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My Macbook Pro crapped out on me a few months ago, and not being able to play WOW has been driving me crazy. I'm thinking about picking up a Dell XPS 15, but I'm stuck.
Going with their Federal Employee Discount (Military) vs their normal website gives me different upgrade options, and I'm having a hard time deciding what's going to be more important.
For a difference of less than $50, I can either get an
i5-2520 w/ an NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics card
or
i5-2410 w/ an NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M 2GB graphics card
It'd cost me an extra $100 to upgrade the 2520's video card, and the next upgrade for the 2410's processor is an i7 and that'd cost nearly $300... neither is really an option.
Thoughts?
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Thread: CPU vs GPU upgrade
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2011-03-22, 02:18 AM #1Stood in the Fire
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CPU vs GPU upgrade
Originally Posted by nzall
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2011-03-22, 02:25 AM #2Bloodsail Admiral
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Your WoW FPS is largely based on your CPU, so I'd get the fastest CPU you can afford.
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2011-03-22, 02:25 AM #3High Overlord
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What's your budget?
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2011-03-22, 02:30 AM #4Stood in the Fire
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Both configurations are coming in at less than $1100 before taxes and shipping. I'd like to stay in that ballpark.
Originally Posted by nzall
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2011-03-22, 02:38 AM #5Stood in the Fire
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the i5's are overkill for wow honestly, your better off getting the gpu you want, and i say this with love but the biggest thing that will off load your cpu will be your gpu once dx11 becomes more prominent.
Last edited by Halabash; 2011-03-22 at 02:41 AM.
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2011-03-22, 03:45 AM #6Stood in the Fire
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Look at some of the specs for the 525m and 540m, it looks like the 540 is just an overclocked version of the 525.
I would go with i5-2520 w/ an NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics card
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2011-03-22, 05:49 AM #7Herald of the Titans
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No. Just no. Faster CPU will yield more FPS in WoW in almost any scenario than slight overclock to GPU. Stop spreading false info. Originally Posted by Halabash
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2011-03-22, 02:39 PM #8Grunt
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The Gpu hands down. Most all games will bottlenecked by both cards because thats what will hold them back if you have problems. I5 will be more then enough for games. I'm talking all games not just wow. Wow isn't the most graphically intense game by any stretch.
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2011-03-22, 05:05 PM #9Herald of the Titans
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540m will give you better fps in WoW. Neither of those 2 cards are powerful enough to get bottlenecked by the CPU (in WoW). And if you play any other games, you will see an even bigger boost with the 540m.
[23:43:22] [P] [85:Bowsjob]: If its between 2 holy pallys its gonna be a gear fight most likely
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2011-03-22, 06:13 PM #10Pit Lord
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I7's are overkill for WoW, not the I5 (2500K) Originally Posted by Hinaaja
(I'm agreeing)
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2011-03-22, 06:19 PM #11Herald of the Titans
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Perhaps the desktop models are, but the laptop models certainly aren't since they run at a significantly lower clock speed. Originally Posted by ayako
[23:43:22] [P] [85:Bowsjob]: If its between 2 holy pallys its gonna be a gear fight most likely
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2011-03-22, 06:36 PM #12Pit Lord
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Didn't notice the OP had a laptop, my bad.
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