Core 2 Solo or Celeron Dual Core?

[um yea]

I'm looking at getting a new laptop, what is better. I don't care about batt. life as much as having a fast laptop , for old (un-intensive) games and movies.

The Celeron has only 1meg of cache, 1.2ghz clock, and is dual core. (Intel # SU2300)
The Core 2 Solo (other than being a confusing name) has 3meg of cache, 1.4ghz clock, and is single core. (Intel # SU3500)

Other than the listed differences they are the same.

[Harshboy]

They both suck, but I'd go with the Core 2 Solo if you are playing old games. I doubt old games could even take advantage of dual cores and they probably get more out of clock speed. The extra cache is a plus too.

How much ram? And is there a dedicated GPU, or is it integrated?

[um yea]

Stock both have 2gb of ram but i will probably upgrade to 4gb .

The Solo's graphics,
Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD
Video Memory: 64MB Dedicated - up to 1695MB Shared

And the Celeron's,
Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Video Memory: up to 1695MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory

Is "Intel® Dynamic Video Memory" the same as shared video memory?

[um yea]

The Laptops are the Acer Aspire AS1410-8414, $450 (Core 2 solo), & the Gateway EC1436u, $400 (Celeron) I'm not concerned about the HDD size.

[lifeisbetterwithketchup]

They both suck

Quoted for truth. Both of those are junky integrated graphics that will get you basically nowhere in gaming-land. If you want to do any decent gaming, either spend some more, or get a desktop.

[vskid]

Is "Intel® Dynamic Video Memory" the same as shared video memory?

Yep, just a fancy name for it. The GMA 4500 seems to be good enough for playing HD videos, but for playing games it isn't too great.
Honestly, if you want a fast laptop, you should probably look at a different model. Celerons and Solos aren't exactly speed demons. What is your priority, speed, size, or price?

[um yea]

Price (Under $500) and Speed, I've looked for some other graphics but all i can find is a older Dell D820 with a Nvidia Quadro GPU, but that is a drafting GPU and not very good for games.

[hailrazer]

I recommend the Gateways from BestBuy. They go on sale every other week for $450. They have Core 2 Duo processors and Radeon graphics , 320 gb harddrives . 15.6" 720p screens and 3 gb ram.

Can't go wrong with them. I have 2

[Harshboy]

Price (Under $500) and Speed, I've looked for some other graphics but all i can find is a older Dell D820 with a Nvidia Quadro GPU, but that is a drafting GPU and not very good for games.

You can get a pimped HP Mini 311 for under $500. I'm sure the Atom N280 (1.66 Ghz) and the ION chip can handle your old games.

I hear OSX runs nicely on it

I don't know much about bad computers (especially laptops), talk to me when your budget is $1000 and you want a desktop instead. That's what you're supposed to be gaming on.

[um yea]

Price (Under $500) and Speed, I've looked for some other graphics but all i can find is a older Dell D820 with a Nvidia Quadro GPU, but that is a drafting GPU and not very good for games.

You can get a pimped HP Mini 311 for under $500. I'm sure the Atom N280 (1.66 Ghz) and the ION chip can handle your old games.

I hear OSX runs nicely on it

I don't know much about bad computers (especially laptops), talk to me when your budget is $1000 and you want a desktop instead. That's what you're supposed to be gaming on.

the atom is SLOW, and i gots a gaming desktop, apple (In my opinion) sucks.

I recommend the Gateways from BestBuy. They go on sale every other week for $450. They have Core 2 Duo processors and Radeon graphics , 320 gb harddrives . 15.6" 720p screens and 3 gb ram.

Can't go wrong with them. I have 2

So, this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8125777907
or this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8122908891

Will this do?
Processor Class: Athlon 64 X2
Processor Type: Dual-Core
Processor Speed: 2.1GHz
Processor Number: QL-64
Processor FSB: 800MHz
Processor Cache: 1MB L2 Cache
Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU: ATI Radeon™ HD 3200
Video Memory: up tp 2048MB of HyperMemory

[climberyao]

Just for old movies and games, I think Core 2 Solo will be better.
and gma 45oomhd is good too

[hailrazer]

[quote="um yea"]
So, this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8125777907
or this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8122908891

The second one is better but I don't know if it goes on sale or not.

The first one was on sale for $429 two weeks ago. There is a slightly better model with the Core2Duo that goes on sale and I don't think it is on the website. Check your Sunday paper add.

[um yea]

The first one was on sale for $429 two weeks ago. There is a slightly better model with the Core2Duo that goes on sale and I don't think it is on the website. Check your Sunday paper add.

[/quote]

ok, will do

[um yea]

these are the types of old games that run fine on my old dell D810(it has ATI X300 or X600 graphics and a 1.73 Centrino CPU), just looking for more speed in every day tasks, and a decent G-card.