Is the AMD Turion 64 faster/better than the Celeron M430?

I want to buy a laptop, below lb500, and would like to know how to play some games on it if possible.


Answer:

See below relation:



http://www.ebuyer.com/uk/product/123115...



For lb400 (inc VAT) you get a Turion 64 2Ghz, 512MB RAM, 14" display, 3D accelerate chipset for games and all the usual bells and whistle. They even supply a Vista code for it (but I'd take that sour an bung on XP personally if you are looking at any games).



OK I would usually go for a 15.4" peak but that is a great deal of notebook for the price. The user above is right it will not run the latest delivery of games at an acceptable frame rate but seriously of games will be playable. You get what you rate for but that is not a discouraging budget compromise.
AMD's answer to the Pentium M is the Turion 64, an Athlon 64-based design which rides in a 754-pin socket. The Turion 64's attributes include an on-die memory controller, a 1GHz HyperTransport cooperation, and of course the proficiency to run 64-bit code.



I'd choose Turion over Celeron anyday. For gaming on a laptop it's the video that's ALL IMPORTANT!! I doubt you'll get a laptop for lb500 that'll play modern games, sorry.