Intel Core i7 720QM vs Intel Core i5-560M

[john282929]

Hello,

I have two laptops. One laptop has an i7 720QM, 4GB of RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. The other has an i5-560M, Intel HD 4000 and 4GB of RAM. Which will be faster in PCSX2 the i7 720QM laptop or the i5-560M laptop? 

I am trying to get full speed with native resolution in Darkwatch. With the i7 720QM laptop I am getting 88-90% speed with aggressive plus speed hacks and I’m getting 2.4-2.8ghz on two cores in CPU Z with hyperthreading and mvtu enabled. I haven’t tried the i5-560M laptop yet. Based on the specs of each CPU which will be faster? Will the i5 reliably stay at 3.2ghz?

[jesalvein]

the i5 will perform better since its STR is around 1200 while the i7's STR is around 900.
Either way, both are weak for pcsx2 in general

[FlatOut]

The i5 should be able to achieve a mostly stable 100%(though you might need to use speedhacks like the i7). If you're using PCSX2 v1.4.0, you should upgrade to the latest PCSX2 v1.5.0 development build. It should help with performance.

[smartstrike]

i7's clarkfield is hell it can thermal shutdown while running pcsx2 for sure....i had that i7-720qm HP lappy but it's scrapped now.