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iceyplus

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Hello

I'm looking into buying a new laptop. Which of the following would be best for playing the latest video games.

My current choices:
Quad Core i7 4700MQ - 2.4 GHz
nVIDIA GeForce GT740M 2GB Dedicated Graphics

or

Core i7 3537U - 2 GHz
4GB NVIDIA GT740M

So basically the choice is better CPU or Better nVIDIA dedicated graphics

Thankyou
Kind Regards
 
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The first laptop would be best, but don't expect to be playing any of the latest titles on that GPU. At least with a framerate faster than a powerpoint slideshow.
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That card barely has control over 2 GB of memory, so there will be 0.00% difference between a GT 740M with 4 GB DDR3 and 2 GB DDR3. Go with the first laptop, because of the better CPU, but yet again, don't expect running the heaviest 2014 titles decently on the 740M.
 
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Thats a bit unfair. The 740m can play most of the new games at medium settings at 30+ fps.
 
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iceyplus

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Hi

Ive narrowed the shortlist down to these two laptops

Which of these two would be best:

Quad Core i7 4700MQ - 2.4 GHz
nVIDIA GeForce GT740M 2GB Dedicated Graphics
Screen: 1366 x 768

or

Quad Core i7-3610QM - 2.3GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2G Dedicated Graphics
Screen: 1920 x 1080

I read, the 740m is newer, yet the 650M is a better GPU

Second option above would give me full HD, though the CPU is slightly better on first option

Thankyou again
 
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RobCrezz

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I never said it was a powerhouse, but as a laptop GPU its not terrible.
 
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