Asus vs. Toshiba

[markdc]

I want to get a new laptop and I can't decide if I should get a ASUS X550LB-XX013H or a Toshiba P50T.

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ASUS X550LB-XX013H---$850

- Intel Core i7-4500U (1.80 Ghz, 4MB Cache)
- 4th Generation, Haswell Technology (Latest in the market!)
- Turbo Boost up to 3.0 Ghz

MEMORY STORAGE
- 8Gb of DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
- 1 Terabyte HDD Sata (5400 rpm)
- DVD SuperMulti Drive

DISPLAY/GRAPHICS/AUDIO
- 15.6inch 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED Backlight Glare panel
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M (2GB DDR3 dedicated)

With Windows 8 Single Language


Toshiba P50T- $875

Corei7 3rd Generation 3537U , NVidia GT740M 2GB

15 inch Full Hd 1080p TouchScreen
Harman Kardon Speakers and Backlit Keyboard

Windows 8 Single Language

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I really want a gaming laptop but I have a very limited budget. I hope you guys could help me out. Thanks!

 

[ManthanBhavsar]

I don't think you will have any trouble because your games will bottleneck at the GPU, not the CPU. But being a Haswell processor they operate ~20% more power efficient than previous processors, so i wonder how much of a difference the "U" identifier will actually make. There is so much more to Processors than just Gigahertz, and how many core's it has, i don't think it'll be a problem.

As far as the GPU, you should be able to play just about anything on high settings, but no the "M" versions of GPU's are much weaker, they typically have the same technologies and advancements, just less core's to allow for laptop cooling and power consumption.

My friend just bought a SONY VAIO with i5 'U' Series & believe me his system is well made but the processor is sick!

Also 4th gen processor is expensive being a new technology & why to send money on weak processor when you can get a powerful one with the same or low price?

I know a processor is not just a clock speed but much more is there in it but just 1.80Ghz seems very low to me for this days while he is talking about gaming with it.

A 'U' series processor should go into ultrabooks only & not in gaming\notebooks laptops.

No offense.

Thanks!

 

[TheMaudDib]

@ManthanBhavsar

No no i hear you. Of course why buy one thing when you could buy something better? But i dont think it matters too much in this case. Yes 1.8Ghz sounds low, but if you put this Haswell 1.8Ghz, up against my old 3GHz Pentium III, which do you think performs better? There is so much more to Processors than GHz. Haswell chips we're designed from the bottom up for mobile performance. As far as gaming it would definitely be more than enough, It will bottleneck at the GPU not the CPU, games dont use the CPU enough that it would bottleneck the performance. I think the OP would be very happy with the haswell laptop.

 

[ManthanBhavsar]

@ManthanBhavsar

No no i hear you. Of course why buy one thing when you could buy something better? But i dont think it matters too much in this case. Yes 1.8Ghz sounds low, but if you put this Haswell 1.8Ghz, up against my old 3GHz Pentium III, which do you think performs better? There is so much more to Processors than GHz. Haswell chips we're designed from the bottom up for mobile performance. As far as gaming it would definitely be more than enough, It will bottleneck at the GPU not the CPU, games dont use the CPU enough that it would bottleneck the performance. I think the OP would be very happy with the haswell laptop.

what will happen with games like Crysis?
Its more dependent on CPU

As far as the 3rd Gen & 4th Gen processors the performance increase i see on some sites is 20% more & they are made more energy efficient

So,an i5 3rd Gen 3210m will probably beat the 4th Gen i7 4500U.

 

[TheMaudDib]

you probably wont notice any difference! the minimum requrement for crysis 3 is a Pentium dual core E6600. That processor could run crysis. Recommended processor is an i3-2120T which benches about the same as the i7-4500u. As for the i5 vs the i7 in question, they bench the same, but the i7 will probably "feel" faster due to the haswell's low IPC, and optimization to the instruction pipeline, which wont necessarily manifest in benchmarks. And new programs and games will be able to take advantage of the new calls and commands available from Haswell, and will perform even faster!

But i think we're nit picking here. Just the fact that its an intel core series processor is honestly enough