which is better for gaming?

[almoststew1990]

Which of these laptop processors is better for gaming?

Intel i7 3540 3.0 GHz dual core

Intel i7 3630qm 2.4 GHz quad core

The dual core is about £70 more expensive...

 

[Smoogels]

I would imagine for newer games the quad core would be better. Do mobile i7's have hyperthreading and/or turbo boost?

 

[jamiehavok]

yeah get the quad core, more games are starting to use 4 cores effectively.

 

[mranderson]

Same with me

 

[HankScorpio]

I would imagine for newer games the quad core would be better. Do mobile i7's have hyperthreading and/or turbo boost?

Yup the i7 dual cores will have HT, while the i5 dual cores will not. Not nearly as good as proper cores mind.

 

[igorm]

Agree, especially if quad core is £70 cheaper.

 

[ubersonic]

Yup the i7 dual cores will have HT, while the i5 dual cores will not. Not nearly as good as proper cores mind.

Depends on the model number, a lot of the dual core i5m's do have HT (i.e the 2520m I'm using right now). In fact the i3 2357m, i5 2537m and i7 2657m are all 2C4T processors with a 100Mhz difference between each one and some extra features (the i5/7 having turbo boost and the i7 having an extra 1MB cache).

 

[mickeyp]

i have the i5 chip cause i was told the i7 is only good if you are goin to video edit .is this true ?.

 

[almoststew1990]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm now looking at the 2.7GHz quad core i7. Will that give a noticable improvement over the 2.4GHz quad i7? Will heat be an issue in this laptop?

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

Yup the i7 dual cores will have HT, while the i5 dual cores will not. Not nearly as good as proper cores mind.

Actually, all laptop i5's have hyperthreading.