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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on January 19, 2005, 07:30:12 AM

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: videoholic on January 19, 2005, 07:30:12 AM

Can someone explain to me what the M chip is?

The speed rating is half of the 4 chip, but they are roughly the same price.  

What benefits does the chip have on it in leu of speed?

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: nO-One on January 19, 2005, 07:51:13 AM

M = low power about equal performance, the p4 is really not suited for notebooks so the p4m was born.

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: Knotter8 on January 19, 2005, 10:32:37 AM

Agreed. I would NOT recommend getting a P4 notebook.

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: theomen on January 19, 2005, 01:11:10 PM

A 1.8 M will perform like a 3.0 P4

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2129&p=8

the M is the better chip, but for Notebook gaming go AMD 64

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: videoholic on January 19, 2005, 06:00:20 PM

AH, interesting.  THey shouldn\'t publish then the processor speed because if you didn\'t know that you would think the computer was half the speed.

I figured it was something. Merci.

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: theomen on January 19, 2005, 09:34:24 PM

^^
I agree, they should do what AMD does and call it a p4M 3000+

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: JBean on January 20, 2005, 03:31:24 PM

mhz isn\'t what it\'s all about anymore

intel is going to start labeling their processors with "approximate performance" ratings.. something they and most everyone else gave AMD crap for a few years back.

and I agree... get the M if you just gotta have that intel feeling

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: THX on January 20, 2005, 09:50:54 PM

^^yea, did you read about how Intel is not going to be making a 4ghz processor but is instead going to focus on other methods to crank more calculations out at the same speed of current processors?  Guess they finally hit a platuea plateua plateau.

plato.

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: Samwise on January 20, 2005, 11:37:24 PM

Well, they\'ll hit 10 GHz in 2007!11!2#!! Or not... :p

Title: Notebook: Pentium M vs. Pentium 4
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 20, 2005, 11:58:42 PM

Intel are learning from AMD.. A company mm said would "go the way of cyrix"  


so, ehhhhhhh still waiting mm.