i7 with less Ghz, or i5 with more Ghz

[Jovan Bojanic]

I have narrowed down my laptop search to two laptops, I will be doing occasional gaming such as diablo, rome total war, maybe splinter cell ect.

$679.00
HP Pavilion G6-2235TX (C9M83PA) i7 3632QM @ 2.2 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 500GB, 15.6" LED, AMD 7670M 1GB, Windows 8 with AMD Radeon HD 7670M (1 GB GDDR3 dedicated)

and

$659.00
HP Pavilion g6-2324tx (D5F86PA) i5-3230M (2.6 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache), 4GB RAM, 500GB, 15.6" LED, AMD 7670M 2GB, Win 8 with AMD Radeon HD 7670M (2 GB GDDR3 dedicated)

Which one is the better choice,

 

[lp231]

Grab the Core i7 it's a quad core . The i5 is only a dual core with HT making it have 4 threads.
Q=Quad for notebook CPUs.

comparison
http/ark.intel.com/compare/71458,72164

 

[Jovan Bojanic]

but isn't the quad core faster @ 2.6 Ghz, will the dual core is slightly slower @ 2.2Ghz, I dont really know alot about processors. so apology for the stupid question hahaha. what makes the quad core better, other then have an extra 2 cores?

Grab the Core i7 it's a quad core . The i5 is only a dual core with HT making it have 4 threads.
Q=Quad for notebook CPUs.

comparison
http/ark.intel.com/compare/71458,72164

 

[Jovan Bojanic]

Also does the Dedicated graphics make a difference?

Grab the Core i7 it's a quad core . The i5 is only a dual core with HT making it have 4 threads.
Q=Quad for notebook CPUs.

comparison
http/ark.intel.com/compare/71458,72164

 

[lp231]

Both have dedicated graphics and that is what what you want when playing games.
Quad core is better because most games are taking advantage of quad cores CPUs and that is what you want in a laptop for playing games.
Not only for laptops, but for desktop as well, for gaming get at least a quad core.

 

[Jovan Bojanic]

so it doesnt make much of a difference that the i5 has 2 gig dedicated while the i7 has 1 gig dedicated, also the i7 is much faster even though it has a lower ghz???

thanks

Both have dedicated graphics and that is what what you want when playing games.
Quad core is better because most games are taking advantage of quad cores CPUs and that is what you want in a laptop for playing games.
Not only for laptops, but for desktop as well, for gaming get at least a quad core.