1.7ghz (turbo boost 2.7) can i run a game that requires 2.4?

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Turbo boost will clock up to 2.7 until thermal throttling starts to kick in, and at that point it will gradually (or immediately) clock down to base levels until the chip is cooled off.
However, rather than CPU power, you should ask yourself if the GPU can run whatever game you're pointing at. What you're looking at isn't even a CPU, but an APU.

From what I read, the performance should be close to the 6550M/620M, and an entry-level GPU can't handle much unless the game is HEAVILY tweaked. If you don't plan on playing intensive games and don't mind setting games to the lowest settings, then it's OK, but don't expect to get many games to 60 FPS.
As a side note, even if I'm not too much into laptops, I believe there's better (you're...
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Turbo boost will clock up to 2.7 until thermal throttling starts to kick in, and at that point it will gradually (or immediately) clock down to base levels until the chip is cooled off.
However, rather than CPU power, you should ask yourself if the GPU can run whatever game you're pointing at. What you're looking at isn't even a CPU, but an APU.

From what I read, the performance should be close to the 6550M/620M, and an entry-level GPU can't handle much unless the game is HEAVILY tweaked. If you don't plan on playing intensive games and don't mind setting games to the lowest settings, then it's OK, but don't expect to get many games to 60 FPS.
As a side note, even if I'm not too much into laptops, I believe there's better (you're paying a premium there because it's the "Beats special edition").

I'm currently looking towards a laptop too, and from all I've searched about, the minimum to play decently without actually looking at potato-like textures would either be a 740M from Nvidia or a (usually) more economical HD 8750M, and if possible paired up to a non-ULV CPU.
 
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