Aurora m7700 vs. Aurora m9700...Help!!!

9700 for gaming.

You don't need dual core processor for gaming.

Dual core processor would be for multiple applications running simultaneously.

If you're using it for 3d gaming then definitely get the 9700, If I remember correctly I believe almost all 3d games only utilize one core anyway....

Hmm I can't think of any games that require a processor with a higher clock than 2.4. The m7700's FX-60 processor only clocks up to 2.6 for a single core. The processor is utilized for everything you lappy will do including games but what mostly matters is what kind of graphics card you have. Whats important is that your processor can keep up with the GPU and not bottle neck.

In regards to the 7700 vs 9700 the 7700 is more future proof as it comes with a speedy dual core desktop processor which can great for work and gaming but the SLI 9700 will pump out more graphics power. 9700 is geared towards gaming since the GPU and RAM are the most important.

The Aurora m7700 is great! For gaming you would want the AMD over the Intel m7700.

The major difference between these two models are

M7700 DESKTOP processor! 7900GTX graphic card

M9700 SLI! 2x 7900GS. Has a mobile processor.

The Desktop processor in the m7700 will outperform the mobile processor anytime, by a large number. The 7900GTX is an EXCELLENT gaming graphic card.

The SLI technology in the m9700 with 2x 7900GS should outperform the m7700 single GTX card in the m7700 in graphic card performance. But the mobile processor will be slower then the desktop AMD-FX or X2 processors in the m7700.

All current games only use single threaded apps, so dual core dose nothing for games. But even running on one core, the AMD FX/X2 processors will perform better then the AMD Turion.

But FPS (gaming) is mostly based on video card performance, and the m9700 will provide more video card performance.

The m7700 is designed as a desktop replacement, with it’s desktop processors. This is an awesome machine that has high gaming performance.

The m9700 is the latest in mobile gaming technology, but this machine is designed to be a notebook computer. Along with great performance the m9700 is designed to give long battery life (the m7700 is not). With its mobile processor, and low power consumption 7900GS (s) it has been clocked at 2.5 hours of battery life.

One note on the M7700, this system is designed to be plugged into external power 100% of the time. This system does NOT run well on battery power.

So what do you need? A powerful, gaming, mobile workstation running desktop hardware, yet has a horrible battery life and battery preformance is terrible (the battery is more like a backup). Think of this as a portable desktop, NOT a notebook.

Or a state-of-the-are notebook computer, designed for gaming performance and mobility, yet upgrading will be a problem, and running a mobile processor will be slower for processor intensive apps (i.e. video editing).

just like what marker01 said i had a m7700. it is like a heavy duty Laptop(desktop replacement) and sucks on battery live. nice bench mark.the M9700 is new technology.not a bad LT.cheater than the m7700.

marker01 is right for the most part, but as I understand it the mobile processors run at lower clocks, but that doesn't necessarily mean gaming performance will be greatly affected as they are capable of doing more work per clock cycle due to the architecture. They are very different processor families. The Pentium mobile processors do so well at lower clocks the new Conroe desktop processor line is based on the mobile processor architecture.

When it comes to things like business applications and multi threaded apps, the desktop processor will smoke the mobile processors, but for gaming there isn't a huge gap despite the drastic difference in clocks.

From what I'm seeing, the dual 7900gs's will outperform a single 7900gtx 512 in the same unit, but I'm waiting to see some benchmarks of my own before I come to any conclusions.

I wanted an Aurora 7700 for a long time, and was about to order one when the m9700 came out. I opted for the m9700 due to battery life and longevity as the 7700 line gets very hot with the hardware that is packed in there.

If you want portable and some battery life with decent gaming, I'd go for the m9700. If you want absolute power for all applications and don't plan on trying to run on battery much, and a good gaming rig, the Aurora 7700 may be a better choice.

7700 for gaming