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    G73JH HM55 CPU options

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Yiddo, Mar 27, 2011.

  1. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Sooooo im very power hungry :D

    I was wondering if anyone could provide some advice from experience regarding upgrading the CPU in the JH.

    Im running the 720QM and im looking at maybe:

    I7 920XM 3.2 GHZ 8M

    Firstly can the HM55 handle this? Secondly I notice the seller has listed the CPU as a QS version. Is this the same as an engineering sample? The price is only £225 so im very interested.

    Will I notice big enough gain in gaming moving from the 720QM to the 920XM?
     
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  2. BumbleBoner

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    Yes, the G73's mobo supports the 920XM. IIRC it goes all the way to the 940XM.

    ES is engineering sample, QS is Qualification Sample. Both the same thing essentially.

    As with all cpu to gaming questions, no, you won't see marked improvements as the GPU is usually, will remain, the main bottleneck. You'd get better performance for games that that are CPU intensive like GTA4 will be able to faster encode/render 3D/video.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...t-upgrades/364927-cpus-es-qs.html#post4660037
     
    BumbleBoner, Mar 27, 2011
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  3. TomJG90

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    It will handle a 940XM with ease. Only thing is you won't get super crazy OC like in M17x but still quite a good one. Oh yes , QS and ES pretty much the same although ES is less likely to have thermal sensor.
     
    TomJG90, Mar 27, 2011
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