Gateway MT3705 Intel Duo Core Budget Laptop Review - Page 2

20th November 2007, 09:44

Gateway's website is useless, tried to look up the FSB.

If you plan to play the processor game, make sure the notebook actually will support a higher FSB... Pentium Dual Core is a meager 533FSB, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are 667 or 800FSB. I recently looked into upgrading an a Celeron D desktop... it will accept any 800FSB Core 2 Duo, but no 1066/1333 FSB versions.

Sidney · 20th November 2007, 17:39

I know, staying with 533; may get 2MB version for cheap at eBay.

Sidney · 21st November 2007, 01:35

Current T2060 is Core Duo just renamed to Pentium because of 1MB cache size; 667FSB should work I hope, because there is support in the BIOS memory setup if ATI chipset will do the same.

On the second day of use under Windows XP, it feels a lot more responsive to me. If I could get the 2MB chip below $60 at eBay, otherwise this is good enough by getting rid of Vista.

Sidney · 22nd November 2007, 05:51

Oh well, just picked up a T2300 for cheap ($40); 1.66Ghz 2MB cache, 667 FSB. After Turkey Holiday, I will update if the MT3705 board will run on 667FSB.

20th November 2007, 17:39	#12
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	I know, staying with 533; may get 2MB version for cheap at eBay. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II Last edited by Sidney : 21st November 2007 at 01:35.

21st November 2007, 01:35	#13
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Current T2060 is Core Duo just renamed to Pentium because of 1MB cache size; 667FSB should work I hope, because there is support in the BIOS memory setup if ATI chipset will do the same. On the second day of use under Windows XP, it feels a lot more responsive to me. If I could get the 2MB chip below $60 at eBay, otherwise this is good enough by getting rid of Vista. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II Last edited by Sidney : 21st November 2007 at 01:54.

22nd November 2007, 05:51	#14
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Oh well, just picked up a T2300 for cheap ($40); 1.66Ghz 2MB cache, 667 FSB. After Turkey Holiday, I will update if the MT3705 board will run on 667FSB. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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20th November 2007, 09:44	#11
Kougar Posts: n/a	Gateway's website is useless, tried to look up the FSB. If you plan to play the processor game, make sure the notebook actually will support a higher FSB... Pentium Dual Core is a meager 533FSB, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are 667 or 800FSB. I recently looked into upgrading an a Celeron D desktop... it will accept any 800FSB Core 2 Duo, but no 1066/1333 FSB versions.