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post #14 of 33
3/1/05 at 12:30pm
thanks for the mark score clown, now i know i either want to get a northwood @ 3.4 or do that heat mod.. ive been getting around 6555 in 3dmark03, and i dont really want to go down anyfurther, but thanks anyway. anyone have a 3dmark03 score w/ a 3.4 northwood? then i can compare apples for apples.

and again, if anyone has done that heat mod i would really like to know how hard it was and how it worked out. thanks
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post #15 of 33
3/2/05 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by Langers
Whats the diffirence between the two processors guys..

Ive got a 3.4 p4 9100 unit thats about 2-3 months old.. what processor you think i got ?

give me a bit more info
Download CPU-Z:

www.cpuid.com
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post #16 of 33
3/2/05 at 12:43am
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Originally Posted by angry_monk
and again, if anyone has done that heat mod i would really like to know how hard it was and how it worked out. thanks
You comfortable taking apart your laptop?
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post #17 of 33
3/2/05 at 3:37am

how do you know what type of cpu u've got?

I bought my i9100 on ebay and it has a 3.2 cpu, so I guess it's probably northwood, but is there a way to check it without opening the laptop?
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post #18 of 33
3/2/05 at 4:36am
Download CPUID here and check how much L2 cache you have. If L2 = 1024 its a prescott if its 512 its a northwood.

And I forgot to add if its HOT as HELL its most likely a prescott
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post #19 of 33
3/2/05 at 4:00pm
I talked to Dell yesterday and they told me that taking the laptop apart and upgrading the CPU does not void the warranty. Interesting...another step closer in getting an EE
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post #20 of 33
3/2/05 at 7:11pm
I wondered that my self when they give the instructions on how to do it the factory manual .
So how could they deny it later.
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