XPS M2010 QUAD CORE UPGRADE?

Yup, there are Intel "Quad Core 2" processors for notebooks  - the 45nm PENRYN class from Intel.

 

They max out just under 3Ghz as far as I can tell.

 

see: http://www.eurocom.com to check out the specs 

 

 

I was just wondering if/when the 2010 might ever get up to speed (Hey, anyone that owns one is definitely considered an "early adopter", right?   Dell must've expected us to beat down the door as soon as the quads came out.)

 

 

Thanks,

Rob

No the quads are desktop cpu's and as far as i know there are no notebook quads.

 

And i dought there will be,but you never know?....

 

Because it's too unique a m/b layout, I suppose?

The M2010 is one of the last of the Socket M systems - it will not even take the Penryn Core 2s, which are socket P.

 

When the quad core notebook chips arrive (they have not, yet), they will not work in the 2010.

The terminal CPU upgrade for the M2010 is the  Intel T7600.

 

All i saw were core 2 duo's and pentium 4 cpu's.

No not possible.

oh well

 

OK, thanks for spelling it out for me, that's exactly what I was curious about.

(still, a decent system for a while longer, I'll wait to see "what's next" out of the gate)

 

 

Thanks!

 

Rob 

It's too bad the M2010 has seemed to be forgotten.  No upgrades.  No driver updates for a long, long time.  It's the forgotten child from Dell....

 

I love mine.  So unique.  Fortunately, I didn't pay full price for it!  (Outlet).

 

I, too, have mine maxxed out with 4GB, 2 x 200GB (7200RPM), but not the 2GB cache.  What are you using for the 2GB cache?

The 2010 is not the only one with no updated drivers.

Hey LANCORP,

 

I plugged in a 2Gb SD card and used the Vista (in my case, 64bit) "readyboost" cache function with the card.  I believe that feature can allow up to 4Gb of RAM (perhaps capping out at the upper-end of internal RAM available, but I'm not sure why).  This built-in Vista feature does seem to allow for "dirty writes" back to the hard drive and other stuff... but the result is definitely an even faster system.

 

Incidentally, I tried to use a CF card (2Gb) but it didn't seem to take (yes, I disengaged the original readyboost SD card, first - you can only have one running at a time).

 

Vista 64 has been pretty stable for me, for over a year now.  I don't see the issues everyone talks about - I'm running some pretty serious games, too: Unreal Tournament, CNC3, Counter-Strike, Crysis, Half Life... no issues.

 

 

I was just hoping to boost my "throughput" - i.e. for multi-tasking, with a quad-core arrangement.

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Rob 

AVG is still a 32bit app, right?  I've been trying to get as much as I can on 64-bit.  I think there is a 64-bit AV program from ESET...I'll have to check again...

 

Thanks for the info.  I don't want to loose my XP setup that I have on the M2010 right now, so I need to wait until a great deal comes around again for the 200GB/7200RPM drives...the current ones I got for $89 each from Dell...!!!

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@dgkpcon wrote:
The 2010 is not the only one with no updated drivers.

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Are you inferring that the E1705 is also left with no driver updates?  That may be, but the difference is, the M2010 is still a currently sold system on Dell.com, and there hasn't been anything available on the driver pages since 2007.  It's also an XPS (expensive).  Maybe it's reached "perfect" status?  :smileywink:

 

The E1705 is no longer sold, and as one would guess, not a lot of development time is spent on systems that are no longer sold...

 

 

not sure about the existence of a 64b AVG prog - I think mine is 32b

 

I also think (for once in my life) I may have found the box I'll be "sticking with" for a couple/few years longer... it seems that the performance and ability of this loveable luggable suits my needs to a tee.

 

When the advances in power/storage and speed become too great to ignore, I'll upgrade to a faster OCT/HEX-CORE? chip!

 

Cheers,

 

Rob 

Rob,

 

Thanks for the info.  I'm still running XP on my M2010, but have been using Vista 64 bit on 2 of my XPS desktops (XPS 420 and XPS 720), and am currently getting it up and running on my Vostro 1700.

 

I understand you're using the readyboost for the 2GB cache now.  I thought maybe the M2010 had the Intel flash cache module slot somewhere I didn't know about!

 

BTW, it's not the cache that is allowing you to see all 4GB, it's Vista 64 bit.  Even without the cache, you'd still see all 4GB. 

 

Curious, though, about how easy or hard it was to obtain 64 bit drivers for everything.  Any problems (like the built-in card readers or video drivers, etc.?).  I see Dell has 64-bit Vista support, but very sparse...

Thanks.

Out of all my h/w drivers, the Mirage Driver (for my USB RAM drive - which still works fine) and another "Unknown device" (most likely, still to do with the USB RAM drive) are the only question marks.

 

I also have an HP C6180 and Laserjet 4 which are recognized and working well.

 

BTW, yes, my 4Gb RAM is recognized properly, I was just mentioning the 4Gb (possible) for a "readyboost" drive, as well.  If you wished, you could put in a 4Gb USB, SD, CF card and attain a readyboost cache of that size.

 

I have a 2Gb SD card (running the readyboost) and another 2GB CF card (which - sadly - is not as fast as the SD).  As RAM prices drop, I'll pick up an 8Gb or 16Gb CF [FAST] card; allow 4GB readyboost AND use the rest of the storage for an encrypted (local) document backup - using Acronis, of course.

 

 

Incidentally, I'm also running the free version of AVG virus scanner and the only issue I have is that it auto-scans my (known) .exe files, which kind of counters the gains I'd have with the readyboost (by slowing down every document opening I ask for).  I'm *may* disable this feature in AVG, for now.