680m

By when do you think the 680M will get cheaper?

 

It most likely won't. A top-of-the-shelf flagship nVidia product seldom drops it's price, no matter how many newer ones come out.

 

Willl the 675M be able to play games on mid settings in 5 years?

 

It'll get cheaper aftermarket, when the new flagships come out from AMD and nVidia.

 

Which will be when?

 

Given the company history, that's very unlikely. Not to mention that when that happens, you wouldn't want to opt for a 680M. You'll want the next big thing by then! I suggest you stick to what's available now, stop assuming about the future, assess your budget and requirements and purchase accordingly.

 

you can always look at the marketplace,for example:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/computer-components/695048-fs-msi-gtx-680m.html

 

The retail price of mobile cards rarely comes down, even after the next flagship is released - and this is especially true for top-end NVidia cards. This inflexibility is due to a couple reasons, namely binning, EOL manufacturing and persistent demand. What does drop a bit after a new gen's release is the previous gen's resale value, so you'll likely see a bunch of 680m's for sale around the $400-500 after 685m/8970m (or whatever the next step up is called from NV or AMD; to be released likely sometime early next year).

As to whether a 675m will play games for the next 5 years, that question is so vague I don't think many people will be able to respond there. All I can say is it depends on a) what games you're playing and b) what settings you expect to play them at.

 

Perhaps I worded it wrong. By "aftermarket" I mean the price of secondhand cards; such as the ones sold on eBay or in the NBR marketplace.

 

In that case, like it's already been said, wait for the next generation line-up to arrive and you should be able to get a second hand 680M for a much more decent price!

 

I just want to be able to play the latest battlefield games in 2018 at low settings. Will the 675Mbe sufficient enough?

 

I would definitely suggest 680M or 7970M over the 675M... by far...

But if its a must... and you overclock it, it'll be sufficient.

 

No one is going to be able to tell you with certainty, even a TINY bit of certainty. Why don't you tell us what engine, D3D, etc the BF games from 2018 will use and we can help you out.

 

No. Not at 1080p, 720p possibly and likely only lower settings. 8800M GTX is about 5 years old and was top end card, now integrated graphics will out perform it.

 

I would say the 675m will NOT play most mainstream titles in 5 years. We are coming up on the generation switch and games are going to get a lot more demanding. Unreal 4 is coming and new versions of Frostbite, Anvil, and others. I would say the 675m will play medium to high for maybe another year. It will play low to medium for at least 2 years. I would say within 3 years you will see games release that cannot run well on the 675m. Those games might run in all low, as there will be a big push to keep games accessible to the largest possible market but I am not sure you appreciate just how bad all low generally looks. You would be better to get an Xbox 720 than to play the big games in 3 years on all low settings.

On the other hand I am not sure the 680m fairs a lot better. It will play at higher settings for longer, but I think once the next-gen consoles release we will see games that are exponentially more demanding that anything currently. If you want reasonable playability for 5 years you should be looking at a 680m sli system.

 

5 years is a LOOOONG time in the computer hardware industry. most stuff made 5 years ago is considered "dinosaur" old tech wise today. A 675 MX might be able to play games in 5 years, but likely only on a 720 resolution and at lowest settings. in 5 years, even intels haswell processors will be old news. A 680 might still be able to play at low settings with decent frame rates at that point though (with some serious overclocking). The only laptops that will still be able to play most games decently in 5 years are 680/7970 SLI/CS systems like the m18x r2, and the sager NP9370. in 5 years they will be old, and dinosaur like, but they will still be able to slug through most of the new games decently enough (which is why I am getting one, even if it is more expensive upfront).

Quickly outpaced GPU's are unfortunately one of the main weaknesses of gaming laptops, but it is getting better. I am betting in the next 10 years or so the gap between desktop and laptop cards will become nearly closed.

 

Five years from now your processor may not be able to handle the games properly.

 

Honestly, if you want something that will still be good in 5 years and your on a budget. It would probably be best to get a console, or a low end/mid range gaming laptop and get a new one every couple years.

 

someone is selling the MSI version on ebay for $520 so grab it quick if you want. It's the 4GB version so you can apply extreme OC also.

 

Heck even the resellers STILL want around $500 for the GTX 485M, which is powerful but isn't anything special. >_>

 

Ok, I'll bite. I'm edu-guessing - and this is really reaching - that by 2018 we will have already seen a couple waves of honed games for next gen consoles. Consoles, unfortunately, dictate what the mainstream PC game pipeline will be (especially for shooters). Since new consoles will be based off somewhat cut-down versions of this gen GPUs (Southern Islands), you'll likely just be able to eek by with a 675m at lower settings with games like COD and MoH-type game -- RPGs and other games developed for PC, not so much. Again, the name of the game is conjecture here.