For a Laptop - Intel or AMD

[6TNINE]

I know that AMD is the cheaper and better chip for a desktop, i'm running a 1.4 AYHJA T-bird, O'Clocked to 1.6. So i know what i'm talking about.....well i am lookin for a laptop for my dad, who wants something that will not eat battery, but still cruise. i think that the pentium III-m is lookin better than the mobile athlon 4. is this true? help me out


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[Kell]

I would certainly think so. If you can find one of the newer Tualatin laptops with the 512K cache, that would be fantastic. I've seen such laptops for $1600 at the local computer shops.

 

[Damascus]

I'm guessing Celeron/Duron-based systems would eat less power if it's really
that important. The screen is a pretty big power eater as well. Not much
you can do about that though unless you get a smaller screen, which imo
isn't worth the tradeoff.

 

[boyRacer]

definitely tualatin. i have an athlon4 1ghz... i don't know how it is compared to other laptops with a different cpu but this sucker can eat up my battery fast. its pretty sweet still... but if i were to get one now it would definitely be a tualatin.

 

[vss1980]

Although AMD laptop/notebook chips have PowerNow continuous voltage changing technology and Intel only use speedstep (which makes the chip run slower when on battery), as far as I know mobile Intel CPU's still have better battery life.

 

[Rand]

I'd prefer an Intel based laptop personally. Tualatin consumes less power then the Athlon4, and it's marginally faster then the Athlon4 in integer code and not much slower in FPU code. So long as the Athlon4 remains on the 1200MHz FSB in Mobile the Tualatin performs almost identically and consumes less power.

One advantage AMD does have, is that their PowerNow! technology for power savings is noticeably superior to intel's SpeedStep and that may in some instances be able to offset Intel's lower power consumption.
All in all, neither is a bad choice but I'd definitely prefer a Tualatin based Laptop myself.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

My vote goes to the Tualatin as well. It's cool-running and powerful. AMD still has a ways to go because they're essentially using a desktop package in a laptop.