I5 with Sli or I7

How many ya want?

http://wccftech.com/dual-graphics-sh...intel-i3-4330/

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i...-AMD-A10-7850K

http://hothardware.com/News/AMD-Mant...nd-Star-Swarm/

Clobber
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/17...udget-gaming/1

Benchmarks start on pg 3.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/65...k-28nm-kaveri/

I recently upgraded from a Phenom II X4 @ 3.5 GHz to a Core i5 @ 3.2GHz because my old motherboard was starting to go. With the same video card (GTX 460) @ 1920x1200 I picked up enough additional performance from the faster RAM and processor to go from no AA to max AA in this game without having to drop any other settings. The only thing I can't do is high shadows, which seems to halve my frame rate no matter what. I think a new video card would be the fix for that but it isn't worth it.

I don't know why people buy laptops for gaming - that has always seemed like buying a high-end compressed air rifle for deer hunting when you could get a perfectly decent 30-06 for the same price... it's an option, but it's only something to be considered when you have no choice.

For some people, There Can Be Only One. That said, I have to wonder whether the total price of a mid-level laptop and a competent gaming desktop might not be less than the price of a high-end laptop ...

Oh, I understand, I only have one computer - my desktop. I can't imagine when or why I would want a laptop now that I'm out of school, especially since I have a smartphone which is infinitely more portable, has longer battery life, and doesn't need WiFi. To me, the laptop model has never made sense for the masses, only for specific and unusual needs. But hey, I never understand the masses.

And the OP is, indeed, headed off to school.

I have a laptop for business travel BTW. And a desktop, of course.

I have had the same dilemma - choosing between Lenovo y510p and MSI GE60. I really couldn't make a decision but eventually the moment had to come. I picked MSI one and even though it's only been three months since I bought it I can't say a bad word about it (maybe except of overheating issues but it concerns all laptops). From what I've seen people above complained about MSi laptops, I don't know for how long do they possess them but from my experience I can tell you it's all going well so far.
Note: Since Lenovo has GT series graphic card in and MSI one has GTX, trust me - you want to go with GTX.
Also never EVER go for AMD. I've been struggling with AMDs since I was a child and always having some problems.

And now this is an absolute b******t. First - it's not lags but framerate drops you mean and secondly you will ALWAYS have some framerate drops no matter how good your laptop is. I get like 20 average FPS on max settings doing 16m operations on my MSi GE60 i7-4700MQ, GTX 760M 2GB, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, Win7 64 bit, FullHD. Haven't tried doing ops on low settings yet so I can't tell you how big increase of the performance might be. Anyway - 20 fps on max settings is bearable and graphics is great.

And don't even think of getting i5 that has GeForce 700+ graphic series cards in it. It's a step backwards. It's like putting 20 year old car's engine into a brand new one.

So exactly how have you proved Anandtech to be an unreliable source of information?

I would really love to here this one. Perhaps you should go read this http://www.anandtech.com/home/about , and learn what methodologies they use. There is a reason they get review samples from major manufacturers, and it's one site that isn't afraid to point out flaws in products, regardless of the manufacturer.

I'd also love to know what qualifies you to prove Anandtech as an unreliable source of information?

Anadtech is not a reliable source due that its biased intel.

Few sites arent biased but one that does work:

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/453...5_i5-4440.html

if it can beat core i5 it does beat core i3 by a lot.

AMD 7850k is a bargain that really delivers as CPU quality and graphics (Impressive) for any game.

Yet if you hover over the "presented by AMD: what's this?" area on the top right of
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8067/a...2650-tested/11 you will see:

"You've landed on the AMD Portal on AnandTech. This section is sponsored by AMD. It features a collection of all of our independent AMD content, as well as Tweets & News from AMD directly. AMD will also be running a couple of huge giveaways here so check back for those. "

If AnandTech is biased as you claim, why is AMD is sponsoring AnandTech?
And as near as I can tell, Intel does not sponsor AnandTech.

There's not a single benchmark result on that page, it just compares specification sheets and price. As a result, the page by itself is of little value. I know of what I speak: I spent over a decade working as a microprocessor architect.