Thanks everyone for the advice given, I will have to read through it again. The main reason for getting a new one is to be able to place more RAM and a newer GPU. I'm still quite content with the CPU I do have now, runs great, renders fast enough for me. But if I'm going to buy a new one anyway, I may as well get a faster one, but I'm not going to spent a lot of money just to get a quadcore. I've noticed that a lot of affordable laptops with great CPU's offer the Intel HD3000 as graphics card. I don't have any experience with that one, but I imagine it will not be as good as the nVidia or Ati's I'm looking at. It's a trade off, either a fast CPU and a mediocre GPU, or less fast CPU with a better GPU. If anyone is using a HD3000 with Poser, I'd love to get some details from you.

 In most tests my CPU gets a score around 1800, while the I3 2350m get's a score of 2900, that is a huge difference. While it may still be a duo core, it's definitely a step upwards for me. The AMD's get a much lesser score, around 2200 I think.

 

Quote - If you are comparing benchmarks, a very wise person told me to look at the 3DS Max benchmarks when comparing processors for Poser.  However, these numbers are scarce for mobile processors. I think the reason for that is Heat...

 

Thanks for the advice,  I will do so. I've been using my laptop for 3 years now, running DS, Poser (Pro), Hexagon, Video editing, photoshop and so on, even 3DMax without having any heat problems at all. I guess buying an expensive Dell may have helped. But lately it is producing a lot more heat and the fan is running often. My daughter has a laptop, cheap brand and it produces a lot of heat, did do that right from the start.

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