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    CPUs for the X7200

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by GamerGator, Mar 22, 2011.

  1. GamerGator

    GamerGator Notebook Guru

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    Other then the price would there be much of a noticeable difference between the i7-960 and i7-970 for hardcore gaming?
     
    GamerGator, Mar 22, 2011
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  2. hizzaah

    hizzaah Notebook Virtuoso

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    Probably not.. Gaming will hit your GPU's harder than the CPU.
     
    hizzaah, Mar 22, 2011
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  3. Support.4@XOTIC PC

    Support.4@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    As Hizaah said, any difference between the two CPUs would be extremely subtle. If you changed out the GPU, that's where you will see the big performance increase for gaming.
     
    Support.4@XOTIC PC, Mar 22, 2011
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  4. DGDXGDG

    DGDXGDG Notebook Deity

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    buying the old x58 you should chose 6 core
    the new sandybridge with turbo boost 2.0 can beat x58 quadcore
    [​IMG]
     
    DGDXGDG, Mar 22, 2011
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  5. Hybrys

    Hybrys That Damn Cactuar!

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    While this is true, you don't really need/can't really use that much CPU power while gaming. If it was for another purpose, sure. But in gaming, you'd be hard pressed to max all 8 threads on a 920, nevermind the 960.
     
    Hybrys, Mar 22, 2011
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  6. EvolutionTheory

    EvolutionTheory Notebook Consultant

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    Nice chart, thanks!
     
    EvolutionTheory, Mar 23, 2011
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