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Question

which laptop is better for gaming ?

Oct 20, 2015 8:22AM PDT

Hello guys, I wanted to ask, which laptop is better for gaming ? Acer V Nitro7-571G black edition with Intel core i5-5200u and Nvidia Geforce GTX950 4gb or Acer Aspire V3-772G with Intel core i7-4702MQ and Nvidia Geforce GT 750 4gb ?

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You know it's not the CPU.
Oct 20, 2015 8:39AM PDT

For example:
"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

With that out of the way you can compare those GPUs on GPUBOSS.com

My bet is the 950 will win.

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PS. I can't compare these yet.
Oct 20, 2015 8:41AM PDT
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"m"
Oct 20, 2015 8:51AM PDT

Yeah, these cards are ''m''. My bad. Thanks for help Happy

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Nod to GPUBoss.
Oct 20, 2015 9:01AM PDT
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Oct 20, 2015 9:05AM PDT

I was watching this site at the moment when you write. Happy

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I would always go with the newer generation hardware.
Oct 27, 2015 4:47AM PDT

Typically if the CPU is a newer generation so is the GPU. The GPU of the Nitro is 2 generations ahead of the Aspire (GTX950 versus GT750). The Nitro will have better battery life, run cooler and be more enrgy efficient as it has the U CPU. U stands for ultra which was first used in ultrabooks. This will be similare to the performance of the new Surface Book.