Board 8 > Which laptop should I purchase?

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They're about the same price. Both have a 4 GB RAM memory. The first one has up to level 3 caché, and the second one has only level two caché.

Acer Aspire AS4752-6628:

It's got a 14" screen 500 gig HDD and an intel i3 dual core Intel Core i3 2330M (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i3-2330M-Notebook-Processor.52200.0.html). Under "graphics," the listing says "integrated", which, I suppose, means it's got no specific graphics card.

Acer Aspire 5552-7659:

15.6" screen, 640 gig HDD, Video ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics Card and a AMD Phenom II X4 N970 processor (http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-N970-Notebook-Processor.42725.0.html). Oh, it's also got a Blu-ray reader/writer.

What do you think? I'd like to be able to use this as my main computer, run decent video-editing software as well as photoshop or something. I'd also like to be able to game with either one of these, though who knows if I'll be able to.

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6791 (new product) pesos vs 6691 pesos (last one in stock) respectively.

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I'd advise getting anything that has a graphics card listed as "intergrated"

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Easy choice; integrated means it will crap out on even low level gaming.

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if you're gaming on a budget, find an APU in it. A8s have been seen in the low 400s before, but an A6 will work for a lot too. they blow everything else out the water until you get higher end dedicated vid cards.

if you're focusing on video editing, i5. but don't expect any gaming without a dedicated card.

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and yeah, when intel says intergrated, they mean 'this will not play games unless it's 2002. maybe.'

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The "integrated" graphics card is apparently Intel HD Graphics 3000.

Both processors have about the same clock speed, only the Intel Processor has only two cores, which means that each core is more powerful than the quad-core AMD processor.

Also, under the video card, the specs give the ATI an "up to 256 MB" listing, which would mean that it serves as a full-fledged dedicated memory card. That would give me a chance to play some current games on low settings, wouldn't it? Except that most games don't make use of all 4 cores in a processor, do they?

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http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon-HD-4250.29664.0.html
this is an integrated card as well (an old one)

Intel Core i3 2330M comes with intel hd graphics 3000
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html




The prices you posted were 490 and 500 usd
On amazon they're usually about 50 usd apart.


The intel is better by a fair bit. But neither one will play anything past 2006/2007 except for the rare exception where u get a game to work on low with maybe low 30's fps.
Dedicated graphics cards can be had for 150 usd more if u wish.

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What about the blu-ray? That's a good touch, isn't it?

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So are there any downsides to having a quad-core processor? Are there any programs/apps that don't make use of the four processors and reduce my computer's speed considerably? What about level three caché?

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Try the PC board, they probably know this stuff better.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000403-pc-hardware-discussion

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