- Aug 22, 2009
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Hey,
I have a choice between purchasing two laptops. I have a rebate coupon and only need to pay an extra £300 to purchase either laptop. I seem to have a dilemma with the CPU vs GPU between both the laptops however.
Now obviously I won't be die hard gaming though installing Battlefield 4 and having some fun when it comes out and future-proofing the purchase a few years won't hurt but the specification of either laptop is like god punishing me or something!
The laptop specs are:
1) i7-3630QM (6M QUAD CORE 2.6) with 7670M GPU
2) i5-3337U (3M DUAL CORE 1.8) with GT730m GPU
With both being the same screen size and at the same price I would naturally have gone with the i7 as its on top of its class with a not so shabby GPU to go with it.
However I then stumbled across the specs of the second laptop and at first I giggled at the CPU compared to the first laptop, until I saw the graphics card it was carrying... A gt730m which just simply blows the 7670m out of the water by 50%! It's like manufacturers intentionally do this to take the peanuts!
I have two questions here:
1) Which laptop would you choose and why? (medicore use + medium gaming)
2) Is it possible to 'upgrade' the CPU of the second laptop? I googled the CPU itself and I can't seem to find it or its bigger brothers in standalone form so I'm guessing no?
So I have a choice of going with either a 200% CPU increase, or loose that for 50% GPU increase. What a choice to be forced to make. All the help I can get is appreciated!
Thanks guys!
I have a choice between purchasing two laptops. I have a rebate coupon and only need to pay an extra £300 to purchase either laptop. I seem to have a dilemma with the CPU vs GPU between both the laptops however.
Now obviously I won't be die hard gaming though installing Battlefield 4 and having some fun when it comes out and future-proofing the purchase a few years won't hurt but the specification of either laptop is like god punishing me or something!
The laptop specs are:
1) i7-3630QM (6M QUAD CORE 2.6) with 7670M GPU
2) i5-3337U (3M DUAL CORE 1.8) with GT730m GPU
With both being the same screen size and at the same price I would naturally have gone with the i7 as its on top of its class with a not so shabby GPU to go with it.
However I then stumbled across the specs of the second laptop and at first I giggled at the CPU compared to the first laptop, until I saw the graphics card it was carrying... A gt730m which just simply blows the 7670m out of the water by 50%! It's like manufacturers intentionally do this to take the peanuts!
I have two questions here:
1) Which laptop would you choose and why? (medicore use + medium gaming)
2) Is it possible to 'upgrade' the CPU of the second laptop? I googled the CPU itself and I can't seem to find it or its bigger brothers in standalone form so I'm guessing no?
So I have a choice of going with either a 200% CPU increase, or loose that for 50% GPU increase. What a choice to be forced to make. All the help I can get is appreciated!
Thanks guys!
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