rpeters83
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My desktop is a Dell XPS 630i with a Q9400 and ATI 6870 (8gb ddr2 1920x1080). I also have a newer laptop with a Core i7 and nvidia 640m (8gb ddr3, 1600x900). The annoyance that I currently have is, my laptop plays most games better than my desktop. Double the framerate, in some cases.
Obviously my desktop is several years old, but I didn't think that a laptop with a slower GPU would play better than my desktop with a better GPU. From a search, I see mixed results as to whether my 6870 is too much for my Q9400, but can't come to a conclusion.
I'm otherwise content with the non-gaming performance of my desktop, so I'd hate to build a new PC and not get performance that is leaps and bounds better than before.
So, is my stock Q9400 really a bottleneck? Would I get much greater performance with the same card in a new Core i7 build? Or, did I read things wrong and the 640m is better than the 6870? Thanks.
Obviously my desktop is several years old, but I didn't think that a laptop with a slower GPU would play better than my desktop with a better GPU. From a search, I see mixed results as to whether my 6870 is too much for my Q9400, but can't come to a conclusion.
I'm otherwise content with the non-gaming performance of my desktop, so I'd hate to build a new PC and not get performance that is leaps and bounds better than before.
So, is my stock Q9400 really a bottleneck? Would I get much greater performance with the same card in a new Core i7 build? Or, did I read things wrong and the 640m is better than the 6870? Thanks.