- Mar 20, 2012
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Well, Intel just came out with its 3rd gen Ivy Bridge processors. I was wondering how long it usually takes before laptops start hitting the market with new processors?
I was previously prepared to buy a Dell XPS 17, but now that the 3rd gens are out, I feel like it's not really future-proof to buy a 2nd gen i7 laptop just as the new generation came out.
My budget was ~$1000 and with it I could get an XPS 17 with
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor (2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.10 GHz)
1TB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display with 2.0MP HD Webcam
Now from what I hear, the 3rd gen processors don't make that much of a difference in 3d gameplay (specifically I'd be playing Starcraft 2 with hopefully as high settings as possible without compromising fps during large battles, and possibly screen recording games sometimes as well), but they do for regular processing. Now usually my processing doesn't really go beyond Word, Powerpoints, etc., the stuff that you'd need to do once you're in university, so it wouldn't make too much of a difference on that front.
So theoretically my current XPS 17 would still meet my standards.
But if I could get almost the same thing but with the 3rd gen i7, that would make me very happy.
How long would I have to wait before a similar laptop (or even a newer reincarnation of the XPS 17) comes out?
Thanks!
I was previously prepared to buy a Dell XPS 17, but now that the 3rd gens are out, I feel like it's not really future-proof to buy a 2nd gen i7 laptop just as the new generation came out.
My budget was ~$1000 and with it I could get an XPS 17 with
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM processor (2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.10 GHz)
1TB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display with 2.0MP HD Webcam
Now from what I hear, the 3rd gen processors don't make that much of a difference in 3d gameplay (specifically I'd be playing Starcraft 2 with hopefully as high settings as possible without compromising fps during large battles, and possibly screen recording games sometimes as well), but they do for regular processing. Now usually my processing doesn't really go beyond Word, Powerpoints, etc., the stuff that you'd need to do once you're in university, so it wouldn't make too much of a difference on that front.
So theoretically my current XPS 17 would still meet my standards.
But if I could get almost the same thing but with the 3rd gen i7, that would make me very happy.
How long would I have to wait before a similar laptop (or even a newer reincarnation of the XPS 17) comes out?
Thanks!
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