(03-17-2014, 01:51 AM)admin89 Wrote: Intel HD 4400 is not much better than Intel HD 4000 , I say those two are similar in term of performance . I'm sure Intel HD 4000 will struggle in SMG even if you use 1xIR . My GT 540M barely cut it with 1xIR , Intel HD 4600 performance is quite close to my GPU
Quote:It wouldn't cover his battery expectationsIt ? Those Lenovo laptops I linked in my last post have 5 hours battery life which is almost twice as much as his old laptop
If he use a specific software to limit i3 4000M 2400MHz to 900MHz or less . i3 power consumption will be similar to an ULV CPU power consumption , that should increase battery life (more than 6 hours)
Well according to tdp the 4200u is a 15 w cpu and 4000m is a 37 w cpu, therefore everything else being equal (battery), it should last a lot more by default. Buying something better only to handicap it doesn't seem like a very good solution imo, but it will give him a bit more freedom to manage his performance needs.