Laptop - AMD64?

[bob4432]

how do the new mobile amd64s compare in battery life to the mobile centrino pentiums?

 

[shoRunner]

do you mean the turion?

 

[bob4432]

i am pretty sure that is what it is called, i think hp just put out a laptop with it...

 

[shoRunner]

it should actually be alittle better if its an MT because according to AMD specs it pull 23 watts vs centrino 25 watts...

 

[bob4432]

i have been waiting for amd to make a laptop cpu, maybe this is it...

 

[n7]

Sadly, in the reviews i've seen, the Centrino (Pentium-M) is still mobility king.

They still are better for battery-life anyway.

If AMD can actually get the Turions out though , they should be priced better than Centrinos most likely.

 

[shoRunner]

turion is out...its already availible at your local best buy

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: n7
Sadly, in the reviews i've seen, the Centrino (Pentium-M) is still mobility king.

They still are better for battery-life anyway.

If AMD can actually get the Turions out though , they should be priced better than Centrinos most likely.

could you point me to the reviews please?

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Overall, the Centrino-based laptops should have longer battery lives than the Turion-based ones. There was a review in PCMag about an Acer laptop with the Turion platform, but it only had like a 3 hour battery life. Turion isn't very mature yet, so I'd go with a Centrino-based laptop right now.

 

[n7]

Damnit, i cannot seem to remember where i saw some, but i found one.

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=turion64&page=1

 

[bob4432]

thanks