The PCMark Vantage benchmark test, which classifies the overall system performance, turns out to be a bit surprising. For further detailed information about the CPU, visit our CPU benchmark list. This naturally also applies just as much for games. The multi-core's potential becomes very obvious here however this has to be supported accordingly by the individual application.
#ASUS I7 ATI 5870 PCSX2 EMULATOR FULL#
Whilst the i5-520M CPU is still well in the race with 3957 points to 3952 points for the 720QM CPU, the i7 quad-core CPU pulls away with a full 10148 points to 8162 points. The Cinebench benchmark test compares the chip's performance at rendering images with assistance of all available cores, respectively threads. 2741 points could be achieved with an accordingly equipped G73JH-TY042V.
The 520M CPU's best results are in a field of 2800 points. The current G73JH can, for example, reach 3174 points in 3DMark06 and is thus in the leading group of comparably equipped notebooks. In view of performance reserves, a range of benchmarks for comparing the i5 dual and i7 quad-core CPU can be referred to. Even according benchmark tests didn't show any noteworthy differences. We couldn't observe an impact on the CPU clock rate in opposition to the dual-core alternative, though. The G73JH version with a quad-core CPU at hand also has the "Twin Turbo Mode" of Asus' Power4Gear software. An ATI Mobility Radeon HD5870 GPU with a 1024MB GDDR5 video memory still does its job in the Asus G72JH. There haven't been any changes in the graphic card. Ultimately, this also applies to the maximum power consumption of 45W vs. Nevertheless, the dual-core is again inferior, with a L2/元 cache of 512/3072KB, to the quad-core (1024/6144KB). If the other technical data of the CPUs are compared, 2.4-2.93 GHz speak for the 520M chip in opposition to 1.6-2.8 GHz in the 720QM. That's how much the current price difference of both processors is when 1000 units are bought.
#ASUS I7 ATI 5870 PCSX2 EMULATOR UPGRADE#
Looking at Intel's price design, the upgrade from a i5-520M to i7-720QM chip costs exactly 139 dollars. The most alluring modification for gamers is most likely the utilization of an Intel Core i7-720QM quad-core CPU, which tethers a high clock rate of single cores (up to 2.8 GHz) with the possible advantage of several cores (with up to 8 threads in sync due to hyperthreading). Let's now continue with the performance part, as especially the upgrade of the CPU, RAM and built-in mass memory are a significant part of the newly laced gaming package.