Rate my new laptop (arrives in 48 hours)

[lestatdark]

Baalzamon said:

lestatdark said:

I think it's mostly due to the CPU rather than the GPU. The i7-2630QM is supposedly the 15th fastest available CPU in the market nowadays. Each core is 2.00 GHz but can turboboost to 2.9 GHz. 

The 6770M isn't too shabby as well. Since this is the 192 bits GDDR5 version, it's performance is on par with the GT 555M and HD 6870M GDDR3.

Also, what are your PC specifications? 

I just wanted to correct a little mistake here.  Each core can run at 2.00 GHz, and technically speaking, have the ability to all run at 2.9 GHz, but they never do.  The turboboost occurs when not all the processing power is being utilized.  This leads to one or more of the cores essentially being "shut off."  Since they are shut off, more power can be applied towards the cores still on, and the overall heat made will still be able to be cooled since less cores will be producing heat.

So basically, if you aren't using your full processing power, certain cores can be turned off, allowing the other cores to be sped up.  Now, I'm not completely certain in regards to the 2.9 GHz, but I believe that is if you are only utilizing one of your cores.

That makes sense. I didn't knew about Turbo Boost before buying this laptop (since I had an dual core before), so I asked around to understand what it was, but it makes more sense that it's just one of the cores that gets turbo boosted. 

That means that in games that only use a single core, you'll get the 2.9 GHz instead of 2.0 GHz if you were using the 4 cores for the game right?