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Custom_Build   10-10-2007 at 05:20:16 AM

I want to buy a powerful notebook, one has the T7700 and the other has the T7800. The T7800 costs about $500 more is it a good $500 to spend?? The speed of the T7700 is 2.4Ghz while the speed of the T7800 is 2.6Ghz. Is it a good idea to spend $500 more for 200mhz??

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-10-2007 at 06:34:10 AM
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What's the notebook? What are you planning on doing with it? What are the rest of the specs?

 

I also think you mean an X7800 since the T series stops at the T7700. The X7800 has is unlocked which allows you to adjust the multiplier on the CPU. In other words, you can overclock it without software. So I guess my answer is no unless you want to OC it, but make sure you have the cooling for that.


Message edited by lostandwandering on 10-10-2007 at 06:34:44 AM
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Custom_Build   10-10-2007 at 10:12:46 PM
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@lostandwandering

 

I checked the intel website and their T series stops at T7800~!

 

http://www.intel.com/products/proc [...] o+tab_spec


Message edited by Custom_Build on 10-10-2007 at 10:13:05 PM
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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-10-2007 at 10:24:09 PM
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Huh, thanks for the link. I don't think I've ever seen a T7800. The only 7800 I've seen is the X series, but that just proved me wrong. lol.

I don't think you will see much difference between the two to make the 7800 worth it. I use a T7200 in mine which is 2.00ghz and it does fine for me, I play games like COD2 and BF2142. Just because I am curious now, what laptop are you looking at?

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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Custom_Build   10-11-2007 at 12:02:29 AM
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I want to get a Sony Vaio!:)

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-11-2007 at 01:52:30 AM
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I find Sony's over priced, but that's just me.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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theworminator   10-11-2007 at 02:10:18 AM
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Don't take this wrong, but I've always felt that the Vaio's were more hype than substance, I always felt that they were a bit cheap (quality wise, not price wise). My friend had a Vaio desktop, and it was literally made of plastic. Maybe there is a steel frame inside, but the outside was all plastic panelling, including the flaps leading to the drives. Those promptly broke. Now, it was the desktop, and I don't know if the laptops are better, but that experience alone kinda put me off of Sony computers.

Just that if I'm investing that much money into an item, I want it to be one of high quality.

Anyway. About the processor, I don't think that extra 0.2 Ghz is worth that extra 500 bucks...the performance gain simply isn't enough to justify the cost. You can buy another laptop for that much. :D

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Custom_Build   10-11-2007 at 04:47:37 AM
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Don't take this wrong, but I've always felt that the Vaio's were more hype than substance, I always felt that they were a bit cheap (quality wise, not price wise). My friend had a Vaio desktop, and it was literally made of plastic.


Sony Vaio's are made of Carbon fiber Casing!:) They are made of Carbon fiber because they are lighter this way.


Message edited by Custom_Build on 10-11-2007 at 04:50:02 AM
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gigman   10-11-2007 at 07:23:33 AM
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I wasn't aware that Sony even made desktop systems besides media center pcs.

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theworminator   10-15-2007 at 07:37:00 AM
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Well, apparently they did. I don't know, it had the Vaio logo and all. This ( http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/s [...] Id=1001043 ) looks similar to it, so maybe it was a media center PC. It was my friends desktop computer, anyway. And it broke. :p

As for the carbon fibre Vaio's, I see them on select ultraportable models. They're expensive, and not particularly powerful either (running Pentium M 1.2 Ghz). I like the carbon fibre idea, but in terms of price for performance right now...yeah.

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