I5 or i7 for gamming

[leonee]

Hey not sure which cpu I should get. the i5 is 2.3ghz and the i7 is 2.0 the price diff is only $40, but with the i7 the total price goes over the price i feel comfortable buying at. The video card is a hg 6770 1gb and I am wondering if going with the i7 would get me a decent improvement in gamming vs the i5, or would it be the video card that will bottleneck before the cpu.
thanks

 

[clarkjd]

Which I5 & I7? If the I5-2500K & I7-2600K, then the I5 is $100.00 cheaper and just as fast for gaming. The I7 has hyper threading which doesn't help with gaming.

 

[trogdor796]

It really depends on what game you are trying to play. I'm assuming the i7 is the base quad core model(2630qm)and the i5 is the base model(2410m)?

Certain games benefit from 4 cores, others do not. Bad Company 2, BF3, and SCII are some that need/perform much better with a quad core. For only $40, I would suggest going with the i7 if it's the quad core model. It will just help the laptop be more future proof in general. But please not that this will result in a little less battery life, but nothing drastic.

What laptop are you looking at?

 

[leonee]

hey yeah those where the model. I was looking at the dv6 at hp.com i guess ill go for the i7 than thanks

 

[leonee]

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