Which is better?

[Kingofbattles]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-republic-of-gamers-17-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-soft-touch-black-silver-metal/4201701.p?id=1219706549980&skuId=4201701

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-12gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-silver-copper-black/4453403.p?id=1219749489377&skuId=4453403

which is better in terms of playing games in high settings like rainbow six siege? Thanks

 

[Dulith1118]

the second one is much better and 12gb is a bit overkill but I'd go with that to future proof

 

[Supahos]

Second one by a bit, its 99 cents cheaper on newegg lol.

 

[Kingofbattles]

the second one is much better and 12gb is a bit overkill but I'd go with that to future proof

can both run grand thief auto V and mortal kombat X on high settings too? Thanks for the help

 

[Dulith1118]

yeah wouldn't be a problem my 920M RUNS in high to medium setting so a 965M should be able to handle it without a doubt

 

[Sakkura]

They are very similar, same graphics card and apparently same CPU.

The first one has a touch screen though, while the second one has more RAM. Neither of those things really affect gaming though.

 

[Supahos]

No they have very different cpus one is haswell one is skylake one has 1600 mhz memory one has 2133, the skylake rig has the faster memory, more memory, and will have a longer battery life due to being skylake

 

[Dulith1118]

ram speed doesn't effect in gaming and 8gb is more than enough but 12gb will future proof him

 

[Sakkura]

No they have very different cpus one is haswell one is skylake one has 1600 mhz memory one has 2133, the skylake rig has the faster memory, more memory, and will have a longer battery life due to being skylake

Not marked anywhere, but I noticed now it uses DDR4.

The faster memory doesn't matter in most games, and the CPU is only marginally faster. It also uses about the same power, likely 45W vs. 47W (depending on which particular CPU it is).

 

[Supahos]

If you look at the specs page it says 6th gen

 

[Sakkura]

If you look at the specs page it says 6th gen

No it doesn't. But they did put that info in the overview. What a shitty site.

Anyway, the Core i7-6700HQ runs at 2.6-3.5 GHz with a 45W TDP. The Core i7-4720HQ runs at 2.6-3.6 GHz with a 47W TDP.

The slightly higher clocks on the 4720HQ reduces the already pretty small performance advantage from the newer architecture in the 6700HQ, and the difference in power consumption is tiny. The difference between the two CPUs matters very little.