i5 vs i3 3rd gen for laptop which one is good for gaming.

aakarshan · Jan 26, 2014

I5 2430m +7470m ddr5 vs I3 3110m + Nvidia 820m ddr3
Which one is good for gaming?

sunder25 · Jan 26, 2014

Neither of them really, the graphics cards you mention dont perform really well-gamingwise

aakarshan · Jan 26, 2014

sunder25 :

I have a option of i5 4200u + 8670m. but i doubt cpu's performance.

photonboy · Jan 26, 2014

It also depends what games you are playing. However, if you intend to play any of the fairly demanding modern games be prepared to spend $1000+ though opinions vary.

The CPU is important, but the GRAPHICS (GPU) is arguably more important. Pretty much every laptop I've seen with reasonably good graphics like a 750M or better had an adequate CPU.

Here is an EXAMPLE of what I would consider a "gaming" laptop: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/15-6-touch-screen-laptop-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive/8937158.p?id=1218954926513&skuId=8937158&st=categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=1

Here's a more expensive model ($1290) with a great AMD APU in it (similar to the PS4 APU). A laptop with an APU (a good one) is worth considering as we'll see some future games using MANTLE which you can Google if you wish: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/fangbook-evo-17-3-laptop-8gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive/1992033.p?id=1219068210815&skuId=1992033&st=categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=1

*Avoid any laptop with AMD Dual graphics (an APU plus second GPU).