should i get the 4th gen dual core i7 or the quad core i7.

Jishnu300

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I will be using the lap for a bit of gaming but the main purpose of the lap would be for designing (photoshop ,illustrator,autocad,indesign etc ). Is there a noticeable difference between the two ?
 
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If you want to run more modern games then you really will need a quadcore especially since it is a laptop. I didn't even realize they made dual core I7s on the mobile side until I went and looked. I know autocad is only single threaded still, but I think indesign can benefit from the cores as well.

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If you want to run more modern games then you really will need a quadcore especially since it is a laptop. I didn't even realize they made dual core I7s on the mobile side until I went and looked. I know autocad is only single threaded still, but I think indesign can benefit from the cores as well.
 
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ghost878

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Quad. Since you'l be gaming 4 cores will be better. And as your primary usage is photoshop, autocad (multithreaded). The dual core i7 has 4 threads while quad i7 has 8 threads which is why you should go with the 8 threaded quad i7