AMD releases HD 7000M - mobile 7700M/7800M/7900M series

Yes, the point of a bar graph is to show the difference, but the difference is initially perceived by seeing how much is the same. Our brains process the image before we see the actual numbers that indicate the scale of the graph. A comparative bar graph that goes from 0.8 to 1.9 is like a pie chart that adds up to 70% of the total being charted - the image doesn't match the information. Believe me, the AMD performance charts are set up to intentionally mislead people into perceiving the performance difference as being greater than it is. There's nothing inherently wrong with that - it's just marketing - but there you go.

 

MSI GE60 and GE70 Gaming Laptops Launched - Softpedia

Interesting gt650m scores 10000+ on vantage like the 7770m AMD Radeon HD 7770M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

The 7770m at 32w ish according to notebookcheck and 35w/25w on this link:
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Looks like I am getting a 7770m now over a gt650. A 7770m would be perfect. My gpu only scores around 1400 ish on vantage I believe so 4 years later a 32w card 10468 which is crazy. I knew it would be perfect waiting, now I need to find a good deal.

If I can get 3612qm with 4gb ram 750gb hdd 7770m with 1080p screen and blu ray for £450-£500 I will be happy.

 

damn... looks pretty awesome if it's true, hmm how much is the GT 650m's TDP anyways?

 

ya grazt, becareful cleaning that stuff around the gpu die

 

whoa o.o u can easily OC the 7970M to GTX 580 levels... that's insane

my dreams of a laptop that will last me four years is finally true!

 

45w, according to Dell.

 

Looking over 3DMark11 GPU scores, the 7870M's is only 10% slower than the 6970M and GTX 485M.

That makes sense, as the 7770 is around the speed of the 6850.

That's pretty amazing efficiency vs the 6970M, as the 7870M is consuming exactly half as much power.

 

I can't wait .

 

I love how the 7970M is on the heels of the the GTX 580 DESKTOP part. Definitely going to be a revolution in laptop gaming. Whoever is crossfiring the 7970M will have one beast laptop.

 

^^^ oh boy, don't tempt me lol

 

My 6990M is pulling it's crown over it's eyes.

 

What, does the MX17 have two GPU slots?

 

the m17x R2 has 2 GPU slots...not the R3 which is my version.

I was tempted to get a cheap used R2 and fitting it with a couple of 7970's.

 

For now probably not worth it (unless you got $). I'd say the 7970M lasts 4 years with the latest games (at playable frame rates), and by then the next big thing will be way past the 7000 series.

 

dude who in their right mind would be buying a laptop this week, just wait for Ivy Bridge and this new 7970 and you would have a beast of a laptop. These are exciting times to be in the market for a new laptop. I have a ASUS G1 series that has a Geforce Go 7700 which according to Notebookcheck is a Class 4 which basically means all games today are unplayable on this laptop. It's been 5 years, I think its about time for an upgrade in about a month. Woot Woot go AMD, job well done.

 

At a hefty price, of course. For those with a swollen budget, waiting would be wise, yes.

 

laptops have def come down a bit in price, when my asus first came out it was 1800 bucks, now looks like you can get a beast for like 1700. It's nice to see the price coming down on something in this economy.

 

Some more +5k 3dmark11 results on 7970m, I guess proving Slick's point

everything is TOTALLY STOCK, to the point that my damn 2920xm throttled in the middle of it (I hate the heat this thing produces...)

tomorrow we will have 2 more people

 

Congrats. Shame about the XM, that beast needs to be tamed.

It's today if UPS are kind enough to read and adhere to my special note I am leaving at the door.

 

Don't shout too much man, Widezu knows where you live

 

Unless you know how to shop that is.

 

Will the 7700M fit in thin ivy bridge ultrabooks?

 

Strictly speaking I don't think intel's specs allow for a dedicated GPU, but there should be thin designs with it.

 

Summarised specs from AMD page, 7750M spec looks promising for Ultrabook/Ultrathins... Who would have imagined gaming on a thin notebook 1 year ago?

 

I have a problem. I think 7970M with 100W is too much and the 7870M with 10%ish less performance than 570M is too low.

What now?

 

7950M is your best bet at ~70W?

 

Yeah I agree that would have been perfect although I am not shure if AMD is ever going to make it.
Nvidia is in total absent too with the high end so I am really stuck here right now. I was hoping for a GPU from AMD along with the 7970M announcement that was 580M performance +10% maybe with the 70W ish.

 

NVIDIA woes will not be solved so soon... So pray hard. What are you using now?

 

Hi guys... as you can see this is my first post on this forum I've been following this thread for a long time now and i just wanted to thank you guys for the good work and information you've been giving! Thanks to you I didn't hop on the 675m train and will get a 7970m now for sure
as my current asus laptop is 4years!! old and i'm still running with 3650m gpu and centrino 2 cpu i think the new system will blow me away
I'm currently thinking of getting the Schenker XMG P502 Notebook but they haven't released a lot of info on the 7970m until now. You guys think the 3720QM is a good cpu for the 7970m or is the 3610QM sufficient ? furthermore i'm thinking of getting 16gb ram (i guess thats too much hm?) and an 256gb Samsung SSD with an external 1TB storage. what you guys think of this setup? I know this is the 7970m thread but i've been following only this one and i guess the experts of custom notebooks are all gathered here ;-)
And again, thanks for the great work. i would have kicked myself for finding this thread after buying an 670m oder 675m

cheers, core

 

i7 720QM and GT240M right now. Do I need a replacement pretty bad? YES
Haven`t played Skyrim yet nor will I be able to play Diablo 3 with satisfying settings either. And Bioshock is also coming soon. Argh

@Core:
The 3610QM is good enough for any game you want to play. You will get some extra FPS in CPU dependent games though with the 3720QM since its 300MHz faster. 16GB is total overkill but RAM is cheap anyways so why not. You may experience slightly more responsive system since your computer will cache more on to your fast RAM instead of reading through your SSD/HDD.
You did a wise choice of skipping the 675M since the 7970M is much better. It may even be 20W cooler than 675M too

 

I'm on i7-820QM and GT 335M, not better off either... Just hope...

 

lololo im trying to game on a macbook

that usually indicates i need a better computer

 

Right now it seems only HD 7970M is released to public...?

 

is there a difference between "HD 7970M" and "7970M" ?
thought they are the same :/

 

Every card since the 2000 series has been "HD" so some people drop the prefix as its assumed.

 

Introducing the AMD Radeon? HD 7700M, HD 7800M and HD 7900M series Mobile GPUs - YouTube

 

Good news! It seems Trinity is actually a decent improvement on Llano

 

Interesting, so an A10-4600M (integrated 7660G) paired with a 7970m in crossfire would be beastly, probably blowing away any Ivy Bridge CPU paired with 7970m, no? Finally there is a reason to get a laptop with AMD CPU.

 

Seriously wish they would already release a benchmark on 7970m crossfire

 

in one of the 7970 threads I believe Slickdude80 had an unofficial from a user with an m18x with about 12K 3dmark and 40,031 in vantage.

wait a couple more days for screenshots im guessing ,as 5600/20,000 are easy at stock with hacked together drivers for a SINGLE card

 

But was that with an AMD CPU using integrated graphics in crossfire or dual 7970m's?

I don't think I will ever get a laptop large enough to hold two discrete GPUs, but I'm hoping there will be a lot of smaller form factor laptops with quad core trinity CPU (with integrated 7660G) that are crossfire paired with 7900m/7800m/7700m GPUs.

 

dual 7970's not a hybrid crossfire. the m18x does not have an AMD CPU option

 

the problem with the asymmetric crossfire is that it works by not improving a lot, and you lose cpu power in the process. Its a valid approach, but the non dedicated ram, really bottlenecks the performance, thus its quite valid to get higher speed ram for that, its valid for intel and amd

 

Probably not. The performance difference from those two chips would be so great that the penalty from running crossfire would probably outweigh any performance gains.

 

Does anyone know of any upcoming laptops that support both Trinity and 7970m?

 

I'm not aware of anything that has been announced yet.

Most of the higher end gaming laptops seem to be limited to Sandy/Ivy Bridge. Perhaps there will be an updated dv6z with 7700m/7800m series.

 

That and I think Trinity may bottleneck 7970M to some extent.

 

yeah trinity is still not up to par with intel i core processors but its getting there I wonder if they fixed up the microstuttering issue of the hybrid xf

 

Even with hybrid crossfire?

According to Anandtech the Trinity non-ULV mobile processors should be on a par with mobile Sandy Bridge.

 

AMD's numbers... possibly really 10% and 40% in real world.