another question about specs

alordofchaos RemoveThis @yahoo.com wrote:
> John Salerno wrote:
>> My laptop is 2 years old, so I'm not sure if it will run well with NWN2.
>> It's hard to figure the specs since I have a Pentium M processor. Here we go:
>>
>> Pentium M 2ghz (equivalent to around P4 4ghz?)
>> 1gb RAM
>> 128mb ati radeon
>>
>> So how does that sound? I'm most unsure about the graphics card, because
>> I don't think the recommendations list a specific size (although minimum is 128).
>
> John, you'll need to post the model number of the ati radeon for
> someone to comment on. The rest sounds OK.

woops! mobility 9600


>
> My laptop's vid card technically also fits under the description "128mb
> ati radeon" - but closer inspection shows that it's an integrated
> chipset by ATI (ATI 200x, with 128mb system memory allocated to
> graphics) - mine is adequate for NWN but definitely will not handle
> NWN2 well.
>
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DiD wrote:
>> Pentium M 2ghz (equivalent to around P4 4ghz?)
>
> more likely equivalent to around a P4 2GHz

really? i've heard that the M chip runs about 1.5x faster than P4, so it
would at least be around 3.5ghz with that estimate...if nothing else, i
didn't expect it to be the same 2ghz
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> Pentium M 2ghz (equivalent to around P4 4ghz?)

more likely equivalent to around a P4 2GHz, with some use you get better
performance because the 2Mb cache on the chip, let's say, like a 2.8Ghz p4

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=dothan20&page=3&MSCSPro...e=95385

here the tiny link

http://tinyurl.com/m5p8j
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"John Salerno" <johnjsal DeleteThis @NOSPAMgmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> DiD wrote:
>>> Pentium M 2ghz (equivalent to around P4 4ghz?)
>>
>> more likely equivalent to around a P4 2GHz
>
> really? i've heard that the M chip runs about 1.5x faster than P4, so it
> would at least be around 3.5ghz with that estimate...if nothing else, i
> didn't expect it to be the same 2ghz

nope, if you look the benchmark in the previous post you will see that the
pentium M 2ghz is slower than the p4 3.2ghz
and in some test slower than a p4 1.8ghz .

Cpu used in laptop usualy are slower than the ones used on desktop, just
because they need to use less power and make the battery live longer this is
whatthey are born for. This doesn't mean that the pentium m is not good, but
just that is not the same as a pentium4 cpu.
You can't put the same cpu used on a desktop in a laptop and expect to have
the same performance, there is a reason why on the desktop cpu there is a
huge thermal cooler and the power supply is nowaday around 500watt
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