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    Question regarding the i7's and performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by R0AR, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. R0AR

    R0AR Newbie

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    In a game say lets call it World of Warcraft will having the 820 over the 720 have a foreseeable impact on performance running max settings? (Only other programs I run will playing games like WOW and DoWII are Zune, Skype and Vent.)
     
    R0AR, Nov 21, 2009
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  2. BrandonSi

    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    I've never played WoW, so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think WoW is optimized for quad cores. So in that case, you'll be running on two cores. So you're looking at a dual core @ 2.8GHz for the 820 and 2.4GHz for the 720. Certainly a difference, but you have to decide if it's worth the price.

    Again, may be wrong, but I thought WoW was really GPU limited. CPU really isn't going to have an impact on running at max settings, it's going to come down to your GPU, not your CPU.
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 21, 2009
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  3. R0AR

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    Nice thanks. Prob get the 820 (in the sager 8690). Thanks again.
     
    R0AR, Nov 21, 2009
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  4. BrandonSi

    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    No problem.. I'm getting the 820 in the W870CU myself ;)
     
    BrandonSi, Nov 21, 2009
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  5. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    AFAIK CPU has very little impact on gaming, unless you get an ancient CPU. For you I think the 720QM would be fine, even Core 2 Duos would do well.
     
    fred2028, Nov 21, 2009
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  6. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    In the vast majority of cases that is correct but WOW is particularly CPU intensive. It was also designed to be optimised for Dual Core with a later patch adding a little Quad support but not much.
     
    LaptopNut, Nov 21, 2009
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  7. Amnesiac

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    Umm, GTA IV?

    Just to give you an idea OP, the 820QM has performance comparable the QX9300 in most cases.
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 21, 2009
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  8. Althernai

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    There are more and more games which this is not true of. WoW is one of them.
     
    Althernai, Nov 21, 2009
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    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    Stick with the 720, dont bother shelling out a lot more money for negligible impacts, especially in games.
     
    narsnail, Nov 21, 2009
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  10. grbac

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    ^^^Seconded.
     
    grbac, Nov 22, 2009
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