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i5 vs i7 vs GPU

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  • Gaming
  • Intel i7
  • Intel i5
  • CPUs
  • GPUs
  • Graphics Cards
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July 2, 2014 7:01:44 PM

I'm wondering 1) What's better, i5 2.7ghz or i7 2.4ghz for gaming? 2)What's more important for gaming, a good cpu or a good gpu, provided that you have at least a 1GB gpu and a 2.4ghz i7/2.7ghz i5; which would it be better to upgrade at that point? Thanks, any and all help appreciated!

Edit: Sorry, here are more in depth descriptions:
For the first question,
It's an Intel i5 cpu m480 2.67ghz, 2667 mhz 2 cores and 4 processors in question and a
4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ processor

For the second, let me rephrase the question. I have an ATI Mobitity Radeon 6550 HD gpu and the i5 mentioned earlier, should I spring for a laptop with
1) 12 GB ram, 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT740M 2GB and 1366 x 768 res
or
2)8GB ram, Intel Core i7-2760QM 2nd Gen, NVIDIA GeForce GT555M 3GB and 1920x1080 res
Both processors are quad core @ 2.4ghz

thanks.

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July 2, 2014 7:03:41 PM

That cant be answered with the given info. It also varies game to game.
What specific i5s and i7s are they? Like an i5 4670k for example.

Also, what cards in question?


Speed and memory are far from being the only factor considered
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July 2, 2014 7:05:36 PM

That i5 would be fine for gaming if it has 4 cores, but it looks mobile, so the i7 would be better. Mobile i5s usually have 2 cores and 4 threads. Mine does on my mac, at least. Usually, a better GPU is more important, but you can't cheap out on your CPU either or you will get a bottleneck.
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July 2, 2014 7:45:49 PM

I wouldn't count out the resolution of the screen either, 1920x1080 is handy. For that reason, I'd go 2). The graphics cards on both laptops are somewhat similar.
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July 2, 2014 8:53:55 PM

The first pumps out more performance, but the latter has better overall quality.
I would go with 2 if for no other reason the resolution.
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