Re: [Thinkpad] New Pentium M chip: Dothan

Starfire CT wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/10/intel_dothan_launch/
>
> According to this, the new Pentium M 735/745/755 use the exact same
> boards that the current Pentium M's do... just more L2 cache, most
> speed, and a "tighter" packed chip. Same 400MHz FSB, etc., so the
> question is (and I'll be the first to ask it, I s'pose)
>
> What are the odds of this being able to be inserted into a Pentium M
> based TP?
>
> (I'm figuring slim to none, actually, but I thought I'd kick off the
> conversation)
>
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If I remember an article I read a while ago correctly, yes, you can just
go buy a Dothan and stick it in place of your Banias. However, I doubt
it would be worth the hundreds of $s for the slight performance increase
:-P (Plus, you'd be left with an Banias, although I suppose you could
build a desktop with it). See
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040510/index.html for benchmarks of
the new Dothan :)

- Chun-Yu
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Received on Mon May 10 13:44:09 2004