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    580m or 6990m?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Brabostaan, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. Brabostaan

    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

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    Which one is the better card? About to order a system, the 580m cost more but heard rumors the 6990m would have better performance over the 580m and is alot cheaper. If there was a thread about this please link me to it.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 5, 2011
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  2. ichime

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    We don't know the specs of the 6990M yet, but I think it's safe to assume that the 6990M will be at least on par with the GTX 580M...
     
    ichime, Jul 5, 2011
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    Yeah should be on par or even better. Its a lot cheaper then the 580m. I owned Nvidia and AMD cards before without problems. Think I will go with AMD this time.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 5, 2011
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    AMD has been doing a great job lately with its graphics cards so I would say 6990m
     
    Raidriar, Jul 5, 2011
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    Ichime supposedly had an engineering sample 6990m or something, what happened to it, anyways? It was a one of a kind card!
     
    CleanSweep, Jul 5, 2011
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