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    AW 17 vs my Desktop

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by vsseracer, Mar 11, 2014.

  1. vsseracer

    vsseracer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    Haven't got my AW 17 w/4700MQ and Nvidia 780m yet. Expected delivery 3/25 but this is a 3Dmark11 score of my current "old" Custom Desk top running an i7 930 @ 3.8 with a 660ti at 1096/1547. Never pushed the 660ti but decided to sell the rig.

    I have seen a few 3Dmark11 score for a similar build I am receiving at about 7900 overall. Any idea how much more I can expect out of the AW?


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    vsseracer, Mar 11, 2014
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    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You should see between 7500 and 8000, stock. Desktop and laptop cards are very different - they may do the same thing, but they're really two different creatures altogether. With an unlocked VBIOS and a heavy overclock, you can exceed 10000 with the 780M (and with a Mobile Extreme CPU). :thumbsup: I'm assuming you would see a little bit less with the 4700MQ, but your CPU will handle gaming just fine.
     
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    vsseracer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thx, just hoping to get close to similar gaming experience right off the bat.

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    you should get better gaming experience. The 780m has more cuda cores, more memory,more memory bandwidth,more shader units,etc. the 680m is a rebranded 660 ti, so you should be able to find comparisons of 780 vs 680
     
    jackxlj, Mar 12, 2014
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