Core Duo vs Core Duo 2 laptop for a bit of gaming?

[Wakinglimb]

I'm looking at getting a laptop for a bit of light gaming (only had a GeForce 7400 in it).

I am looking at 2, one with a Core Duo T2300E (1.66ghz) and one with a Core Duo 2 T5500 (1.66gh).

How much difference will there be between these two?

 

[Devious]

5 % ish maybe.

 

[Wakinglimb]

Awesome, not worth the several hundred pounds difference then

 

[Boogle]

A 7600/X1600 GPU on the lappy would give a much more significant speed boost, on the order of 2x

 

[OC_A64]

5 % ish maybe.

More than that IMO, maybe up to 10% (possibly more)
Core2 is quite a bit quicker than Yonah, however the T5500 is a 2mb chips which might hurt performance a touch. If you want to game, as someone else mentioned its probably worth spending a bit more on GFX rather than CPU, as neither CPU's are going to come close to limiting your gameplay...

 

[ShakenNstirred]

i have just picked up a HP laptop with the AMD Turion 64 x2 TL56(1.8gig) with the geforce 7600(256mb), its has a 17in screen(1440x900) and it plays GTR2 and full speatrum warrier2 without any problems.
havent had time to add anymore games yet to see how it handles them

 

[Bennah]

The difference would be noticeable I think. More than 5& anyways and would be upto coping future games.

Getting the Merom is worth the extra money.

Im getting a lappy based on a Merom myself, planning on putting a higher spec'd one when I get some more money.

Is the lappy your looking at a Rock one?