i5-5200U with 940M 2GB vs i7-5500U with 840M 4GB Which one is better between these two

[miwa]

hello guys, this forum helped me a lot to zero the notebooks cuz limited budget
i look for a notebook for studying, office and some GAMING

all of them have 15,6'' and 8GB and 500/1000MB HDD
some are free dos some not, but thats no problem cuz i have licences

HP Pavilion 768p 449€ <- 555€
i5-5200U / 830M 2GB

Asus 768p 569€
i5-5200U / 940M 2GB

HP Pavilion 1080p 579€ <- 699€
i5-5200U / 840M 4GB

HP Pavilion 1080p 579€ <- 714€
i7-5500U / 840M 4GB



- also which screen is better for me? i heard with that gpu i cant run the most games at high settings anyway, so would then be 768p better? cuz i read when playing 768p on a 1080p screen , it looks weird cuz of downscaling. but then other said there is a setting on nvidia where you can disable scaling, so it will just take 768p and will not be stretched.

- also which combination of cpu and gpu is best? cuz there's something weird i found out about:
on game debate.com it shows me this on the game Final Fantasy A realm Reborn:
i5-4210U with 840M/940M: Medium to High: This system setup should run it comfortably on Medium to High settings
i5-5200U and i7-5500: Medium or High
This system should have little trouble with Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
i experienced this result on some other games too. are the second and third combination bader than the first? is the cpu too high for the gpu (too much difference) so that cpu somehow "infects" the gpu?

- i hope my enish is well enough to understand, sry im german
greetz, miwako

 

[jaguarskx]

The GT 840m and GT 940m have virtually the same performance. Both should be fine for playing many games with medium settings @ 1366x768 resolution and probably 1600x900 resolution. But at 1920x1080 resolution you will likely need to use low settings. See link below for some info and benchmarks.

http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940M.138027.0.html


Personally, I prefer a laptop with a 1080p resolution even though I would need to lower the resolution when playing games because when simply using the laptop I like to see as much on the screen at one time without the need to scroll. Based on the prices you listed, since both the HP Pavilion with a 1080p screen are the same price I would go with the one that has the faster processor; the i7-5500u.

 

[miwa]

Thankyou so much! I ordered the i7-5500U one. I'm very excited 😀