Does anyone know if the Dothan processor in the

[ChadMcAllister]

Does anyone know if the Dothan processor in the M275XL makes much of a difference in performance compared to an older M275 before the Dothan was available?

Thanks,
-Chad

[ChadMcAllister]

Well, this will be a short thread. I just talked with a Gateway sales rep, and even though the Dothan version of the M275 can be purchased, it is not yet available due to heat problems.

[IamHim81]

The bigest performance difference is in the cache, the Banias processor has 1 MB and the Dothan will have 2 MB. Also the Dothan is designed for higher speeds.

[ChadMcAllister]

IamHim81,

Have you seen a Dothan in a laptop of Tablet to see real differences?

[rjhbos]

On the venerable website "Tom's Hardware", benchmarks seem to indicate that Dothan offers a 5% performance improvement over Banias when you factor into account clock speed differences.

The Dothan is also rated to use less power than the Banias so a slight increase in battery life may be noted

http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040510/index.html

Regards,
Ron Hekier

[IamHim81]

Well put Ron.

IamHim