Trinity or intel laptop?? HELP!

[fritolay77]

So... this?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/sys/3323809199.html

or this
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/sys/3316199269.html

 

[manofchalk]

Depends, what are you going to do on this laptop?

If its intensive activities, like video editing, number crunching. The i7 laptop will be better.
For gaming, The A10 APU's on-board graphics are far superior to the i7's, so its better.

Though thats just based on the CPU/APU, there might be another factor like a bigger HDD that could sway you one way or the other.

 

[DarkSable]

Entirely depends on what you're doing with it. If you want to game, go with the Trinity.
If you're looking for just a cheapo computer, go with the intel.

The poster is lying out of their ass, though - it's not at all good for gaming, and it's not an 8-core cpu like the desktop i7s are - it's a quad core: two physical cores and two hyperthreaded.

 

[fritolay77]

Best answer selected by fritolay77.

 

[fritolay77]

Ok, i want to game, and it looks like i can maybe play AC3 on medium settings. is 40 FPS good?

 

[manofchalk]

Some laptop i7's are dual cores with Hyperthreading, but this particular one is a proper quad with Hyperthreading.
http://ark.intel.com/products/50067/Intel-Core-i7-2720QM-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz

And no, the i7 isnt good for gaming. Its got a HD3000 iGPU, which is fairly weak even by integrated graphics standards.

 

[manofchalk]

Cant be sure about AC3 since it hasnt released, but here is what that particular Trinity chip scores in other games. Its the A10-4600M
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5831/amd-trinity-review-a10-4600m-a-new-hope/6

 

[fritolay77]

i see... hm... i have a lot of Homework to do apparently. i understand AMD desktops and all but laptops are a whole new field for me.

This is what i have been using
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1314&game=Assassins%20Creed%203&p_make=AMD&gc_make=ATI&p_deriv=Phenom+II+X4+P920&gc_deriv=Radeon+HD+7660G&laptop=1#systemRequirements

I can insert my values and see how it will run. They dont have the infinity chips in their list though so it makes it complicated

 

[manofchalk]

The minimum CPU requirement is a Core2 Duo or an Athlon, both are very old dual cores. It'l be fine.