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Centrino and Pentium 4

DTV · 2003-11-04 13:26:41

Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop with a centrino processor but how do the clock speeds compare with Pentium 4? Centrino / Pentium 4 1.3GHz / ? 1.4GHz / ? 1.5GHz / ? 1.6GHz / ? 1.7GHz / ?

04-11-2003 2:26pm

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DTV

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Hi,

I am interested in buying a laptop with a centrino processor but how do the clock speeds compare with Pentium 4?

Centrino / Pentium 4

1.3GHz / ?
1.4GHz / ?
1.5GHz / ?
1.6GHz / ?
1.7GHz / ?

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#2 04-11-2003 3:48pm

gimpotronitus

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Nice article on Centrino, worth a read. Those processor speeds confused me too.

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1800

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#3 04-11-2003 4:27pm

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Well a Dell laptop with a 1.6 centrino bet my 3.06 P4 laptop in thr 3D Mark 2001 benchmark tests. Every other spec was pretty much identical.

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#4 05-11-2003 12:42am

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Very interesting article, it also goes to show how hooked on big numbers and market-speak consumers are.

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#5 05-11-2003 1:12am

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i have a 1.4 centrino and i love it. its the perfect chip for a laptop.

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