Aug 1, 2019 #1 J Jsalpha2 Limp Gawd Joined Dec 19, 2011 Messages 209 General purpose box, no gaming. Some Netflix and video out to 32"TV. Would I notice a difference? Thanks
General purpose box, no gaming. Some Netflix and video out to 32"TV. Would I notice a difference? Thanks
Aug 1, 2019 #2 B Brian_B 2[H]4U Joined Mar 23, 2012 Messages 3,354 Both are Haswell... You'd get 200Mhz base clock and a bit more than that on i7 Boost. Up from 2 threads to 8 threads... but Netflix and video aren't going to care about that unless your looking at encoding. The 4770 can support 4K on IGP, the Pentium can only go up a bit past 2K. Worth it for Netflix and general purpose? I wouldn't think so
Both are Haswell... You'd get 200Mhz base clock and a bit more than that on i7 Boost. Up from 2 threads to 8 threads... but Netflix and video aren't going to care about that unless your looking at encoding. The 4770 can support 4K on IGP, the Pentium can only go up a bit past 2K. Worth it for Netflix and general purpose? I wouldn't think so
Aug 1, 2019 #3 M mnewxcv [H]F Junkie Joined Mar 4, 2007 Messages 8,994 Yeah, same architecture. Unless you are maxing out the cpu you have, in which case the extra cores and threads may help. But that's very light usage even for the pentium.
Yeah, same architecture. Unless you are maxing out the cpu you have, in which case the extra cores and threads may help. But that's very light usage even for the pentium.
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