Upgrading from a Lenovo y580 to Alienware 14 w/ 765m...performance expectations?

Hello I recently ordered the new Alienware 14. Specs detailed below:

Alienware 14

Memory 8GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz

Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5

Driver Killer NIC 1202 Driver

Hard Drive 750GB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200 RPM)

Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit, English

CD ROM/DVD ROM Slot-Loading 8x SuperMulti Drive (DVD/R/RW)

Wireless Killer NIC 1202 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0

Service 1 Year Alienware Enhanced Support

Support 1 Year Accidental Damage Service

Processor 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)

Color/Bezels Silver-Anodized Aluminum

LCD 14" WLED HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare Display

Lenovo Specs

Almost identical (same resolution) but with 3610QM and 660M instead. Should be in SIG.

I had modified bios that let me OC my laptop to 1210 MHZ core.

I know the 765m has nearly double the Shaders but I know benchmarks don't always work that way.

Any ideas if I will see a difference when it comes to them? Or does my nearly 50% GPU o/c place them about the same power?

Thank yoU!

Edit:

I did research and also look here http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

But I just think that a lot of those numbers are estimates, or just pulled from random units. (or donations).

Edit 2:

Also I ordered yesterday and live in Canada (Toronto) Any1 have delivery times they can share? The ETA delivery is oct 2 2013, but I escalated because I need it for school. Again thank you!

 

trust me the 765m blows the 660m out of the water, more shaders, quicker pixel shader aswell, and gpu boost 2.0.

You will definately notice the difference right away if you bench the same game on the old machine and bench the same game on new machine. The 765m is a good decent GPU its only 2 behind the 780m and 770m.

 

You can use GPUboss website

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they did have troubles with parts shortages, they didnt expect so many orders, trust me when i say this they are gorgeous machines, im sure your machine will ship way before the EDD. Mine did by about 6 - 7 days

 

Thanks for feedback guys!

@dazzy

My 660m is OCed by 50%. I did the math (but again this sin't real world it's just on paper) and I got that my 660m oced matched the 765m in terms of frames. OFc we know that there some games that are shader heavy compared to others so this isn't realistic all around. Then again the 765m I can also OC.

Which brings me to my next question. Does Alienware/dell or Nvidia limit the GPU oc? On my Lenovo I had to flash custom bios in order to unlock GPU OC passed 150 mhz

Does anyone know if the 765m can go passed teh limi

 

All I know is I get 60-120 FPS depending on the map in bf3 on high settings in 1080p somim happy. Awesome awesome awesome little machine, I love it.

 

Wow if thats 1080p then i'm not worried. BF 3 is shader heavy so it would benefit greatly from 765's double shader processing.

The problem I read about the keplars is that the fermis are 2: 1 ratio for shaders.

2 keplar shaders = 1 Fermi. So the 765m should be around the strength of a 580m, or the 675m

Either way I'm excited...my estimate delivary is Oct 2 but when I was building it it said Sept 24th....so I was a little upset that the time changed but w.e!

Edit1: does anti-glare mean matte screen?

 

Yes it is a matte screen. I think Aw went above and beyond with the IPS 1080p screen on the 14.

 

So I heard thank you I'm glad it's matte. I do love the colors and clarity of gloss but the reflections are terrible....

 

He lists the 1366x768 screen in his order config.

OP - I'd cancel your order if you can or get the 1080p screen. You're doing yourself a great disservice with such a nice video card.

Or hopefully, you typed the wrong resolution in the OP

 

Agreed. Well worth the upgrade even if 1080p is a bit much to squeeze onto a 14" panel. IPS matte is a massive upgrade from the 1366 panel.

 

No it's not a typo, I kept resolution low because of the font, I find it harder to see 1080p on smaller screens even with dpi increase ( I have the Sony 13.3 inch 1080p pro, and it's hard to read and see stuff sometimes.

I also did 720p because I like playing games on native resolution, and I'm planning to keep the laptop for 2-3 years this times, so I'd like to run games at native...I know I could always lower resolution on 1080p but I couldn't stand the ps3 for that and I dont want it on laptop.

It's just a personal pet peeve

I've heard that for net use and stuff the 1080p is amazing but I would like the extra frames , I'm using 1366x768 on a 15.6" monitor and to me i looks fine so I doubt a smaller screen with same resolution will bother me

But thanks for suggestions, if I find it fuzzy or blurry I'll send it back and upgrade, but I think i'm ok

EDIT 1:
Any order an Alienware from Canada? Was Estimated time accurate? or did you receive it earlier?