280m or 3870 crossfire?

Hi guys, thinking of taking the plunge and buying an M17. I was also looking at sager 5797 with the 280m graphics card. Would there be much of a difference between these two configurations provided processor etc stays the same, some benchmarks say the 280m is quicker. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers

 

Checked on www.notebookcheck.net.
crossfire 3870 still slight better than 280m. I also suggest you wait a bit for the NEW Alienware laptop.

 

What games do you plan to play?

And is portability important for you?

 

portability is important but I have an xps m1710 at the minute so im used to a 17" notebook! Yes i think waiting for the allpowerfull its the best option at the moment. On notebookcheck.net, the 3870 crossfire beats the 280m in 3D mark but on other benchmarks the 280m beats the 3870's in Crysis. I like the sager but i dunno the M17 would just be really special! anyone know i can fnd any benchmarks between the two notebooks?
Cheers

 

Thats because I believe Crysis only uses one 3870, not both in crossfire, could be wrong..

 

crysis only uses one card. don't base an ati card off that game.
280 overclocked is almost equal to a 3870 crossfire stocked.
one game benchmark in sig.

 

let's face it, nvidia cards pwn ati cards in actual gaming. that's just how it is.

 

Not always, look at the 4xxx series (talking mainly about price/performance).

 

no with the single 280m vs 3870 crossfire.

sli'd it did. but not single vs crossfired.

 

why does only one card work in crossfire? Does the same issue occur in the asus w90 with the 4870 crossfire? is it a driver thing?

 

for crysis and warhead it's the game. but for every other game it works fine.

 

Speaking of the current mobile cards out there, I prefer Nvidia if the 280's get SLI.

As far as Notebookcheck, I always take what they have to say with a grain of salt.

 

the 280m sli will be very fast but we have to see what's going to happen.

 

He just wants to know the 280m vs the 3870 xfire which one is better to decide what laptop should he buys and now you guys arguring about ATI vs NVIDIA, or SLI vs XFire blah blah ???

Anyway, Crysis is the only game that uses 1 GC in XFire mode?? I wonder if xFire works on game Lineage II <--- really want to know this.

 

Sorry Ken, ya got a long way to go before you can be a moderator.

Xfire in Lineage II. Sorry, ya said we can't discuss things othet rhan the OP's question.

To answer the OP's original question, a single 280m gtx isn't nearly as fast as 3870's in Xfire.

 

Sorry rob41, but I don't give a damn about being a moderator, just want to get some 1 answer the question , and what I did was just remind the topis's question, nothing much so stop f**** talk that way.

I asked about xfire in line just like other's question about xfire In crysis, and if you can't answer it, stfu please??

I didn't mean to talk this way but let's look back about ur talking, all I did was just questioning, I'm new to the forum and I would not appreciated these kind of replies. This is my last post then, thank you for your kind help Rob.

 

woah, keep it down sport. i would have to question why you first say we shouldn't go off-topic, only to ask an off-topic question yourself. but i digress.

as for lineage 2, no it does not support crossfire, to my knowledge.

 

ken i don't know what your pissed about? the op asked a question and we answered while going off topic.

and yes crossfire had to be involved because it is 3870x2 vs 280m.

someone else brought up the notebook check's benchmark for the 3870x2 was alot slower then the 280m. so i said that crossfire doesn't work. so then the op said that is it counted for the w90. which opened the posiblity for sli for the 280 that rob picked up on.


i don't know where the mod came up but i don't see why you had to get mad for.

 

dude just chill and wait for "the allpowerful"

 

I suggest if you do want to continue to be part of these forums that you learn to tone it down, a lot!

 

im gone for a day and this happens omg .....

Xfire 3870 beat the 280 in pretty much every game but crysis

the allpowerful should have xfire 4870 ddr5 and 280 SLI in like 9 days

allpowerful.com

 

Hell no! Not at GTX 280 SLI! Just single!
Same to HD 4870X2 CrossfireX, just a single 4870.

Check it out on ATI 'n nVidia websites. And go to the mobility section

 

what are you talking about ?

a 280m gtx does not beat 4870's or 3870's

 

You said, the allpowerful should havee 280 SLI
Like, two 280s? Impossible for a laptop.

 

like m98nu ?

lmao you need to get your info straight

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=373344&highlight=kobalt+computers

the 4870's ddr3 in xfire are in the Asus w90p right now

 

@ jeff no it's not. what are you talking about?

i'm tired but i can show you lnks and links.

unless you think the 280m is the same specs as the desktop version.

 

lol Don i already took care of it

 

Yes, I thought it was. Never knew nVidia changed 'em to fit a notebook.

 

They're not the same architecture as desktop GTX280s.

The notebook versions are tweaked Quadro FX 3700Ms.

 

They're not 3700Ms mang, they're downclocked 9800 GTX+ (desktop). It's a G92b core, where the 3700M is an earlier G92. You could never clock the 3700M as high as the 280M.

 

lol he was right but wrong at the same time

 

Anyone have any benchmarks comparing the 3870 crossfire and the 280m?

 

yes there is

its in the gaming section im not sure where

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=302231&page=404

 

Being right all the time is hard work. I like to take a break every now and then.