i5 460M (2.53) vs Phenom II quad core N950(2.1)

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kyle8181

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Hello everyone,
I am planning on purchasing a laptop very soon. I used to own an Acer Aspire (i forget the number) but it had a T5900 CPU in it with slow RAM. I wanted to run Starcraft II on it but it wouldn't run in even the lowest setting. Now i am planning on purchasing a new laptop and am looking at an Acer or possibly a Toshiba. The Acer has the Phenom II quad core N950 and the Toshiba has the i5 460m. The rest of the systems are basically equal with ram and video cards. I've seen benchmark that rate the quad core at 2717 (passmark CPU mark) and the i5 is 2602. The respective ratings are 158 and 172. It appears based on these benchmark that the Phenom II is better. Anyone have any input on this. I had pretty much decided on the quad core but i was leery because it doesn't have any L3 cache. I think either one would run the game good but i want to get the best bang for my buck. They are both similarly priced. Any thoughts?
 
If you want to play games, and are shopping for a new laptop, how much are you looking to spend? Chances are you can build a desktop with better specs for the same price
 
What video card they've got?
IMO, if the performance of CPU is similar, next thing to check is battery life & price
 
Sorry guys, i should have posted this originally. I am looking only at laptops as my desktop build is good (for now). I can't find the Toshiba i wrote about but i am looking at two different Acer systems both are $749 from good ole' newegg. Here's the specs of each,

Acer Aspire AS5742G-7200 i5 460m Geforce GT 420m
Acer Aspire AS 7552G-6061 AMD Phenom II quad core N950 Radeon HD 5650

Both systems have 500 gb HDs and both have 1 gig DDR3 in the video cards.
 
I'd go with second one, gt420M is basically higher clocked gt320m, and Hd5650 beats 320m by a long way. So second, though I'd prefer the i5 as my CPU.
 
Go with the Intel Toshiba. Acer worries me to begin with, and when you combine the fact that it's an Acer with the fact that they're trying to save money with AMD, you're probably going to be in trouble. The i5 is also probably a bit faster in games, and a lot faster in everyday applications. If you can, try to find detailed specs (make and model, rotation speed, platter size) about the HDDs in the laptops. It's hard to find really any info about the HDD used in an OEM computer, but if you're lucky then you'll benefit a lot from the information.
 
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