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Postby heatwave » 2010.10.08 (00:31)

I figure you guys know what you're talking about when it comes to hardware, so I ask you this:
Which is better?
An Intel Core i5 (2.53Ghz) or
an Intel Core 2 Duo (2.8Ghz)?
That's probably a stupid question.

Furthermore, Which is better?
A Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256MB,
or a Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT (combo'd with a GeForce 9400M with 256MB DDR3 SDRAM)

(I'm trying to decide between two Macbook Pros here)
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Postby smartalco » 2010.10.08 (00:37)

i5 + 330M
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Postby heatwave » 2010.10.08 (01:01)

smartalco wrote:i5 + 330M
This combo would easily trump the following, right?
Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz with a GeForce 8600M GT (our current "family" laptop)

I should add that I'm mainly concerned with gaming performance.
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Postby smartalco » 2010.10.08 (01:30)

Yes,
i5 >> any Core 2

and to my memory (which I'm fairly certain on all of these, and 100% positive that a 330M will trounce an 8600M)
330M > 9600GT >> 320M >> 9400M ~ 8600M

where > means better and >> means significantly better
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Postby Vyacheslav » 2010.10.08 (01:45)

Get the i5... I have a 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo with the 9600/9400 combo and I love it, but if I were to make your decision, I'd choose an i5 over it any day. The GT330 is better but not by too much.
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Postby heatwave » 2010.10.08 (02:16)

Great, thanks.
That helped a lot.
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