980m or 1060?

I can either buy a lightly used AW17R3 with a 980M or an AW 13 R3 with 1060. Which should I get? The 17 is from a friend and its OC'd so it benchmarks similar to a 970 desktop.

I'm not really concerned about the cost or size, more about the the performance and longevity I'll get out of it.

 

Is this going to be your main computer or a computer on the go? I was in a similar boat as you and went through a few different variant Alienware's and ended up going with a 13R3. The OLED screen is gorgeous and performance is great.

 

It will likely spend most of its life on my desk connected to a display/kb/mouse, but it will on occasion go on vacation with me, or the occasional trip to work. I use my Surface Pro for most of my portability needs. I don't often "game on the go". The OLED has me interested, but I'm still a bit worried about potential burn in.

 

1060 but not sure about OLED, I always stay away from OLED due to burn in issue, this I take from PS Vita 1000 with OLED screen, it's rare chance to have burn in though.

 

The 1060 is the better card (by a moderate margin) and is likely to receive more targeted driver support over the next year or two given its status as an Nvidia flagship. With that being said, I think both cards are good choices and if there is a significant difference in price then the 980m system might be the better value.

I've heard mixed reviews on laptop OLED screens but have never used one myself. If you can get a solid warranty on the screen then I think it's worth a shot. A great screen makes a huge difference both for gaming and general tasks.

 

I would say go with the 1060

 

1060 for sure. Too bad you can't have the 17 inch chassis with the 1060, that would have been perfect. But since you are using an external display mostly , it doesn't matter.

 

1060 definitely.

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unless the 17 is an absolute steal (doubt it), go for the 1060 + OLED screen + warranty in case something happens. You've had a vita, you should know how beautiful OLED screens are. No burn in on my vita thank god. I will definitely be looking to get an OLED panel if/when I ever upgrade my systems.

 

Seems like the real deciding factor, should be 17.3" vs 13".

 

the 1060 is pretty much a 980 in performance.

 

Yep. Pretty sure I got within 100 points on Firestrike between two of them on a test bench.

 

Well 1070 is basically a 980 Ti... desktop. So yeah. I think the 1060 is the best option.

 

1060, less voltage. It'll stay cooler than the 980m giving it higher longevity. The performance should be just about the same or the 1060 should be slightly better.

 

The Tornado F5 and various laptops have 980M and 1060 options. The 1060 options ends up beating the 980M because of the 980M being unreasonably expensive when it doesn't perform any better.

The 980M has more VRAM, but it doesn't matter if VRAM is never a problem to begin with as it's only there for performance stability.

 

I would go for the GTX1060, one more benefit is that once drivers are out you can watch Netflix in 4K on your computer because of its HDCP 2.2.

 

Get the AW13 with 1060 then.. Best of both worlds in your use case!

 

1080ti

 

I wouldn't worry too much about burn in, last night I feel asleep with the FireStrike Score screen up and, because I'd disabled the screen auto dimming and turning off while I was benching, it was still there 5-6 hours later when I woke up to get ready for work. There wasn't any burn in and the screen looks fine.

 

lol

You wouldn't see it with just a few hours of use, come back after a year of usage.

 

No, images can start to be retained in a short period of time - although they don't cause permanent burn-in. Given this I would have expected the bright white background of the FireStrike result to be retained on the screen for at least a few minutes. It wasn't. In fact there wasn't any ghosting at all.

"After about 45 minutes any static, white element caused a faint ghost to appear. But unlike the checkerboard pattern, these images were almost impossible to see and usually went away by just turning the power off for a minute or two."

 

Seeing all those burn in/mura effect images with a simple google search is more than enough proof that such issue exist in all OLED screens so let me ask you this...what difference between the OLED in the AW 13 and OLED in other devices? What makes it so special for the OLED in the AW 13 that it wouldn't suffer from burn in?

 

Newer OLEDs have much less of an issue with burn in than older ones, also there are preventative measures in place to help with that (e.g. automatically turning off the screen and dimming it). I'm not saying that burn in cannot happen, but it seems like it's far less likely than some people are worried about.

 

Now that I think of it, I haven't seen a system show up for repair/return with burn in for several years at least.