Hi. I bought a barebone laptop two years ago after my first laptop died. Swapped all the parts over, yada yada yada. But since my laptop is in near mint condition and I want to give it another 2-3 years of life, I am looking into upgrading it.
Currently have a Pentium 750 which is 1.86ghz @ 533bus. I have 2gig ram, 80gig hd and an ati x700 which is quite decent for basic gaming.
I was wondering how the Pentium M 780 (fastest that my chipset can handle) compares to newer mobile cpus such as Solo core, dual core and core 2 duo. Since there aren't any direct comparison online (or atleast that I know of) can anyone help me out with valid information?
I basically use my laptop pretty much for everything. A bit of Warcraft 3, some torrents, surfing the web, and some photoshop work. I am using windows XP pro as well and don't really intend to upgrade to vista.
I am just wondering if it is worth putting another $100-200 into my laptop or just buying a whole new one. The two cpus that I would really only consider is the Pentium 770 and 780.
If I were to upgrade laptops, I would really be spending $800+ since I want a decent video card such as something from ATI or nvidia. None of that BS onboard.
Currently have a Pentium 750 which is 1.86ghz @ 533bus. I have 2gig ram, 80gig hd and an ati x700 which is quite decent for basic gaming.
I was wondering how the Pentium M 780 (fastest that my chipset can handle) compares to newer mobile cpus such as Solo core, dual core and core 2 duo. Since there aren't any direct comparison online (or atleast that I know of) can anyone help me out with valid information?
I basically use my laptop pretty much for everything. A bit of Warcraft 3, some torrents, surfing the web, and some photoshop work. I am using windows XP pro as well and don't really intend to upgrade to vista.
I am just wondering if it is worth putting another $100-200 into my laptop or just buying a whole new one. The two cpus that I would really only consider is the Pentium 770 and 780.
If I were to upgrade laptops, I would really be spending $800+ since I want a decent video card such as something from ATI or nvidia. None of that BS onboard.