How important is processor speed really? If I have a 2.10 GHz laptop is it worth paying fifty or so pounds to upgrade to a 2.4? Memory's a lot more important, right? It's time to buy a new laptop but I'm out of my depth here, I know.

I'd go for the memory.

 

Desktops are still vastly superior for gaming though.

 

Edit: Oh and wrong thread btw.

Edited December 26, 200817 yr by Morgoth

If you want to so some gaming on the laptop, then the real bottleneck will almost always be the graphics card. Make sure that it is not some integrated crap, before looking at the processor and ram. These days most Core 2 Duo processors in laptops are good enough for gaming. Ram isn't really an issue either, you can get 2 or 4 GB with most laptops by default.

Edited December 26, 200817 yr by Purkake

If I have a 2.10 GHz laptop is it worth paying fifty or so pounds to upgrade to a 2.4?

 

 

No - it is not. I've got a 1.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo in one of my laptops and it can play anything I've thrown at it including Crysis (albeit at lower settings).

 

EDIT: And, yeah, desktops kick laptop arse - but it's nice to have both.

Edited December 27, 200817 yr by Deadly_Nightshade

Thanks for the advice, guys. High performance gaming isn't really a priority, I've a 360 for that... when it works. If I can run Neverwinter Nights 2 I'm happy.

The 2.10 should run that just fine.