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Pentium M w/ centrino Vs amd 3700+

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How comparable is a 2.26 pentium m processor with a amd 3700+ ?
I dont really know what i should do as far as processors, i want a gaming laptop that for around 2500 bucks. I want to play bf2, css, the stuff...
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T
is it a dothan core?
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V
i dunno anything about laptop processors.
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T
the dothan core has a 2mb L2 cache. I assume the 3700 only has a 512.

My laptop (Thinkpad r50e) has a 1.6ghz dothan core. That will beat a 2600+ into the ground. A 2.26 dothan will be pretty good but im not sure if it will be anywhere near the speed of the 3700.

on another note: make sure the laptop's gpu has its own dedicated RAM and stick the biggest stick of ram you can find for that laptop in.
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V
i was told that the pentium m 2.2 could spank a 3700+ ...
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Remonster
Yes the 2.26 Dothan should beat a 3700+ SD but only if it is the 770 Dothan, the other cores are ALOT slower.
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T
my 725 dothan is pretty good
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jrabb1920
The 3700 are 1meg cache.
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dont the dothans have that 'Advanced Branch Prediction'.

Pentium M

^^ that core has 1meg L2 - look for a one with 2

For example:


^^just ignore the super pi stuff
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what companys use the dothan coreS? Does anyone know how to tell?
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T
IBM use dothan. Look at the processor number listed and the L2 you can usually tell from that. If all else fails, post the link here and we'll take a gander
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