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i3 3rd gen vs 4th gen gaming

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August 26, 2014 12:19:59 PM

i3 4010u with nvidia 820m or i3 3110m with nvidia 710m....which is good for gaming and I need a good battery back up too so if the gaming performance of 3110 combo is to be very much greater than 4010 combo then I am likely to choose 3110 with comprises over battery small..............

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August 26, 2014 12:32:16 PM

agree with my buddy topluca
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August 26, 2014 12:34:52 PM

patrichpachich said:
agree with my buddy topluca


Thanks Buddy <3
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August 27, 2014 6:29:42 AM

TopLuca said:
In all honesty nothing from those options is acceptable for gaming , the 820M is meh in some games on low settings 720p
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-820M.108477...

Those two fit my budget I need best among them I am eve satisfied with low graphics but modern games must be playable @ 30fps if 3110 tends to perform very much greater than 4010 then I will Have compromise on battery life if the differences are little lower I will go with battery life
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August 27, 2014 6:40:48 AM

The i3 4010U with Nvidia 820m combo should give you best of both worlds, since with Nvidia's Battery Boost on 800 series and with a 4th generation CPU which is aimed at efficiency as well as increased performance should give you some more portability than 3rd generation and a 700 series GPU.
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August 27, 2014 6:51:48 AM

LShun said:
The i3 4010U with Nvidia 820m combo should give you best of both worlds, since with Nvidia's Battery Boost on 800 series and with a 4th generation CPU which is aimed at efficiency as well as increased performance should give you some more portability than 3rd generation and a 700 series GPU.

But benchmarks of i3 3110 are equal to i5 4200u 4th gen
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August 27, 2014 6:53:35 AM

LShun said:
The i3 4010U with Nvidia 820m combo should give you best of both worlds, since with Nvidia's Battery Boost on 800 series and with a 4th generation CPU which is aimed at efficiency as well as increased performance should give you some more portability than 3rd generation and a 700 series GPU.

But benchmarks of i3 3110 are equal to i5 4200u 4th gen
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August 28, 2014 5:01:28 AM

Yes, I agree. But the main is the GPU which gives higher performance with lower power usage. However, I aren't sure will the 4010U bottlenecks the 820M. Do you have the chance to test both computer's in terms of battery life and performance?
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August 28, 2014 9:04:19 AM

i3-4010U? I used that for gaming for a few months while saving money for my PC, and it was complete and utter garbage. The damn thing struggled to run even Fallout:New Vegas at the lowest possible settings, of course that was with integrated graphics, but you could still tell that the CPU was causing severe lag in certain parts, like when particle effects started, or wind was blowing dirt up, it would lag pretty hard. I'm almost thinking the 3rd gen i3 will be better due to it's higher clock speed, while clock speed isn't everything, 1.7GHz is pretty damn pathetic in this day and age.

Of course, now you get to choose between being bottlenecked by the 4010u, or by the 710m, both are quite bad. Are there any other laptops you're interested in within your budget range? If so, post em' here for us to look over.

Edit:@the guy above me

Yes, the 4010U will bottleneck even a lowly 820m. That CPU is completely worthless, at least for gaming, IMHO.

I recommend staying as far away as possible from the 4010U, don't even touch it with a 10 foot pole.
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August 29, 2014 12:22:41 AM

Thank you for the information, zaysk. I recommend MSI CX61 - 2PC instead. At just 2,199 MYR ( or 696.66 USD ), you can have:

4th Gen Intel Core i5-4200
Windows 8.1
Nvidia GeForce 820M
15.6 HD, Anti-glare LED Screen ( Probably using TN screen technology )
4GB DDR3 RAM
750GB HDD
DVD-RW Drive
AW-NB114H Combo ( b/g/n ) + Bluetooth 4.0
Webcam
2 Speakers
1 Year International Warranty.

Would it fit in your budget?

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August 30, 2014 12:09:35 PM

LShun said:
Thank you for the information, zaysk. I recommend MSI CX61 - 2PC instead. At just 2,199 MYR ( or 696.66 USD ), you can have:

4th Gen Intel Core i5-4200
Windows 8.1
Nvidia GeForce 820M
15.6 HD, Anti-glare LED Screen ( Probably using TN screen technology )
4GB DDR3 RAM
750GB HDD
DVD-RW Drive
AW-NB114H Combo ( b/g/n ) + Bluetooth 4.0
Webcam
2 Speakers
1 Year International Warranty.

Would it fit in your budget?



nope bro its not available in my country
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Anonymous
August 30, 2014 12:27:36 PM

Processors than end at U are low voltage, they are good for the battery life but not for perfomance. Stay away from them when gaming is considered
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August 30, 2014 12:45:17 PM

zaysk said:
Are there any other laptops you're interested in within your budget range? If so, post em' here for us to look over.

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1.http://www.flipkart.com/dell-vostro-14-v3446-notebook-4...

2.http://www.flipkart.com/hp-15-g009ax-notebook-apu-quad-...

3.http://www.flipkart.com/hp-compaq-15-s004tx-notebook-4t...

4.http://www.flipkart.com/dell-inspiron-3541-notebook-apu...

5.http://www.flipkart.com/toshiba-satellite-c50-a-i2012-l...

some stuffs might be out of topic but (say AMD)but i need a good gaming laptop i am ready to sacrifice the battery life..... but as far my researches i found that amd processors are good only in benchmarks not in real life performance
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8570M.86985....
by the way i am not sure about dual graphics of amd
i need to select one from the above five please suggest me

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August 30, 2014 5:18:55 PM

I could only say if you want to go over HP pay attention to the thermal system. They often came with a laptop suffers from poor cooling. Toshiba has also bad reviews for their HDD.
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