i5-8300h + 1050 Ti or i5-7300hq + 6GB 1060

[jammiedod93r]

Hey everyone,
 

The first one has a good processor but a 1050 Ti, the second has a 6GB 1060 but 'only' a i5-7300hq so I'm not sure about which laptop to choose between the 2, the 1060 one is only about $110 more than the 1050 Ti one and the rest of the specs are the same.

Do you think there would be a big difference in gaming between a 4 core 4 thread i5-7300hq and a 4 core 8 thread i5-8300h?

 

Will be used for gaming, currently play games like Warframe, Just Cause 3, Borderlands 2 and Assassins's Creed. 1080p medium / high would be nice, not really bothered about ultra.

 

It would be nice to get some advice.

Thanks for reading

[Jurrunio]

get the 8300H one (they should've called it 8300HQ to show that it's a quad core, though marketing reasons...). The 7300HQ is too slow and will bottleneck the GPU hard in these games (especially AC, drains a LOT of CPU power)

[jammiedod93r]

That's interesting, I was actually leaning a bit towards the 1060 laptop.

 

Assassin's Creed Origins has always been a bit of an outlier due to drm right?

 

I don't think Warframe and Borderlands 2 will be an issue for the 7300hq and I've seen Just Cause 3 run really well on high on an older i5 with 1050Ti.

[genexis_x]

What models? Don't just look at specs when buying laptop

[jammiedod93r]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

What models? Don't just look at specs when buying laptop

 

I really just want best bang for my buck so specs are more important than things like keyboard flex, touchpad quality and if it has a brilliant display or an average one.

 

Right now, given the information that you know i5-8300h + 1050 Ti or i5-7300hq + 6GB 1060 which spec would you go for?

 

I've had a couple of people tell me to go for the one with the better cpu and others told me to go for the one with the better gpu.