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    17"- 860m vs 13"- 960m

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Flaick, Mar 19, 2015.

  1. Flaick

    Flaick Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys, i'm just curious. Regards other specs, i'ts just a CPU/GPU comparison.
    What do you think is better?

    Aw 17 R1 (like mine in signature)
    CPU: i7-4710MQ
    GPU 860m

    or

    Aw 13
    CPU: i7-5500U
    GPU: 960m
     
    Flaick, Mar 19, 2015
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  2. Th4tRedhe4d

    Th4tRedhe4d Notebook Evangelist

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    Edit: See Game's post, didn't realize it was a Kepler 860M.
     
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    The 860m in your 17 R1 is Kelper. It's slower than the Maxwell 860m in the 13 and Alpha, and according to notebookcheck, the Kepler 860m is 17% slower than the 960m.
    However, the 960m would perform would not perform at its peak with the i7-5500u (maybe with an overclock, it can match a standard 960m) due to the PCI 2.0x4 bandwidth it goes through (as opposed to PCI 3.0 x8 or x16 on a full-voltage CPU).
    In CPU intensive games, the 17 R1 should come out on top but in GPU intensive games, I think the AW13 with 960m would beat your 17.
     
    Game7a1, Mar 19, 2015
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