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    Intel® Core? i7-940XM Extreme

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by silentless, Aug 3, 2011.

  1. silentless

    silentless Newbie

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    Hey guys, what do you think about Intel® Core™ i7-940XM Extreme?
    can we replace our cpu with this?
    Asus G73 JH
     
    silentless, Aug 3, 2011
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  2. Rorschach

    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    you can, but its usually more expensive than a 920xm and really won't be any better
     
    Rorschach, Aug 3, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yes but as Rorschach pointed out, it is only marginally faster than the 920XM and costs alot more. Also what are you coming from? A 720QM, 740QM?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 3, 2011
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  4. silentless

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    Intel Core i7-720QM
     
    silentless, Aug 4, 2011
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