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TheRedDevil

Hey guys,

wanted a quick reply. Which is better, Core 2 Duo processors from Intel or AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-60 which comes with Acer 4530. My Friend is planning to buy a laptop and liked the Acer 4530 but is an a dilemma due to AMD processor. What do you guys suggest?

folks,

any kinda suggestion would me much appreciated.

rajan1311

that processor is at 1.9GHz i think. It is by no means a record shattering processor, but is fine for day to day use.

What are the other options that ur fren has ???

deepmohan

AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-60 was introduced by AMD to compete with Intel's Dual Core Processors so Intel C2D is far head than this particular AMD Processor so no question of comparing both.

AMD isn't bad its just a matter of misconception and aggressive marketing strategy of Intel.

So it will depend on what kind of work your friend is going to do on the laptop.

TheRedDevil

Thanks for the response guys.
Well my friend is into games...... and his budget is around 40K..... which laptop do you guys suggest????

deepmohan

For gaming purpose he will need Graphics Card With Dedicated Memory for best performance so i think he will have to increase his budget to 45K to 50K.

TheRedDevil

Which particular model are you suggesting?

deepmohan

i dont have any particular model in mind if i am right dell has slashed their rates for limited period u can get 256MB ATI graphics card, 4GB Memory, C2D check it out or look for HP.

pshrinivasan

Don't buy HP, their service is not good, they do not even give you a CD for MB or the Windows version they install, they just create a recovery partition in the HD. Better go for Dell. You can log on to dell.co.in and configure your own gaming laptop. Intel is better than AMD as far as gaming is concerned. Good luck !

TheRedDevil

Thanks guys, but the dilemma is still very much alive..... So you guys are suggesting that Dell is good is it....... what about acer??? doesn't it have any good reviews.... the 4530 series comes with an in-built graphics card right?? won't that help.. i am not a gamer so dnt know much about it, i apologize for my ignorance.....

deepmohan

Yup HP dont provide Windows and Driver CD's you can create one through the recovery partition provided in your hard disk.

If you are too much concerned about it then just give a call to HP cust care with in 5 days they will send you all the CD's free of cost ok.

Hope you had some personal experience with their service

High end products and low end products have their own merits and demerits hope you understand and this might be an end to your dilemma

AMD...INTEL....AMD.....INTEL......AMD......INTEL this will go on like this so dont bother about it much its a never ending fight.

whitestar_999

for Rs.45000 u can get a dell studio 15 laptop with 256MB ATI HD4570 card which should be enough for average gaming on its 15.6" screen.don't buy HP because upto Rs.60000 range HP laptops won't even have a similar performing card as dell's ATI 4570(they all have nVidia 9300m which is far inferior than 4570).only better option than ATI 4570 is nVidia 9600M(or above) but these cards only comes in laptops priced ~Rs.70000 or above.also AMD is only better if you have strict budget constraints(read lower end laptop/desktop) else INTEL C2D is best right now for any platform(desktop or laptop).acer 4530 is good for multimedia but for gaming it's not good because onboard graphics is a mere nVidia 9100M which can't even be called as a gaming card.it is there mainly for multimedia enhancement.as for acer4530 reviews looks like its battery is not good enough & it's OK for CASUAL GAMING only.also it has no HDMI port which is a really bad point for this laptop considering that the graphics card has the capability to support it.

P.S. it's better to spend Rs.5000 more & get a better laptop then to buy a cheaper one & regret later because unlike desktop laptop can't be upgraded in graphics hardware.

TheRedDevil

@whitestar_999
Thanks a ton for the detailed response..... my friend actualy bought a compaq laptop.... Evening in the office, he suddenly out of the blue wanted to buy that laptop..... don't know the series and all... the price was Rs. 33990 he upgraded the RAM to 4GB.... so it cost him Rs. 36250...... Thanks anyways.. hope he will b happy with his laptop..........

deepmohan

hope everything goes right with him and his laptop best wishes to him, but i think whitestar_999, will be upset.

TheRedDevil

i am hoping that myself ...... and whitestar_999 will do just fine , Thanks to him on the detailed response, it might help some1 else who is planning to buy a similar laptop......

deepmohan

whitestar_999

hey!why would i be upset?it's not my money

deepmohan

just kidding yar ya its not your money but you are HP Compaq critic just for that reason.

Please dont take anything personally....

whitestar_999

i am not HP/Compaq critic.it's just that they charge more for same/less features so i recommend better options but you seems to be a fan of HP/Compaq

deepmohan

Not fan of Compaq.... but sure a proud owner of HP Notebook PC

harishsyndrome

AMD vs Intel

Intel for Gaming.

The technology used by INtel gives them plenty of Clock Speed. Dont worry about the Cores.

Heaviest Software that runs in a system could be a PC Game. for Example GTA IV.

Thats why every game requirment says Pentium 3 or equivalent, p4 2gHz or equivalent.

The Technology used by AMD wont enable them to processor high clock speed procesor. Even if they try to do the cost would be very high so that they might lose the trademark AMD=Cheap

Recently AMD quad core procesor turned to be a tri - core procesor with a Core disabled due to some compatibility issues.


So

VERDICT

Intel Pentium 4 vs AMD Athlon
AMD Wins


Intel Core 2 Duo vs AM2
Intel Core 2 Duo vs AMX Phenom Tricore

Intel Wins