OptimusII good For gaming?

[Amuze]

GT 555M
8GB Ram 1333Mhz
I7-2860QM (2.50Ghz) 8MB
750GB HDD
1TB Portable HDD
Wireless Gaming Card
Thermal Conductivity Compound
Windows 7 HP

Extra:
Laptop Carry case 17.3''

Help, Im hoping to play games like Gta 4 and Saints row the third on Max

- Amuze

 

[El Wayneo]

You'll want the HD6990m or a gtx680m to max out games like that at 1080p.


Try a cheaper CPU and better GPU, the 2670qm is a very good quadcore, use the price difference to get a better graphics card.

 

[Amuze]

Can only Choose a GT 555M

 

[El Wayneo]

yeah you would need to choose the 17" vortex or get the 15".


It'll play games on good settings at 720p but it wont max then out.

 

[El Wayneo]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-555M.41933.0.html


there are some benchmarks for the gt555m

 

[TJWhonley]

how much do you want to spend?

 

[Amuze]

I want to pay under £40 a month

 

[Amuze]

I Could get a Gaming pc that would last 5-6 years but i want a laptop.

 

[El Wayneo]

17.3" Vortexx II with;

Core i7 2670qm
8GB RAM
HD6990M 2GB Graphics card
750GB WD Scorpio black

and silver warranty is £39.99 a month.

 

[AndyL]

As said before, the Vortex series of laptops will give much better gaming performance. However the Optimus is also a good laptop but wont be able to achieve as high settings or frame rates. You will also only want to get an i7-2670 CPU if you are going to be gaming.

 

[El Wayneo]

^^^ plus one.

I've ordered an Optimus with the GT555M but i know its capability and will only be playing games at 720p on medium as thats fine for me.

2670qm as i mentioned before is a great CPU, it has turbo upto 3.1ghz, i think all 4 cores turbo to 2.8, so theres little need to spend another £250 on the top end CPU.

 

[Jiyuu]

i think all 4 cores turbo to 2.8, so theres little need to spend another £250 on the top end CPU.

Can anyone confirm this? I always thought turbo boost only came into effect when not all the cores are being utilised.

 

[AndyL]

Can anyone confirm this? I always thought turbo boost only came into effect when not all the cores are being utilised.

TBH whether its true or not wont really make much difference. The i7-2670 is a very powerfull CPU and more than capable at playing games. The i7-2860 is obviously better, however it is one hell of a price increase for such a small performance increase!

EDIT: I also believe the i7-2670 will not overclock to 2.8GHz with 4 cores being used.