AMD Turion any good? - Merged

MatrixEVO

MatrixEVO

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AMD Turion any good?

I know my last thread on this was closed because a certian somebody (*cough*geoff) screwed around with it. But I seriously want to know the comparison between the AMD Turion and the Athlon 64, and if the Turion is any good for gaming.
 
i am sorry about before, i just wanted to have a little fun. Anyways the Turion has a different cache size, so its hard to do an exact comaparison between the Turion and Pentium M, but during the test theTurion outperformed an identically-clocked Pentium M by 6 to 33 percent.
 
Is the Turion any good for gaming though? I know that this thread hasn't had any action in a while, but I was just wondering.
 
Wouldnt it like the AMD answer to intel's centrino?? I mean, they have mobile P4's, mobile Athlon 64's, and they kinda need a budget line for laptops, just like they have Celerons and XP's for desktops.
 
Oh, I didn't even search the forum first. I forget to do that sometimes. Thanks though.
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Hehe, i didn't want you to resurect that thread, i just thought it may help answer your question :)

Is the Turion any good for gaming though? I know that this thread hasn't had any action in a while, but I was just wondering.
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Its half decent for gaming, but the p-m will still beat it quite convincingly
 
in the specs that i saw, the AMD Turion has better specs in all aspects other then Cache, with faster bus speeds, higher bandwidth, ect.
 
Is the Turion any good for gaming though? I know that this thread hasn't had any action in a while, but I was just wondering.
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Hehe you mean the 12minutes between post5 and post6? ;)

Wouldnt it like the AMD answer to intel's centrino??
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It would be AMD's answer to the PentiumM (not Centrino). Generally i think its fair to say the PentiumM outperforms the Turion64 however

I mean, they have mobile P4's, mobile Athlon 64's, and they kinda need a budget line for laptops, just like they have Celerons and XP's for desktops.
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The PentiumM/Turion64 is not a budget chip.

in the specs that i saw, the AMD Turion has better specs in all aspects other then Cache, with faster bus speeds, higher bandwidth, ect.
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Yes but we all know from dealing with desktop chips that numbers dont always mean performance :)
 
Praetor said:
It would be AMD's answer to the PentiumM (not Centrino). Generally i think its fair to say the PentiumM outperforms the Turion64 however
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How can that be?? Turions are 64 bit arent they?? :confused:
 
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