On Jan 14, 2012 10:57 AM, "Ian Grody" <l...@grody.me.uk> wrote: > > On Saturday 14 January 2012 10:09:44 t...@engineering.selfip.org wrote: > > > AMD A6 3400 vs, the Intel i5-2430 > > > > > > > > > Well, The Toshiba is quad core @ 2.3 / 1.4GHz. 4MB cache (1MB per core) & > > > a > > > Radeon 65xx series GPU. These tend to be pretty purdy, even my 5400 > > > mobile GPU > > > is quite nice. > > > > > > The ASUS is dual core, 4 threads per-core @2.4GHz & can turbo upto 3GHz. > > > It > > > even supports enhanced features (on-die AES crypto accellerator), carries > > > 3MB > > > cache (1.5M per core) & houses an nVidia GTX520M which are mouth > > > watering. > > > > > > IMPO, i'd hit up the i5 (ASUS) - You will get far better load handling as > > > you > > > have more cache on this CPU as well as far better multi-threading > > > per-core. > > > Also, the ATI GPU (Toshiba) will most likely steal some of your RAM for > > > the > > > graphics. nVidia tend to ship theirs with it's own memory. > > > > > > Both these CPU's are rated 35W - so price-for-price, the i5 is more bang > > > for > > > your buck. > > > > > > > > > happy hunting, > > > > > > Ian > > > > Yes, on further inspection it (www.tomshardware.com has a benchmark of > > some very similar kit) that the choice is between graphics and maths > > capability. The greater CPU performance of the i5 is very tempting, and > > the graphics capability is probably sufficient for what I want to do. I > > think I've swung to the i5 now, but the Toshiba I linked to doesn't have > > VGA out, so it'll have to be that CPU in a different box. > >
If it has HDMI then you only need an adapter iirc. > > More searching required, I think. > > > > Tim B. > > > > > > -- > > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I'm an AMD lover personally. But in this case, that i5 is by far better. If it > was an i3... AMD! i5 & i7's are beasts. > > Both the ATI and nVidia GPU's on those would be capable of CUDA (OpenCL) > computing too, but the GTX would fold superior mathematically. > > > Ian > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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