Laptop CPU question?

[ATI]

hello all

i,m thinking of getting alienware lappy and here is a list of cpu:

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9000 (2.00GHz,1066MHz FSB,6MB L2 Cache - Included


Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9800 (2.93GHz,1066MHz FSB,6MB L2 Cache) - £165.22


Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9100 (2.26GHz,1066MHz FSB,12MB L2 Cache) - £443.48


here are the choices avilable, i included prices of what i have to pay to upgrade to the other 2 cpus.

mostly will be used for work and maybe cad but some gaming now and then.

what do you think of the one is included and if it worth shelling out on the other for long term.

thanks

 

[95thrifles]

The faster dual core would be better for gaming but worse for your CAD work, the faster quad is not worth it imo, £443 for an extra 0.26GHz and cache

 

[ATI]

thanks for the info

thats what i thought about the q9100.

so that just leaves me with t9800 or q9000. is it worth the £165.22

 

[SMAndy]

Depends if you're going to be doing more CAD than gaming. If you do more CAD, stick with the quad. If you plan on doing more gaming, the dual core will give you more power for that.

What graphics does the laptop have? If its nVidia, and PhysX/CUDA enabled, that'll help lots for the gaming, and mean you can get away with a slower CPU

 

[ATI]

cheers for that, naaa i dont think will be much cad i was told is apossibility by the lecturer.

the gpu is Single 1GB ATI® GDDR3 Mobility™ Radeon™ HD 4870

thanks

 

[95thrifles]

I'd go for the dual then, personally

 

[linktoinsanity]

If the Quad was 2.4Ghz comnpared to that Dual I'd say quad without hesitation. However at 900Mhz clockspeed difference I'd go with the Dual.