Words Of Wisdom on 09 February 2009
If he intends to game on this laptop, I'd recommend the X9100. A four core processor alongside a powerful gpu seems like a heat hazard in the making (though I'm sure the Q9100 runs cooler than I'm imagining).
If he intends to make it multipurpose then the Q9100 will be worth more in the long run.
| cool48 said: No I would definitely go with the core 2 extreme. The only reason the quad core has more cache is cause it has twice as many CPUs and that doesn't necessarily mean it's faster. Anyways if they act the same as desktop processors the extreme is a better CPU. |
It's not faster. Heck, the X9100 can be OC'd to about 3.5-3.6 Ghz if you're feeling really gutsy which is way way out of the meager 2.26 Ghz normal of the Q9100. Though... I wouldn't recommend OC'ing it much if at all.
