Intel Pentuim M vs Intel Pentium 4

badK!d · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 12:23 PM

Hello... I am thinking of buying a laptop to play games on but I also want a laptop that is quite light-weight and portable... I heard that a Pentium M is much more light-weight and has a greater battery-life than the Pentium 4. But can the Pentium M handle games such as Doom3 and Half-life 2 when equipped with a decent graphics card ie. Geforce 6800 or ATi's X800 and a good amount of RAM? Also will it be able to handle more advanced games in the future?
If i want a laptop to play games do I have to go for a 'mobile desktop,' Pentium 4 or can i go for the light-weight Pentium M?

Any help is much appreciated...! :bouncy:

:bouncy:

Teck · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 03:47 PM

You will be able to find a nice PM that will do what you want. The P-M's also out perform when compared to a P4 IIRC...

SilvestreJose · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 03:52 PM

but what's better P4 600 or PM.
it looks like they have the same specs but the pentium 4 has more speed.

SilvestreJose · #4 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 03:55 PM

what i like about the P4 is that it has 64bit and the PM no
and that makes the P4 better for future programs ect.

dlukesdoom · #5 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 03:58 PM

Both are the same basically.
P4 is for desktops
P4M is for notebooks.
A P4M 2 is equal to a P4 3.2
Actually the P4M with its 2 mb cache is better than the P4 IMHO

SilvestreJose · #6 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 04:08 PM

i have a P4 640 3.2 on my notebook is that better than a PM 780 2.2 and is the PM 64bit

Teck · #7 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilvestreJose

i have a P4 640 3.2 on my notebook is that better than a PM 780 2.2 and is the PM 64bit

Ghz wise yes but someone had a nice benchmart on here that showed the PM 780 or something like that keeping up eith the FX CPUs..

Muhaha · #8 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlukesdoom

Both are the same basically.
P4 is for desktops
P4M is for notebooks.
A P4M 2 is equal to a P4 3.2
Actually the P4M with its 2 mb cache is better than the P4 IMHO

A P4M 2.0 is equal to a P4 3.2?? or you mean PM 2.0 equal to p4 3.2?

Skott · #9 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 07:06 PM

Some people call the Pentium Mobile a P4M. I have even seen some articles call it that as well. When he typed P4M I'm sure he was referring to the PM.

DJB503 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 08:16 PM

This is my 2 cents:

AMD FX 55/57 (comming soon in Clevo based systems) > P 4 6xx series > P M (stock / no overclocking) > P 4 5xx series