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    Buying a m17x 3D, is the 580m still a viable card?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Torian, Sep 4, 2012.

  1. Torian

    Torian Notebook Guru

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    So was purchasing a m17x r3 from the forums but noticed there's short supply of the 675m gpu from other resellers, should I wait for Dell to have a supply or just buy a 580m? How well does it game in 3D? Movies are fluid? Thanks :3
     
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  2. Mahesh_Singh

    Mahesh_Singh Notebook Geek

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    From what I have read all over the net, 675M = 580M. No differences apart from the name. The specs and performance of the two cards is identical, also both are Fermi and not latest-gen Kepler. So you wouldnt be losing much at all if you go for the 580M for 3D at this point of time, reason being the new kepler card 680M is not officially supported in the r3, hence leaving you those two options (580M aand 675M) for 3D in r3, the two being one and the same.
    As for fluid gaming and movie watching in 3D on the r3, being an owner of the 580M myself, its all pretty solid, just dont go on to compare it to the 680M :)
     
    Mahesh_Singh, Sep 4, 2012
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  3. Theredninja

    Theredninja Notebook Consultant

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    as mahesh has said they are pretty much the exact same card, this is why some people are flashing their 580m's to a 675m
     
    Theredninja, Sep 4, 2012
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  4. Aoyarvide

    Aoyarvide Notebook Enthusiast

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    well the overheating is a im thinkin myself on sellin this cause i always got temperature of 70+ and i need to turn on the air conditiones all day to keep the heating down
    u maybe can wait for the 680 to get 3d but i dont know if that is goin to be soon

    sorry for my english
     
    Aoyarvide, Sep 4, 2012
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    ht_addict Notebook Evangelist

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    Both the same from what I read and I flashed it to a 675 just for fun. If your interested I have one forsale in the marketplace.
     
    ht_addict, Sep 5, 2012
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