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    Is the GTX 680M able to sustain for another year ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MrAndyC, Feb 20, 2014.

  1. MrAndyC

    MrAndyC Newbie

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    I'm planning to get a GTX680M for M17x R3(3D) but i wonder if it is still capable to dish out 1080p@30fps to 60 fps for another year.
     
    MrAndyC, Feb 20, 2014
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  2. TFK

    TFK Notebook Consultant

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    Should be good for that, if you're looking to max out everything all the time you should get a desktop. But the 680M is plenty for what you're hopin to do right now
     
    TFK, Feb 20, 2014
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    Alienware-Natalia_J Company Representative

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    Yes it should. Not oficially supported by Dell for the R3 but yes it should.
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Feb 20, 2014
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Depends on the games you play. If you play older titles and not the latest and greatest, you should be more than fine for really like 2-4 years. If you play the latest and greatest, it might hold out another year or so, or you'll need to turn down settings/resolution.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 20, 2014
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  5. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Should hold up fairly well on high settings for at least one more year. It may struggle with anti-aliasing enabled, but you don't really need that anyway. I think the 680M is a perfect choice - performance and cost wise.
     
    J.Dre, Feb 20, 2014
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  6. MrAndyC

    MrAndyC Newbie

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    So it still able to achieve high setting on 1080p @ 30fps to 60 fps without AA on the latest games for another year ?? Btw thank you for asking my question :)
     
    MrAndyC, Feb 21, 2014
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  7. Amroth

    Amroth Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah Andy, it's still a solid card. High settings on some games will keep you around 30fps, not 60fps. You can also overclock it later for some extra performance :)
     
    Amroth, Feb 21, 2014
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  8. TR2N

    TR2N Notebook Deity

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    Absolutely.
    It's one mean bad pump da flavour gpu!
    It RoX man......
    Overclock her and watch her reel in the 780m...
    :thumbsup:
     
    TR2N, Feb 21, 2014
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    Clock that suckered up to 1ghz and it will keep going for quite a while.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 22, 2014
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    I used an xps m1730 with m8800 gtx cards in it for 6 years, it was still able to play games like sleeping dogs at 720p resolution with medium/high settings.

    680 should be good for a while yet ;-)
     
    Teknobry, Feb 22, 2014
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  11. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    I personally would get the AMD 7970M if you can... It probably will be able to play the games for 2-3 years and you can easily OC it... Otherwise, the 780M is probably a better idea...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 22, 2014
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  12. lewdvig

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    There are very few games out that can stress a 680m at 1080/30.

    Mine has a 7970m, and short of games like Witcher 2, it runs everything great at 1080p/60.


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
     
    lewdvig, Feb 22, 2014
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  13. Nereus333

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    Is an upgrade to 780M out of the question?
     
    Nereus333, Feb 22, 2014
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  14. Tsunade_Hime

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    780M has a pretty poor performance/cost ratio over a 680M.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 23, 2014
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