L leftisthominid Warlord Joined Apr 12, 2006 Messages 150 May 22, 2011 #1 Does this card run Civ V well? I plan on buying a Dell XPS 15 with this card.
T tokala Emperor Joined Jan 14, 2006 Messages 1,739 Location Klein Texas, Germany May 23, 2011 #2 Reasonably well for a laptop, yes.
L leftisthominid Warlord Joined Apr 12, 2006 Messages 150 May 24, 2011 #3 Would you recommend I get an i5-2410M or an i7-2630QM with that? The latter costs me $95 more, but I am trying to find out if it is overkill or not.
Would you recommend I get an i5-2410M or an i7-2630QM with that? The latter costs me $95 more, but I am trying to find out if it is overkill or not.
T tokala Emperor Joined Jan 14, 2006 Messages 1,739 Location Klein Texas, Germany May 25, 2011 #4 There should not be any noticable difference between those in Civ5. No point of having a 4cores/8threads CPU in a notebook unless you make heavy use of highly multithreaded software. Most people don't.
There should not be any noticable difference between those in Civ5. No point of having a 4cores/8threads CPU in a notebook unless you make heavy use of highly multithreaded software. Most people don't.
