Steven86 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 My current daily device is a Hp DV7 6b70eb. It has an Intel 2670Qm 8gb ddr3 and a HD6770m on board. I also installed an Intel 60gb SSD few weeks along with Windows 8. The problem is that I can't decide where to spend money on. It seems that I have sever possibilties to upgrade this laptop a bit. But is worth to spend nearly 750$ on a ; full HD display, 2860qm cpu and ofcourse 16gb ddr3 corsairs I play games often, but there are are also periods of months that gaming doesn't cross my mind. Otherwise when I do game, I want to be able to do it properly..Buy a desktop you say? Ok but it makes me feel not so social with my girlfriend around me, when at home.. I never doubt, this time I do lol :banana: Any input is welcome, although I know I have to make the choice on my own :// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENiEBEN Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I wouldn't upgrade any of those for gaming benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven86 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 I wouldn't upgrade any of those for gaming benefits. Uhu, due the amount of gain been made then, or price/performance ratio? anyway thnx for your opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENiEBEN Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Because: -FullHD screen only means better productivity, but that video card wouldnt keep up if playing at it's native resolution. -16GB Ram: other than making a Ram Drive out of it and installing a game onto it, there is no other benefit. -2860qm: performance gap is too small to gain you more than 1 or 2 extra fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Leeghoofd Posted March 4, 2013 Crew Share Posted March 4, 2013 +1 Genieben, not worth the investment... only thing to upgrade is the GPU... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven86 Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Ok thanks guys, makes it easier to decide A new desktop it shall be! ^^ edit* Couldn't resist not to buy other ram 2 of those 4Gb 1600 Mhz (PC3-12800 ) Installed they work at 665Mh instead of the 800Mhz I wanted.. 9-8-8-20 Going to see if I can alter that. So far no gain at all :nana: passmark old vs new memory mark 2038//2068 datbase op 67.5//71.3 read cached 21858//21855 unchaed 11283//11339 write 8407//8449 avaible ram 6968//7100 latency 28.1//27.7 threaded 18365//18424 cpu mark 6714//6735 Sticks were cheap so doesn't matter bought something LOL :woot: Edited March 5, 2013 by Troman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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