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    Better Graphics Combo

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by thebest, Sep 6, 2009.

  1. thebest

    thebest Notebook Consultant

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    Which one will give me better graphics and gaming

    Intel® T9600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.8GHz w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB and ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB PCI-Express DDR3
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    Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB and Nvidia GeForce GTS 160M 1GB PCI-Express DDR3
     
    thebest, Sep 6, 2009
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The latter by far. CPU doesn't make much difference in most games.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 6, 2009
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Definitely:
    Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB and Nvidia GeForce GTS 160M 1GB PCI-Express DDR3
     
    namaiki, Sep 6, 2009
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  4. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    GTS 160M= own 4650. If u don't like the cpu u can upgrade it later... but the best thing is that if ur laptop with the GTS160M is MSI and i'm quite sure its , u get free oc which could make processor speed to 2.8 GHz and also GPU is oced...
     
    sean473, Sep 7, 2009
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