Laptop
The next-generation laptop war will begin in earnest in Q2 when Intel and
AMD ship their Centrino 2 (Montevina) and Puma platforms, respectively.
Both promise significantly enhanced 3D performance from the chipsets' IGP, greater battery
life, and better wireless connectivity.
AMD's Puma, detailed
here,
will ship with the mobile version of its excellent 780G chipset,
enabling users to play the latest games, at reasonable resolutions,
with acceptable frame-rates. Take a look at our Puma vs.
Centrino
video
to see why AMD's happy.
Whilst at IDF 2008 at Shanghai, an Intel employee, who wishes to remain anonymous, was
reminded of the fact that AMD finally has a compelling mobile platform
to put up against the fifth-generation Centrino platform. They
responded with the following statement: 'it's easy to hide behind graphics when their (AMD's)
mobile processors are rubbish in comparison to ours'.
Do you happen to agree with this acerbic statement? How important do
you view the processor in a mobile environment? What's more important,
graphics performance or CPU power in a mid-sized laptop? We'd love to
hear your thoughts, folks.
printer friendly layout 
discuss in the forums 
email to a friend
IE7 Search
Firefox 2 Search
HEXUS.community :: your right2reply
The AMD system is a high end sports car (doesn't matter which one), the Intel system is the same car, but the stripped down GT version. Sure the Intel is faster round the TopGear track, but there is a lot less comfort and usability. And really, are you going to notice the 0.4 of a second (or whatever)?
:)Quote
[...]
Imagine again in a car, you have a nice ferrari engine but a crap fuel pump, theres enough fuel being supplied to get the job done but not enough to really let the CPU shine and do what it does to the best of its ability...
Sorry to keep using the car analogies but I'm trying to make it easier for less techsavvy people to understand.
What's a fuel pump? :juggle:Quote
Push higher clock rates and not doing anything smart with it just lead them to a dead endQuote
Reply