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Help me choose **urgent**

kghedriu

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Please help me choose an apt laptop among the following options.

My primary requirements :
1)Graphic designing (OpenGL + 3ds max + adobe creative suite)
2)I want the system to run faster (smooth, fluent and fast), by fast, I mean, without lag during multitasking, even if its some heavy work.
3)Not much into gaming, only counter strike, NFSMW etc.

The available options are :

1) i3-350M (2.26 Ghz) ATi mobility radeon HD5470 1GB (Dell studio)
2) i3-330M (2.13 Ghz) ATi mobility radeon HD 5470 512MB (Sony Vaio VPCEB14EN)
3) i7-720M (1.6 Ghz, turbo to 2.8 Ghz) ATi mobility radeon HD4570 512MB (Dell studio)
4) i3-330M (2.13 Ghz) ATi mobility radeon HD 5650 1GB (Sony Vaio VPCEB16FG)

Which of the above would give me best performance as per my requirements ?

Also, among options 1) and 2), will there be any noticeable diference in the performance because of he clocking speed difference ?

And in general, which
 
The 3rd option has the best CPU for your works however it has the weakest VGA but since CS and NFSMW aren't very demanding,you'll be fine on medium settings