6990M and The Old Republic

I know it's not out yet, but do we have any insight into how well a single ATI 6990M will cope with The Old Republic? I'm still really tempted to go with a dual GPU system in my new Clevo but as I'll probably be spending most of my time on this game (assuming it's good) it might not be needed.

 

Will handle it fine on max settings.

 

^ Certainly, it is an MMO after all.

 

I like how people with top of the line gpu are asking if they will be able to run this or that

 

You mean 'top of the line MOBILE gpu'... right?
Because, there's a distinction between mobile and desktop gpu's in terms of performance.

 

Is there a demo or a 10-minute-free-to-play concept for this game?
I'd like to see how it runs against 6970m...

 

It'll run it fine. MMOs tend to be more CPU bound anyway (at least WoW is), but sandy bridge i7 CPU's should coast through it.

 

And what difference does it make?
Metro 2033 is the ONLY game that doesnt run above 40fps on 6990m. And thats on ULTRA settings.
That should lead you to conclusion that top of the line mobile GPUs will run ANY game (well, 99,999%) on at least high.

Call me paranoid but for me such threads are more of a "look at me".
But nvm, on topic what the guys above me said is correct.

 

Well actually not a 'look at me' thread. I mean seriously what sort of person actually cares what people on an Internet forum think of them? Surely no ones self esteem is that low!

Thanks for all the replies, as has been pointed out there is a difference between and mobile & desktop performance which is why I wanted to check.

 

People ask if certain cards can run certain games around here all the time. There is nothing wrong with that just like with openly admitting that you envy that person for having it.
Correct me if I am wrong, but then signatures wouldn't make any sense either.

 

nah nvm, i am not a bad person )) and sig is just a habit from some older hardware forums, in case someone need to troubleshoot smth.

 

It is kind of silly to ask if a top of the line video card (mobile or not) can run something like an MMO. But if you are new to hardware, I guess it's understandable.

 

Why even mess with ULTRA settings in the first place?
Most games above 'High' settings have diminishing returns in terms of visuals that people barely notice (at a very high cost of their frame rates no less), and in a lot of cases people just don't see the difference between 30FPS and 60FPS.
While I will agree that top of the line GPU's will likely run ANY game on at least high settings, point remains that they aren't desktop cards.
Second Life is a MMORPG if I'm not mistaken as well, but that thing runs slowly on any gpu you give it (and the graphics for example aren't that good)... though that could be mostly attributed to poor coding/optimization, but there are always exceptions.

And if a person doesn't know much about laptop-grade hardware, then I don't think that the thread goes into the direction of 'look at me'.

 

I wouldn't say so. when swg came out no currently available desktop gpu could runit with max settings and shadows. same with eq 2. just because it's an mmo doesn't mean it can't have taxing graphics.

 

well put. +rep.

why do we already jump to the "look at me" conclusion. if a guy has a question, let him post it.

 

Just to make the trolls happy:

Look at me - I earn bucketloads of cash for a job I can do standing on my head and my wife is gorgeous.

The guys at hotwifereview.com always hate me and my "look at me" threads too.

 

I don't know if you haven't checked laptops in like 5+ years I could see people easily not being sure about a top of the line video card for a laptop not being able to run games.

In fact even 5 years ago it still would have been questionable. But for some reason PC gaming has actually been demanding less power nowadays (I think it is because a lot of games are on consoles too, so because console power is the same as it was in 2005, utilization of PC hardware has gone down). Even Back when Crysis 1 (2007) came out people with fully specced out PC systems couldn't max that on a desktop let alone a laptop.

Laptop GPUs being able to run PC games on max settings is a relatively new phenomenon. If a new generation of consoles came out with insane specs for their price point and developers write new engines to take advantage of this phenomenon I could see it being a relatively temporary phenomenon too.

 

I was the first one to answer this question and had no problem doing so/nor do I ever have problems answering similar questions. But just as a bit of food for thought (or fuel for fire) you have to think that if someone bought a 6990m or machine with a 6990m in it they must know at least a little about what they're purchasing. After all I can count on 1 hand the number of machines that can safely support one/come with one.

 

Depends on whether you bought it because you have money or because you are passionate.

Alienware is "mainstream" to a degree.

How many Ferrari buyers really know what they are buying?

 

?? They don't know exactly but they know they're buying one of the fastest consumer cars. Just like someone buying an Alienware knows they're buying one of the fastest gaming laptops.

Either way I don't really want to be involved anymore in the debate just wanted to raise that point. If 100 threads popped up tomorrow that asked if they could run Wolf 3D on a 580 I would happily answer all 100.

 

The fastest gaming laptop in 07 would gave been destroyed by Crysis.

Its relatively recently that laptops started maxing games.

 

What was available back then? 8800m GTX? The fastest gaming laptop would be a sli of those cards and while they probably cant max crysis at a super fluid rate, I bet they could at least play with decent fps haha.

A single card struggled but could max crysis at low resolutions an generally the 8800m GTX would play on high albeit not on 1920 res.

 

You're really going to throw Crysis in my face? A game meant to squash all systems when it was released not to mention not very well optimized.

How about look at other games released in 2007 (these are recommended not minimum)...
ET:QW - FX 5700
Bioshock - 7900 GT
CoD 4 - 7800 GT
Stalker - 7900 GT
F.E.A.R. - 6800 GT (to max out)
Orange Box - Any DX9 card

etc. etc. etc.

The equivalent of the 6990m (roughly) would be the 8800m GTX and guess what it would eat all those games alive. Even the XPS back then had 7950m's in them so I really don't know what you're talking about and there was plenty CONSUMER laptops with even better. The Toshiba Satellite had an 8700m in it.

Even 5 years ago if you bought the fastest gaming laptop or card you would easily mow through every game except Crysis.