V3616 and AMD Turion64 x2 Processor

chon_chon82 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:01:37 +0800

I bought Compaq V3616 finally.. Cost is RM2450. Free 2GB (667) DDR2 RAM and many other free gift & gadgets during Hari Raya.

I used CPU-Z to check out my processor details and motherboard driver revision. The processor which uses AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 has a clock speed of 2 Ghz. But sadly it still uses 90nm (Trinidad) revision. But the socket is S1 means there are posibilities for processor upgrade to 65nm (tyler).

Oh btw all these 90nm, 65nm is the geometry of the smallest feature on a semiconductor, typically the width of a transistor. The smaller geometries lead to lower thresholds (switch points) leading to lower power devices. Hence a design with smaller geometries tends to be lower power and run cooler. 65nm is 65 nanometers or 65xe-9 meters or 0.000000065 meters. So the road map for processor sizes will go from 90nm to this current 65nm and will goes down to 45nm n way to 32nm in coming years.

My friend is using V3614 and it has the Turion TL-58 (1.9Ghz) 65nm based. U can also see the review of V3614in lowyat site.

Graphics is IGP and Shared Memory (256MB max). Anyway I did tuned up for maximum. I installed both XP & Vista in it. Infact I even tried KUBUNTU Linux and it work well. This Laptop is quite awesome. I basically bought them for work though I am a PC gamer freak, which so far played :

1. Counter Strike CZ - smooth
2. PirateKing Online - also smooth (Lucky internet no lag)
3. Warcraft 3 - smooth (as well as Dota)
4. Sims 2 - smooth
5. Mo Siang - smooth but boring
6. PerfectWorld Online - cant play coz Closed Beta is over + few delays (But I m optimistic it can be played).

I know for some of u may think that I am quite outdated for playing these kind of games but then again, atleast it still entertain me

Playing Movies also quite good.. I installed K-Lite Mega Codec which allows me to play as many video formats (eg. RM, MKV, Divx, Flv..etc..). I also did some video editing and it was quite good.. As for graphics editing I used Photoshop CS3 and it was tumbs up!

Oh not to mention, If u all want a good performance on the laptop, then u have to update the driver from time after time. I think can obtain from nvidia for the IGP and chipset driver. By updating it, u'll have a smoother operations.

Overall, If you want to have a Cost-saving dual-core processor notebook, go for AMD Turion X2 (TL-58 onward version) notebook. Its not bad compared to Intel C2D (still costly! even the non-santa rosa type).

Anyway the only problems about compaq V3000 notebook is the position of the Hard Disk which lies on the left of the palm rest area. Though I didn't face the problems, but when the HDD is fully optimized, your left palm will feel the heat and unconfortable. But the solution is of couse to use the laptop cooler. I had 1 and it really helps a lot..M thinking of buying the cooler master cooling pad for optimum use.

And to every1 who is reading this thread, feel free to share ideas and questions.

Regards

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