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    8800m GTx Sli still pack a punch ! ! !

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by benson881, May 4, 2009.

  1. benson881

    benson881 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys,

    I've been helping out drfelip with the post you benchmarks thread over in games.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=376713

    After doing some benchmarking. I am happy to report us m1730 owners with the Dual 8800m GTX SLI are giving the 280M Graphics Card a run for it money ! ! ! !

    http://optimitza.cat/benchmarks/laptops

    As you can see theres only a few frames in it in Crysis, and in Devil May Cry 4 the 8800m pipped it by a few frames at higher resolutions.

    To make it even more satisfying the 280m was @ 1650x1080 and the 8800m was @ 1900x1200 :)

    LONG LIVE THE 8800M GTX SLI'S

    Regards Jim
     
    benson881, May 4, 2009
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  2. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    From that test I can see a SLI configuration vs. a single card configuration with OC. Is that correct ?
     
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    There's a reason why the GPU alone was around 800-1100 bucks alone.

    Anyways, I play all my old school games like BF2, 2142 @ highest settings on 2560x1600 res w/ 8800M GTX SLI.
     
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  4. benson881

    benson881 Notebook Evangelist

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    Pretty sure it a single card blacky 1GB GDDR3 GTX 280M

    Regards Jim
     
    benson881, May 4, 2009
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  5. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    Then that's pretty damn cool if it's a single GPU, imagine how SLI would work.

    And the price of the 280M is about 480 USD, stand alone. :).

    Anyway, thnax for the heads up in performance comparison.
     
    Blacky, May 4, 2009
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    motok Notebook Consultant

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    9800m gts is right next to them..pretty impressive
     
    motok, May 4, 2009
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  7. benson881

    benson881 Notebook Evangelist

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    The 9800m gts does well, but dont forget HIGH results are at native res which is 1366x768 in the table.

    Regards Jim
     
    benson881, May 4, 2009
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    I think the only card that's gonna eat benchmarks is the ATI Moblity 4870 in Xfire mode!
     
    AlienContact, May 5, 2009
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