Laptop Graphics Cards
I read that nVidia is releasing their new line up around March-April time frame and was winding if anyone had any info on them? So far all I see is that they are going to 28 micron fabrication process. Is that it? Just a 580M with reduced architecture? Dies that provide any speed benefit or is it just power consumption and heat produced are reduced?
A smaller die always means less heat. Here are some specs. Doesn't seem like a whole lot of improvement at the moment.
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When I was doing research for my new laptop I found that people were very upset at the upcoming cards. From what I read it was due to renaming of the same chip. The performance was not that much better. ATI an Nvidia will have new names for their cards soon. I went with the Nvidia 570 with 3gig ram. So far its works really well for my needs. I can't remember if I read that at tomshardware or some other place. Do a search and you will see what I am talking about. People were pissed.
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This isn't new. Cost reductions, smaller dies resulting in less heat and lower power requirements, etc. For 95% of the laptop market, this is a Good Thing(tm) as it results in much better longevity for the system and battery life. For the 5% that play high-performance 3D games, they would obviously prefer performance at the expense of efficiency.
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Also Origin PC does something similar at a similar price. I'm inclined to go with MainGear because they made my current desktop and it rocks.Originally Posted by maingear
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I went with an MSI and it cost $1899. 16gigs ram 1.5t drive in raid 0 with the 570 graphics and the same cpu + blue ray drive.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus
I want SSD, not a HD. So a little more for the drive and the 580. Hmm guess I should look around and see if I can find a better price.
There is nothing stopping you from dropping a $120 SSD in the laptop. It's much better than spending $1000 more.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus
120dollar isn't going to cut it. I like the newest and best in SSDs and those are around 400-500 for 240GB. Also I don't care for 17 inch laptops, I've owned one before and I don't like that size. I prefer 15 or smaller, but its tough to fit good components in a really small package. Most manufacturers have 15s the smallest they make for awesome performance.
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