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Xen on 01 August 2013
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Otakumegane said:
disolitude said:
Otakumegane said:
So basically, I shouldn't buy a laptop with an Intel core right now if I want to use it for games? Not even the ones out right now as they'll get patched later?

Yes...but only out of principle. You really can't overclock laptops so this patch will not affect you even if you buy Intel. :)


Huh, I thought you could OC on laptop cores. Not by much though but still.

Turbo boost will do it depending on the usage of cores... if it's a program utilizing any less than 4, it'll kick in.. depending on the program, the frequency will rise..

The Clarksfield-based 740QM in my laptop can go to just about 3ghz on single core usage... the temperature gets so high you can heat your fingers with the keyboard... that's why mainstream lappies won't let you OC.