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    AMD 7970M + i7 3610QM or i7 3720?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Alloid, Sep 1, 2012.

  1. Alloid

    Alloid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I am going to buy laptop for gaming.

    Specification:

    Chassis & Display
    Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
    Processor (CPU)
    Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3720QM (2.60GHz) 6MB
    Memory (RAM)
    8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
    Graphics Card
    AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
    Memory - Hard Disk
    750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)


    Which CPU (3610qm or 3720qm) is better for ADM 7970m GPU?
    i7 3720qm is more expensive, does it cost this money?
     
    Alloid, Sep 1, 2012
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  2. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    3610QM is more than sufficient with the 7970M.
    3720QM is slightly better for the overall experience though considering it runs 300MHz faster than 3610QM. You will gain some FPS in the games that are CPU bound, the rest it doesn`t matter since the trick is to not have a CPU bottleneck the 7970M in these games. Which the 3610QM doesn`t do anyways
     
    Cloudfire, Sep 1, 2012
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