Hi guys
I am putting together a laptop for moderate gaming and I am slightly confused by which processor to get. I'm looking at either an i5 4340M (2.9ghz, dual core) or an i7 4710MQ (2.5ghz, quad core).
I was dead set on the i7 and a lot of responses I've had elsewhere basically said 'get an i7, more cores = faster). Digging around however, it seems like the majority of games only seem to utilise dual cores and as such a faster clock speed would be better? Would it be daft to buy a dual core when there's the option of a quad? Or is speed the main factor here?
I was hoping someone could help me out as I'm lost on this one.
Cheers
I am putting together a laptop for moderate gaming and I am slightly confused by which processor to get. I'm looking at either an i5 4340M (2.9ghz, dual core) or an i7 4710MQ (2.5ghz, quad core).
I was dead set on the i7 and a lot of responses I've had elsewhere basically said 'get an i7, more cores = faster). Digging around however, it seems like the majority of games only seem to utilise dual cores and as such a faster clock speed would be better? Would it be daft to buy a dual core when there's the option of a quad? Or is speed the main factor here?
I was hoping someone could help me out as I'm lost on this one.
Cheers