[Solved] Best choice for gaming

I also would go with #1 -- your game experience would be a lot better with a GTX 560M tough.

if the #3 has the slowest cpu, i'll scratch that of the list.


from the list larkspur linked, it puts the 525m, in front of the 540m
but if they are the same, it's comes down to the best cpu.

but isn't the i7 2670QM 2,2 GHz better than the i5 2430M 2,4 GHz?
both got the sandy bridge..

Did you look at the benchmarks I linked?

Since you are leaning towards #1, here is a direct link to the information page on the 540M.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDI [...] 715.0.html

If you scroll to the bottom, there are various benchmarks for games at different settings showing FPS scores.

If you are satisfied with those FPS for whichever games you are going to play, then go with #1. If not, you may have to look at a different model with a better GPU (560M or something else)

No, it just means their performance is pretty similar. Blade's link shows you the specifics. Of course the 540m outperforms the 525m, it's just not by that much. The hierarchy chart just gives you a rough general idea of how different chips perform.

The 4 core will be better for games in the long-term, but the 525M graphics really needs to be better. Frankly I'm not at all impressed with the 540M either but I understand options are limited.

You can look at each bench score individually on Blade's linked site and see what each laptop had in it for a CPU. There seem to be large variations in scores in certain games depending on the CPU used in the benched laptop.

i'll go with the i5, thanks for all the help!

for some reason this laptop i'm currently using,
can't run notebookcheck and this site properly,
it takes 5-10min. everytime i click one something,
even the white background makes it stall,
well, it isn't mine, so there's not much i can do,
except buy me a new one..

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