870M or 880M?

I'm looking into purchasing an MSI notebook for my boyfriend, would a 870M or a 880M be a better choice?

(I'm looking into the MSI GT70 Dominator)

 

880m hands down for performance. You are an awesome girlfriend to be doing this too btw.

 

290x for proper gaming, a lot of games are AMD optimized including
BF4.

 

870M is enough for 1080p gaming..
Ps: why msi ?
You can go for an ASUS G750jS with 870m to have the best cooling system ever

 

Assuming you wan't more performance, the 880M is the downright better choice.

MSi doesn't have bad cooling though.

 

While the MSI has better sound, screen and keyboard.

 

Because it's the one he wants !

Is the performance very noticeable in difference?

 

And that's all that matters! :thumbsup:

If the budget allows, 880m is the faster choice, but 870m is still a great choice. Nice laptop, I've got the 15" version, been totally reliable and performs great.

 

880m is more powerful, but if the price difference is too big compared to the 870m, then get the lower one because it still has enough juice.

 

Thank you He deserves it haha!

Thanks for the info guys, I think I will be going with the 880M, I just have to run it past him now and hope he's okay with it

 

You're a seriously awesome girlfriend, your boyfriend is one lucky dude.

 

Lol why is everyone advising the 880, it is a 680 that has been milked,overclocked twice with some more cuda cores which all comes with its heat, without proper cooling and paste that card will run hot resulting in eventual performance decreaseat a 2000$+ price tag for what will be devastated by the GK104's version of maxwell, the 880 is not the most remarkable financial investment, and is only a mere 15% more powerful than its predecessor...

 

If you're looking at performance 880m is much faster, period. Who knows when Maxwell will be out for the higher end chips. But if budget is a concern 870m still suffice just fine.

Beamed from my G2 Tricorder

 

None of them

 

Lol! Thank you very much I try! I ended up going with the MSI gt70 Dominator 089, I hope he likes it

 

if its down to your to choices, i would go for 880m, still depends on your budget, you can get a 680m and 780m those cards are more than enough for gaming, but for now since 880m is the latest card, go for it.

 

880m for sure if you can afford it.

 

780M=880M

it's the same card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M - NotebookCheck.net Tech

 

Dyslexia? 870m not 780m.

 

Rest assured, it'll serve him well. I have an underclocked version of that card, called a 780M, it's served me very nicely so far

 

A number of posts dealing with the OP's gender have been deleted. Some were quite funny, some a bit obsessed (try to get out more) but all were off topic for the thread. Please keep subsequent posts on topic.

 

*looks down at floor* Yes mum..
You know though we are all on a forum...there is no going outside for us

But agreed 880m it is

 

LOL

I was, admittedly, on the fence whether to include that getting out remark: I spend a fair amount of time in a glasshouse myself, and try not to throw rocks.

Anyways, the 880m recommendation does indeed seem to be the clear consensus. Assuming it is within budget, of course.

 

From here on out this is a gender free zone... please leave your private bits at the door.

 

+1.. It really shouldn't matter who's buying who what and what gender they are.. The question was about.. GPU.. I concur with get the 880M unless the budget is not enough. The only other consideration would be if the recipient doesn't want to lug 17" 9lb laptops around. There are lighter units with 870M.

 

Like the Razer Blade 14 or MSI GS70 Stealth?

Although I'm still curious how they manage to cool a more or less 100W TDP card in those thin chassis' (chassi?).

edit: well missed this, seems OP managed to get the MSI GT70: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/747863-870m-880m-2.html#post9597799

 

Yes we must know!

I opted for the 880M because waiting for Maxwell is really not in the cards for me (pun intended) and money isn't an issue.

 

I still think nVidia is holding out on us with the 870m, really a Maxwell running at about 60W TDP.

 

You could be right. I too wonder how they run one in the Raxor Blade without it bursting into flames.

Then funny thing is all the posts you see about how bad the 870M is, and it really isn't! It definitely closes the performance gap between the 770M and 780M. Would these same people be dissing on it so hard if they knew it was a Maxwell? I am I gonna kick my own but if it turns out to be a highly overclockable Maxwell that beats out the 780/880M with said overclock? Maybe... I am not one to look back too much.

 

Even if it is Kepler, Razer made the call to stuff it in there knowing the 765M was already heating things up. There has to be some method to the madness there. maybe the hotter of the two, the i7, was the heat culprit. I mean it hasa lower tdp, but always seems to run hotter than the nv gpu's.

 

Why on earth would NVIDIA lie about the fact it's Maxwell? Makes no sense. They already stated it's Kepler.

 

It's nothing but speculation. Many question putting an 870M in a 14" laptop. I would like to see the Razor Blade dissected.

 

It's not lying, it's withholding. Now you have: Razer Blade 14, MSI GS70, Gigabyte P25W v2 all < 1" thick notebooks running a more or less 100W TDP GPU (if it's Kepler) in a package that was borderline handling a 60W TDP GPU (i.e. 760m/765m). The only thing I can think of is they managed to fit it in a ~ 60W TDP with Kepler, which is questionable. That would put it on par with the TDP of the Kepler 860m. /scratches head/

 

Im sure Notebookcheck will test the Razer 14" and post GPU-z of the GPU.
I agree that both that machine and P25W v2 is very thin and should become very hot with a 870M. We have seen badly designed hot machines before so wouldnt shock me if it is a Kepler.

Like Cakefish explains, it would be very strange that Nvidia didnt say that GTX 870M is also Maxwell.

 

I guess I just can't see any possible motive to withhold info like that.

 

Right, if nV has stated it's Kepler, and we've seen the exact specs on this particular chip, it's Kepler.

Occam's razor: this chip will be shoved into chassis that can barely manage the TDP, it will throttle and/or it will be underclocked out of the box -- something we've seen many times before. There is no "secret" Maxwell 870m.

 

LOL, are you kidding? Funny guy here.

@OP: Depends on your budget and what kind of gaming your BF does. They are both great cards, but the 880M will perform better than the 870M. I recommend waiting for this summer, when we begin to hear things about Maxwell. Why? The 880M is the top end card now, but it's basically an overclocked 780M. So, one could argue you're paying top dollar for old technology. Maxwell will be a nice boost over the previous series (700M).

 

Do people actually think that nvidia have been hiding 64bit of the mem bus and some shaders and it's actually a larger chip?

Now I am confused.