6MB or 8MB CPU Cache for GAMING??

[abeaty1]

Title post says it.

i7-3740QM (6MB CACHE)

or

i7-3840QM (8MB CACHE)

The 3740 is almost $200 cheaper. Will that suffice for a few years? How much is needed for gaming? 6MB good?

Convince me to spend to $200 more for the 3840...

 

[payturr]

6MB, 8MB only help those doing very CPU intensive processes (IE: heavy duty video editing). In gaming you'll see absolutely no difference at all.

 

[abeaty1]

Best answer selected by abeaty1.

 

[abeaty1]

Thanks, buddy! You seem experienced. What about 670MXs SLI vs 680Ms SLI. I am pretty sure both will max out any game. Why spend $700 more on 680Ms??

 

[djangoringo]

You should be worried with the gpu of the lappy not the question of the cache of the cpus, any of those two will do...

 

[abeaty1]

Okay, djangoringo, 670MXs SLI or 680Ms SLI?

Yea yea I know 680Ms are better on paper....but they both max out all games...correct?

 

[payturr]

To be frank, I really don't know about laptop GPUs, I don't hear many good things about the differences between the 600 mobile series. What I do know is that the 680 (for desktops) is generally better in performance than the 670 due to clockspeed.. So it's probably the same for the laptop, so I would go with 680Ms cause you can't overclock a laptop GPU.