Something New You've Got...
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2015-01-21, 15:44
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RE: Something New You've Got...
(2015-01-21 15:09)Marty Wrote: Nice Cola, only wondering: The Intel Core i3-series processors are actually way more capable than most people think. Due to mine being a 2nd gen i3-cpu (notice the '2' in the beginning of the model number), it is equivalent to an i5-540M from the 1st gen of i5-cpu's. I like to think that you actually need at least 8GB of RAM these days to keep up. I use much RAM while computing, as I often have both Spotify, Skype and Google Chrome open while also using AutoCAD or Revit in school. This takes up alot of RAM, and if I want to keep the system running smoothly, I need this much RAM or preferably even more. RAM is used as a temporary 'hard drive', when the allocated space of the program runs out, the PC will start dumping the temporary files to the hard drive, which means everything will start running extremely slow. Therefore having more RAM will almost always be beneficial for a user who multitasks alot on their PC. Ideally I would've went for a dedicated graphics card, but seeing as my old laptop for 1½ year (T410) had a dedicated graphics card in the older and slower i5-540M (meaning the onboard graphics on this CPU was slower) and still ran all my applications fine, I am confident in saying that the onboard graphics card on this newer CPU (i3-2350M) is quite a bit faster. The integrated graphics on the i5-540M performs equivalent to an HD 6450M, while the integrated graphics on the i3-2350M performs equicalent to an HD6320M. None of these will ever be high-performance gaming-chips, but then again, I did not buy this laptop with gaming in mind. Also, note that CPU's these days don't really become obsolete as quick as they used to. In 2009 you could buy a quad core 3.2Ghz CPU for around the same price of a quad core 3.2GHz CPU of today. Of course obvious differences being in newer technologies meaning that the newer CPU will run at a lower voltage resulting in less heat build-up, perform better due to for example hyper threading and TurboBoost, and many other things. But my point is, that in 2004 (5 years before 2009) you would only run a single-core 3GHz CPU, which backs up my point in that alot happened in processors during those years, and a lot is still happening today, although not as much as it used to. Sorry for the long post, I hope it answered your question. |
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