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Hi All

if anyone is interested, Comet (yes i know) is doing a great deal on the
acer aspire 3003wlmi (sempron 3Ghz / 512MB Ram / 60GB Hdd / 54g Wifi /
15.4" widescren display / dual layer dvd rewriter) for £499 online or £549 instore,
which beats all other sites i`ve checked hands down.

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/572_289310.html

i`ve just took delivery of mine and can say it`s bloody fantastic!!! the screen
display at 1200 x 800 is superb. everything feels suitably sturdy too.

anyway, off to play for a while until the turf removing equipment arrives...bah!

Ste.

........is that gasoline i smell?

This item was edited on Friday, 14th October 2005, 16:02

Any idea if this spec is good enough for gaming.
My son has a laptop already but it is only 256 mb and the sound card does not support some of his games eg matrix online.
Would buy this if it is any good.
cheers sandi

Tell me if I am wrong but your link point to a 1.8 GHz processor not a 3 GHz.
Thanks
JC

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Tell me if I am wrong but your link point to a 1.8 GHz processor not a 3 GHz.

You`re right - and wrong!

The actual speed of the processor is 1.8 GHz but AMD recon it`s equivalent of an Intel 3 GHz processor. It depends on the application but I believe they are about right.

splintercell - we don`t see you much around these parts nowadays?

Hows things?

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splintercell - we don`t see you much around these parts nowadays?

Hows things?
Hi Ben

i`m always around, it`s just that i don`t post quite so often nowadays.

how are you? still bashing xbox live?

Ste.

........is that gasoline i smell?

How do you make these comparissons? Surely the speed is a figure and is the same between processors? I know the buses can be faster and the cache sizes vary but can someone explain PP`s suggestion that a 1.3Ghz can actually be a 3 Ghz?

The architecture and design of the AMD Athlon series of processors allows them to actually accomplish more `processing` per clock cycle than the Intel Pentium designs. This results in the AMD processors being far more powerful at the same clock speed. To a certain extent this is marketing hype but a 1.8GHz may offer comparable end user performance to a 3GHz Pentium. There is no absolute rule as the Pentiums still have the edge in certain applications (encoding for instance).

The other example of a processor series which offers more power per GHz is the Pentium M (Centrino). The Pentium Ms well outperform Pentium 4s of significantly higher clock speeds. I think it is generally recognised that Intel took a step backwards when they moved from P3 to P4.

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How do you make these comparissons?
I don`t but cleaver people like Tom`s Hardware run benchmark like this Mother of all CPU chart. The problem with benchmarks is it`s a bit like "well here`s the answer - what`s the question" in that you need to understand the benchmark in order to make best use of them.

I`d urge u to have a look on Dell`s site.

There TFTs are miles ahead (in resolution and brightness) than most other laptops.

And the spec is usually far better than anything in the shops and usually includes decent graphics cards for gaming.

acers on the other hand...I`ve had 3 and all of them were s***.

just my 2c.

stu