i3-4030u + GT 840M vs i5-4200u + GT 740M

Ristivojevic

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I need to buy a new laptop, and i need help with chosing one of these two config. I need laptop for gaming, and i dont know whitch config will give me better performance in games. First have better graphics card but i dont know is it i3-4030u enoght for games. Second have better cpu.
plesase help
 
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go with i3-4030u+gt840m as the only difference between i3-4030u & i5-4200u is Turbo Boost feature which helps to improve performance by not more than 10% that too when used for very heavy single thread tasks,otherwise everything is exactly the same.Only they have locked the turbo boost on i3 so that they could sell the i5.Here's the proof of what i said http://ark.intel.com/compare/81018,75459 Note:this is the official intel website.and yes gt840m>gt740m.

nitinmurarka

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go with i3-4030u+gt840m as the only difference between i3-4030u & i5-4200u is Turbo Boost feature which helps to improve performance by not more than 10% that too when used for very heavy single thread tasks,otherwise everything is exactly the same.Only they have locked the turbo boost on i3 so that they could sell the i5.Here's the proof of what i said http://ark.intel.com/compare/81018,75459 Note:this is the official intel website.and yes gt840m>gt740m.
 
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