Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2330 @1.6GHz, Core 2 duo santa rosa?

Question

I ordered an MSI laptop and was assured by the sales person that it was Santa Rosa, core 2 duo. I used winaudit and see that in processors it has:
*Processors:
- Intel(R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.6GHz
- Intel(R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.6GHz
and the sticker on the laptop says "intel Pentium Dual-Core inside"

Is it santa rosa? Is it Core 2 duo? Is it either, if not both?

The model number is MSI-163C, which i was told to type into www.msi.com.tw if i had any doubts of it being santa rosa

Answer 1

i will answer you in short for now,



presently, intel have 4 families of mobile processors

core 2 duo

core duo

pentium dual core

celeron m



i have put them in descending order

so it should be clear to you that your 'pentium dual core' is better than a 'celeron m', but fares lower than the 'core 2 duo'



nomenclatute for the 'core 2 duo' > t5xx0 / t7xx0

as also the latest t8x00 & t9x00

'core duo' > t2x00 / t2x50

'pentium dual core' > t2060, t2080, t2130 & t2330



santa rosa is an advanced segment of the 'core 2 duo' family, having 800 mhz fsb

normally 667 mhz & even earlier 'core 2 duo' featured 533 mhz fsb



in short, you have been cheated, if you have paid for a core 2 duo or a santa rosa processor



sure you have the order copy and plz check out the processor number therein & post it, so we can tell you even better



best would be check processor using a small tool,

http://www.cpuid.com/



plz post results



edit:

confusing and seems to have some hickups this cpu-z

terming it as t5200 'core 2 duo'

possibly confusion is because both have similar clock speeds > 1.6 ghz., as also similar fsb > 533 mhz

now, it also mentions it as the intel pentium dual core t2330, which seems to be more apt

socket p > suggest t2330 [t5200 is socket m]

l2 cache is 1024 kb or 1 mb suggesting t2330

[t5200 has l2 cache 2 mb]



find the t2330,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_microprocessors#.22Merom-2M.22_.2865_nm.29

& the t5200,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors#.22Merom.22_.28standard-voltage.2C_65_nm.29



sorry for the confusion !

Answer 2

Intel Pentium Dual Cpu T2330

Answer 3

Is the Intel core 2 duo T5250 processor the same as two Pentium Dual CPU T2330 processors? I believe you have a Intel Core 2 Duo processor on board. It would be illegal to have that marked on the manufacturer boards and use another one. Your device manager might be an old version since you might have used an old software and this device manager has not yet recognized the new processor from Intel. What device manager is seeing are the two cores that is present in your machine, it basically saw two Pentium processors, which is almost correct since the Core 2 Duo is indeed two processors in one silicon. I dont think two pentium in one motherboard would fit a laptop like Sony's.

Answer 4

currently mobile CPU that Intel is selling are:

Core 2 Extreme X7000 family

Core 2 Duo T7000 family

Core 2 Duo T5000 family

Pentium Dual Core T2300 family



the Santa Rosa platform consists of the following:



Core 2 Duo T7000 family OR Core 2 Duo T5000 family

Intel PM965 chipset OR Intel GM965 chipset

Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN OR Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG



chances are u ve been cheated, the Pentium Dual Core T2300 family does not fall into the Santa Rosa category... it's not even in the Centrino family... and it may not be using an Intel WiFi adapter too



an easy way to identify a Centrino Laptop (Santa Rosa is Centrino 4) is by the Centrino sticker on the laptop

Answer 5

Download unpack and run CPU-Z . It is a free program that will tell you everything you could possibly want to know including the core name. Good luck