HarleyRider Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 This is a question for all of you computer guru's out there. I have a Dell laptop I just got. I usually play MVP '05 on my high powered desktop but recently it's been more convienent for me to play it on my laptop. I think I screwed up when I ordered the laptop processor and I've been thinking of upgrading to a faster one. Here's the question. The processor I currently have installed is a Intel Core Duo Processor 1.73Ghz @ 533Mhz FSB. If I decide to go with a Intel Core Duo Processor 2.00Ghz processor @ 667 FSB, how much would it speed up my system? I did the resolution hack on MVP '05 and I like running it in 1600 x 1200 but it's a bit choppy but not to bad. For reference, other things I have installed on the laptop are: 256 MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 video; 2 GB of DDR2 ram @533 Mhz; 17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen, 1920 x 1200 res display; 120 GB SATA hard drive; Integrated High Definition audio(on motherboard); Windows XP Media Center Edition. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks alot. Cheers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Anyone at all?....Please.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Every system is different, so it'll be hard to guess how much the system will be improved by a .27MHz upgrade of the CPU and a 124MHz increase on the FSB. I'd say if you really think you need the extra power for other things, then go for it, but I don't think it would have a particularly massive effect on the power of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edam Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 A program has to be specifically written to take advantage of dual core. Complete optimization for the dual-core processor requires both the operating system and applications running on the computer to support a technology called thread-level parallelism, or TLP. Thread-level parallelism is the part of the OS or application that runs multiple threads simultaneously, where threads refer to the part of a program that can execute independently of other parts. I doubt that MVP 2005 does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Thanks for those responses. I always thought that if the program/computer didn't take advantage of the dual core, then it would combine both for total speed. I guess you're never to old to learn new things. Thanks again... Cheers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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