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I'm considering two laptops which are nearly identical except for the
processors mentioned in the subject line. I'm trying to determine if the
Athlon 64 is worth paying $350 more for. My applications will mostly be
typical business use (documents, spreadsheets, Internet, etc), and
occasionally some number-crunching engineering work.
It's hard to find benchmark comparisons, but what I have been able to find
suggests that the performance boost in going to the Athlon 64 3000+ is only
about 10% to 15%. I would have expected a larger difference.
Anyone have opinions on how these CPUs compare? Any other differences
between the two that I should consider, besides computing performance?
M.
I'm considering two laptops which are nearly identical except for the
processors mentioned in the subject line. I'm trying to determine if the
Athlon 64 is worth paying $350 more for. My applications will mostly be
typical business use (documents, spreadsheets, Internet, etc), and
occasionally some number-crunching engineering work.
It's hard to find benchmark comparisons, but what I have been able to find
suggests that the performance boost in going to the Athlon 64 3000+ is only
about 10% to 15%. I would have expected a larger difference.
Anyone have opinions on how these CPUs compare? Any other differences
between the two that I should consider, besides computing performance?
M.