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| Thread ID: 115467 | 2011-01-19 12:27:00 | Processors, better or worse? | The Error Guy (14052) | Press F1 |
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| 1171025 | 2011-01-19 12:27:00 | For a laptop, which processor would be better for gaming and media design work (and of course multi tasking) The AMD Phenom 2 x4 @ 2GHz Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-560M 2.66 GHz, with Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM 1.6GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-740QM 1.73GHz Turbo Boost up to 2.93 GHz Also mindful that this will be going in a machine <1500 NZD, that leaves really the AMD or the i5. Those i7's are REALLY expensive. As far as I know the AMD Phenom is a better choice than a i5/7 since it doesn't have that turbo boost cr**. But then again, maybe i'm wrong :D Cheers people!!! |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1171026 | 2011-01-19 13:00:00 | As far as I know the AMD Phenom is a better choice than a i5/7 since it doesn't have that turbo boost cr**.That makes no sense... why would you *not* want Turbo Boost? The whole point of it is to improve performance in single-threaded tasks by selectively overclocking* one of the cores where possible to deal with the load. *Not really overclocking, because the CPU is designed for it, but you get the point. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1171027 | 2011-01-19 13:03:00 | I would personally go for the Phenom, as you get a decent processor for a decent price leaving more for better graphics card and memory, or even an SSD. For performance at a reasonable price the i5 is good too, the processor in my sig is a similar (although older) architecture and it flys. | DaveBritton (7395) | ||
| 1171028 | 2011-01-19 13:51:00 | Eyrad, I though the same thing when I first looked at the i core line, the problem is the turbo boost relies on the other cores being idle for the CPU to "overclock" if the cores are in use then it will put the remaining cores into sleep mode and work from the 1st core. therefore a quad core will not have 4 cores running at 3GHz (or whatever the turbo freq is) instead there will be one core taking the load. At least thats how I read/interpreted the specs... I may be wrong so correct me if I am. As far as I know, a 2.5GHz dual core will out perform a 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz processor easily... then again, this info may also be based on incorrect statements. I'm stating to feel reeeeally stupid if I have been wrong for the last 4 days :o |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1171029 | 2011-01-19 18:37:00 | For a laptop, which processor would be better for gaming and media design work (and of course multi tasking) Gaming?? Laptop?? The most important component for gaming is the Graphics card. Laptops and graphics cards - Not. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1171030 | 2011-01-19 18:45:00 | Gaming?? Laptop?? The most important component for gaming is the Graphics card. Laptops and graphics cards - Not. I would not game on a laptop but the question asked wasn't answered. If you WERE gaming on a laptop which is the best processor? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1171031 | 2011-01-19 19:40:00 | In a laptop the i5 would probably be the best bet. My gateway works quite nicely, although I think it needs some extra ram and tlc since it has a tendency to ***** a bit. But it can run l4d2 with its 5470 on minimum settings and get a fairly high framerate at 720p res. And I got it for like, $1400 with a bag and norton 2010. (lol) But if you can, find a slightly better GPU than mine. It's fabulous, but not godly. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1171032 | 2011-01-19 19:54:00 | With or without turbo the i5 is much faster at the same clock speed than a phenom 2, AMD generally make up for this by being cheaper. AMD & Intel CPU's at the same price (as opposed to clock speed) generally perform very close to each other making it more a matter of preference than performance. At the high end the fastest i5's and all the i7's are beyond AMD's current offerings, here's hoping AMD's bulldozer changes all that. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1171033 | 2011-01-19 20:30:00 | The i5, it's a much higher clockspeed than the Phenom and most games still don't take proper advantage of more than 2 cores. The exception would be if the Phenom were significantly cheaper and allowed at least a full tier step up in GPU for the cost difference. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1171034 | 2011-01-19 20:33:00 | Are the sandy bridge processors in laptops yet? They have a pretty nice graphics thing integrated into them. |
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