edumacate me on AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual

Mir96TA

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I can get Acer 15.4" Aspire 5520-5912 for $275
Which got AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TL-58 + 2 Gig Mem
I have no clue where this CPU is it Celeron of AMD ?
 

NXIL

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...Turion_microprocessors

Turion 64 X2 TL-58
1900 MHz 2 x 512 KiB
800 MHz 9.5x
1.075/1.10/1.125 V
31 W
Socket S1
Released May 7, 2007

http://www.tomshardware.com/re...pus-explored,1553.html

http://www.engadget.com/2006/0...-x2-to-fight-core-duo/

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/m...ay/20070507225523.html

Bottom line: not as refined as Intels mobile CPUs; sort of like Intel's Lexus to AMD Subaru--but, that AMD dual core CPU is fine, and, at that price point, you are not going for Lexus luxury. You are getting a dual core CPU laptop at a netbook price.

Edit: here it's ranked on a very clear and inclusive chart:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cp...AMD+Turion+64+X2+TL-58

It does very well.

How's the rest of the laptop? Battery hold a charge? Screen in good shape? CD/DVD drive?





 

Fox5

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CPU power is probably the last thing I'd worry about in a laptop, they're usually comparatively more underpowered in terms of HDD speed/space, amount of RAM, and especially graphics. The turion is AMD's mobile version of the athlon, it's comparable to the core 2 duos in power usage, but is quite a bit slower in performance. That said, at any given price point on a laptop, I'd rather have more ram, a faster hard drive, or better graphics over a faster cpu. (well, the atoms and via cpus and anything single core are a bit underpowered, but everything else is fine)