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Help: Dell Laptop Processor & GPU Customize options.

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varunmehta11

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i have a confusion about the options for the 2 most important features of a Dell laptop i'm customizing on their site.
Firstly,Please let me know if there is any need to upgrade: Core i3-350 to Core i5-430. Is this feasible or just a negligible performance upgrade ?

Secondly,Keeping in mind that i want the GPU which has pretty good video playback and can play games at good Frame rates(if not better/excellent). Also it should be future ready too. Which of these three graphics option should i go for:
1) Mobility Radeon HD 4530 512MB
2) Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512MB
3) Mobility Radeon HD 5450 1GB (is it worth upgrading from HD 4530 or HD 4570 to this one)

While checking the Reviews of Laptop GPUs i noticed that the ATI mobility Radeon 4XXX/5XXX series have Lower Shader clocks than nvidia geforce 210/310M . Does that make any difference ?
 
IMHO, don't know why you would want a discrete GPU in a laptop. The whole point of a laptop is for battery life and longevity, and for cool and quiet performance. The Intel embedded solutions that Dell sells are perfectly fine for running dual 2560x1600 displays at their full speed and capabilities, and doing Blu-Ray playback at the full resolution on such displays.

Gaming on a laptop = silly.

Now, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, I'd suggest that you improve the quality of the laptop's enclosure. If you're buying a Dell, this means, instead of buying an Inspiron or an XPS -- that you buy a Vostro or a Latitude instead. By the time you add the 3-year warranty and English-speaking tech support to the XPS/Inspiron packages, you're pretty much almost paying Vostro/Latitude prices anyways.

Just my 2 cents... The cheap plastic cases that most 'consumer' laptops use also mean that, if indeed, you get a decent GPU on a laptop, such GPU and/or CPU will be severely derated because the case itself cant' dissipate enough heat.
 
I'm from India, and Dell has only these options here.
Well plz i'm still confused whether i should customize the current offered cpu Core i3-350 2.26 ghz to a Core i5-430 2.26 ghz?
And also :- Radeon Hd 4530 512MB or Radeon Hd 5450 1gb ?
 
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