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post #11 of 13
9/8/12 at 7:31pm
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I see, thanks for that info, I was wondering here too, I got an i7 620M ES, Experimental Sample, I'm sure my laptop is compatible with the standard i7 620M but as it's an ES am not sure what to do with it, although I haven't putted it in my laptop either.
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post #12 of 13
9/10/12 at 10:29am
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You won't have to overclock it because it handles that with Turbo Boost. It pushes up to 3.33GHz on it's own for a single core and naturally pushes up to 3.06GHz for two cores.
As for selling the machine, the performance difference between a Sandy i3 and the i5-580M are nil. Essentially it'd be a sidegrade in every respect, with the benefit going to the i5 moreso than the newer i3.

doh.gif OP said he wants to play BF3. GMA HD graphics (what all 1st-gen Core i CPUs have) doesn't have a chance. HD 3000 *might* do it on low. HD 4000 would be a decent option, again on low.

Otherwise, your analysis is correct IF you're assuming OP will do the external GPU thing.

3rd gen, Ivy Bridge graphics: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000.69168.0.html

2nd gen, Sandy Bridge: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html

1st gen, Arrandale (what you have): http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-HD.23065.0.html

Huge performance difference between the 3. 1st gen can't play D3 on low, 3rd gen can get >60 FPS on low. D3 is a very lightweight game (similar to GW3 in terms of hardware needed). Now, HD 4000 can barely play BF3 on low (25 FPS or so..), there's no way HD 3000 or GMA HD will. HD 3000 and higher can play Guild Wars 2; again, I strongly doubt GMA HD could.

Best option would be trying to score a used A6 system with 6630M (or higher) graphics. A6-34x0M series is about tied with HD 3000, A8 (either series, 45xx or 35x0) is a little faster than HD 4000, and A10 is on average 20% ahead of HD 4000 (though, it beats HD 4k by 50% in some games.. while it typically loses by <10%).
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Toshiba Portege R835-P50X
(8 items)
 
Lanbox Lite
(16 items)
  		 
CPUGraphicsRAMHard Drive
i3-2310M Intel HD 3000 8GB DDR3 Samsung 830 64GB SSD 
Hard DriveOSMonitorCase
640GB Hitachi HDD Windows 7 13.3" LCD Magnesium Alloy, 3.2lbs 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom II X4 955 BE Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-UD2H MSI Hawk R5770 3x2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 250 GB WD Caviar Black Samsung 20X DVD-R/RW Thermaltake MaxOrb 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
Noctua NF-B9-1600 Windows 7 Pro 64-bit BenQ E2420HD, 24" 1920x1080 TT Purepower 500W 
Case
TT Lanbox Lite 
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post #13 of 13
9/12/12 at 2:04pm
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Dang it doh.gif, lol! I think I should really go on selling my laptop and getting a new one... that or I try building a desktop and see if I can make it work! But is AMD better for gaming or Intel I must ask? And today I received some of my packages for upgrading the laptop, 2x4gb DDR3 PC3-8500 rams, and now I am not sure if I was scammed or just that I can't get them to work because all my computer shows is 4GB of physical RAM... *sad*... sadsmiley.gif
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