Help on Alienware Laptop which processor

[Corwej]

I know this may seem small, but I have a good buddy that is buying an alienware laptop Area 51 extreme and he cannot decide between a p4 3.4Ghz with a 512K cache and a p4 3.2 Ghzwith 2.5Meg cache. Which will give him better performance on the latest and greatest games. There is a $600 difference between the 2 with the larger cache laptop being more expencive.

Thanks

 

[Rockn]

The one with the larger cache will obviously give you the better performance. If the caches were the same you would notice little or no difference in performance.

 

[Corwej]

Do you think it would be a big jump in performance since the cost is slightly over 600 he is not sure if it would be noticeable in gaming since that is his focus.

 

[Rockn]

If it is for gaming, yes it will help. I would also look very carefully at the graphics card specs and the hard drive specs. Why would you want a laptop for gaming unless you are going to LAN parties?