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Craton
United States17281 Posts
I think there are disk images online you can download for the purpose of running a repair. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
I am asking this because I am really bad at laptop hardware. I always thought quad was for desktop and mobile. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
All of the parts with "QM" on the end are quad core mobile. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 17 2013 19:24 Cyro wrote: Uh, it is All of the parts with "QM" on the end are quad core mobile. Thanks Follow up: Is it beneficial to get QM CPUs for sc2/DotA2/HoN games? | ||
Womwomwom
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 17 2013 22:04 Womwomwom wrote: Most quad core mobile processors trade base and turbo frequencies for cores. Since you don't really use more than 2 cores with SC2 (HOTS included IIRC), you might even get worse performance than a good dual core processor. Though there shouldn't be a huge difference since the quad core i7s won't have all four cores loaded ingame. Thanks for clearing that up.  Do you know which mobile processor has the highest single thread performance? | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 17 2013 23:54 Alryk wrote: All ovy bridges generally have the same single thread performance, so the highest clocked 3xxxM/QM you can get I guess. Maybe the i7 is a touch faster with more L3? But it probably doesn't really matter. They all have the same? I'm sorry. I have never heard that before. People say the i5-3570K overclocked is the highest single thread performer for desktop. I am looking for one like that - just for mobile. | ||
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Gumbi
Ireland463 Posts
On May 18 2013 00:01 llIH wrote: They all have the same? I'm sorry. I have never heard that before. People say the i5-3570K overclocked is the highest single thread performer for desktop. I am looking for one like that - just for mobile. It doesn't work like that. We are talking about mobile CPUs, which are limited by heat and power (although the two are related). The fastest mobile CPUs are nowhere near as fast as desktop CPUs. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 18 2013 01:09 Gumbi wrote: It doesn't work like that. We are talking about mobile CPUs, which are limited by heat and power (although the two are related). The fastest mobile CPUs are nowhere near as fast as desktop CPUs. That's not what I meant. I am talking about a high performing single thread mobile cpu. That is good out of all the others, just like how the 3570K is. Just without the overclock of course.  --> I know mobile cpu are worse | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
On May 18 2013 01:13 llIH wrote: That's not what I meant. I am talking about a high performing single thread mobile cpu. That is good out of all the others, just like how the 3570K is. Just without the overclock of course. --> I know mobile cpu are worse A) There is no equivalent to the i5-3570k, because mobile CPUs can't be overclocked. That's the reason the i5-3570k is special. That and it's relatively low price. B) Any ivy bridge processor with the highest clock speed (as stated above). Since the mobile CPUs can't be overclocked, they're all pretty much exactly the same thing for the purposes of SC2/moba games with the only slight differences being clock speed. Basically, 2.9 Ghz is a little bit better than 2.6 Ghz. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 18 2013 01:26 MisterFred wrote: A) There is no equivalent to the i5-3570k, because mobile CPUs can't be overclocked. That's the reason the i5-3570k is special. That and it's relatively low price. B) Any ivy bridge processor with the highest clock speed (as stated above). Since the mobile CPUs can't be overclocked, they're all pretty much exactly the same thing for the purposes of SC2/moba games with the only slight differences being clock speed. Basically, 2.9 Ghz is a little bit better than 2.6 Ghz. Tried to emphasize that there is no equivalent for mobie. The whole idea is "single thread performance". Take a look at this graph: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html Here you can see several inferior frequencies beating superior frequencies. Although cost is a big difference. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
From the graph you can see that some cpus with lower frequency get higher score for single thread performance than a higher frequency cpu. | ||
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Gumbi
Ireland463 Posts
On May 18 2013 02:05 Cyro wrote: Where? nothing sticks out to me really hard on that list from quick look Same here. In any case, I imagine in cases where it is, it's down to generational differences, | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On May 18 2013 02:19 llIH wrote: --> "Basically, 2.9 Ghz is a little bit better than 2.6 Ghz." From the graph you can see that some cpus with lower frequency get higher score for single thread performance than a higher frequency cpu. Yea but that's extremely minimal, there's an error margin, it's passmark, and of course you would expect it with CPU's of different architectures (sandy bridge ran at 3.3ghz, ivy bridge at 3.4ghz, haswell at 3.4ghz for i5, yet ~15% performance improvement) | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
60fps minimum-average. Low graphic settings. (For HoN and DotA2 as well in low) | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
On May 18 2013 02:42 skyR wrote: Passmark is garbage, how did this piece of shit get so popular? I rather you use toms than this... I got it from soneone in this forum some months ago. Do you have a good one for me? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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