Duo Core or Turion?

[TrailerParkKing]

Right now I have an HP ZE5000 P4 2.0, 1gb, 40gb, integrated graphics. I need to upgrade and was looking at this Acer on one of the websites.

My questions are as follows.

1. should i go duo-core or Turion... I have always been an AMD guy for my PC's but don't care on a lappy.

2. is an ATI X700 going to be fine to play some games or should I step up to th X1400?

Using it for business stuff and probably some basic gaming.......

Thanks in advance.

 

[TrailerParkKing]

anyone?

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: TrailerParkKing
Right now I have an HP ZE5000 P4 2.0, 1gb, 40gb, integrated graphics. I need to upgrade and was looking at this Acer on one of the websites.

My questions are as follows.

1. should i go duo-core or Turion... I have always been an AMD guy for my PC's but don't care on a lappy.

2. is an ATI X700 going to be fine to play some games or should I step up to th X1400?

Using it for business stuff and probably some basic gaming.......

Thanks in advance.

I would go Core Duo for better all-around performance. I may be wrong, but I don't think the Turion can offer such power with such a low power draw. Someone correct me! In any case, there's no program I use that wouldn't run fine on either chip.

I believe that the X700 is comparable to the X1400 in performance, maybe a tad bit better even though it doesn't support SM3. The X1600 is definitely a step up.

 

[TrailerParkKing]

good to know because I am looking at 2 Acer Travelmates on Tiger ... specs are basically even except one has an X700 and the core duo has the X1400.......

 

[fbrdphreak]

X700 > X1400

If you're going to game, get the Turion.
If you're going to do more multitasking or audio/video editing, get the Core Duo.

Gaming benchmarks:
http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=37

 

[scottish144]

Dual Core Turion shoudl be coming out in May. I'm personally waiting for the Ferrari Refresh later this year and will pick up a new 4000