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    GTX 900M series officially announced by NVIDIA!!!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Cakefish, Oct 7, 2014.

  1. Vitor711

    Vitor711 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm just selling the old machine entirely. Already found a buyer on these forums - the upgrade is only setting me back about $500 in total.
     
  2. Hellmanjk

    Hellmanjk Notebook Consultant

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    @ethem
    You said sager/clevo will not be releasing new models till later? Right now xoticpc is offering np9377 with dual 980ms for around $2570 or 2470. I guess ill wait.
     
  3. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    Dual 980Ms for $2570? what sorcerical good price?
     
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    Rhubarb Notebook Geek

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    Anyone know if Dell (specifically Dell UK) offers to do GPU upgrades? My current A18 has twin 780Ms but the scent of the 980M is just too much to ignore...

    I would expect there to be a hefty cost for the cards but I'm just (VERY) curious if they actually offer to do this. Anyone?
     
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    Is it a pre-order or do they ship out immediately? Dual 980 SLI?
     
  6. aqnb

    aqnb Notebook Evangelist

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    Here is another MSI GS60 Ghost Pro rebrand, with 6 GB VRAM GTX 970M and optional 1080p or 4K display called Fangbook Edge:

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    1080p display version starting from 1,689 USD
    4K display version starting from 1,799 USD

    Fangbook Edge
     
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  7. Robbo99999

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    Until they read this post, unless you've already received the money! Haha, hopefully not!
     
  8. Hellmanjk

    Hellmanjk Notebook Consultant

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    Actually i can confirm its exactly $2540. It is $2570 if you get it with 4810mq. $1909.00 for one 980m
    Dude chill out. You are not getting one for maybe a month. Buy it now and get it shipped to you in a month. I was just thinking about ordering one but if new models come i will wait.
     
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    Boxis Newbie

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    RMXO Notebook Deity

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    I was looking into them back then but could never find anyone that ordered one. I believe someone here did but they (CyberPower) took too long and they cancelled or something like that. I only like it because of the pricing and W8.1 Pro OS upgrade is cheaper than GeneTechPC & ExoticPC if you ever decide to go that route. The only thing that scares me is they only have 1 yr warranty on their site and you have to call in to ask for IC Diamond paste since they use another brand, if they actually put that on for you.

    Currently I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte 35xv3 but the pricing is around 2200-2400ish depending where I get it at. Hopefully there will be a review of it soon.
     
  11. iaTa

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    What is the situation with the HDMI/DP outputs on all of these updated notebooks.

    Do any of the slimmer machines have HDMI/DP ports connected directly to the dGPU as to avoid the iGPU entirely?

    Reason I ask is future proofing for VR which will require refresh rates above 60Hz.
     
  12. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Bahaha, 71C Max for the GTX 980M on 3DMark11 and 56C Max for the GTX 970M? And on top of that barely 32dB noise?

    I'm not even sure what I like the most.
    The superior performance of Maxwell, or,
    The low heat output of Maxwell, or,
    The amazing cooling system of GT72...

    Oh man I have a fun time ahead of me trying to figure out what notebook I want to buy. All I know for sure is that Maxwell is a godsend for me who prefer low noise and want performance

    Great review Ken :thumbsup:
     
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  13. ryzeki

    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Definitely. I am also impressed by the cooling performance and very low noise without turbo fan. Resellers are going to be pouring their videos up so we should add them to the first page on their own section, so we can avoid several reposts of the videos across many threads.
     
  14. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Great idea. I would add them but I'm sitting with a touchpad at the moment and I think it will blow up if I try something that advanced :p

    Dang, that one looks great. Truly one portable and thin notebook but yet carries all that power. :)

    Also a notebook I'm seriously considering :)
     
  15. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    Actually guys I"d just like to point out 3DMark11 really doesn't heat up the GPU much. My gaming temps are almost always 5-10C higher than the 3DMark11 temps, so keep those pants on for now. :p
     
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    Darkomax Notebook Enthusiast

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    A bit disappointed about the 980M specs, it a pretty massive castration of the GM204. I am pretty sure they will release a full GM204 in a few months that will be even more powerful by 20-25% since it can easily fit in any gaming notebook (yep, GM204 consume less power than GK104 so why it wouldn't) (it is basically the reiteration of the Kepler mobile's story).
    The gap between the previous flagship will still be huge, but I don't like these fictive new mobile GPUs that just are unlocked existent chips.
     
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Still, good luck getting that 780M down to 56C with 3DMark11 (without using mods or turbo fan) Even for a benchmark its very very very low.

    I'd take a GTX 980M running at 75C any day of the week :)
     
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    Choyin Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is the machine you sell??
     
  19. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    My 780M ran around 62-66C in 3DMark11 with stock settings and no mods. It's no 970M for sure but it actualy heated up less compared to the 980M (of course with much less performance).

    Anyway what I'm trying to say is that thin and light laptops may still get a bit toasty if the manufacturer decides to shove a 980M in there. 970M should work out totally fine though.
     
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    What are you saying? The 980m sucks? Is it maxwell or kepler? Are you saying that it is not a maxwell but a kepler?
     
  22. Choyin

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    Could we change the asus keyboard?
    Which is the cheaper netbook with spanish keyboard?
     
  23. Cloudfire

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    We can't really compare two GPUs sitting in two different notebooks like that. So its not accurate unless its the same notebook

    Did you see the comparison I made 970M vs 880M?
    20% faster (Sometimes +40%) and with thermals like that, its pretty amazing chip
     
  24. aqnb

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    Some disappointing news about Asus GX500 from Asus representative at their official forum - apparently its update to GTX 980M made it delayed till 2015 :(

    Gx500 - Page 3

    Original planned GX500 version with GTX 860M was briefly shown at two French sites for ~2,500 EUR with availability on December 8, 2014.

    Reminder: Asus GX500 is new thin 15" model with 4K display, planned with GTX 860M but leaked benchmarks have shown refresh with GTX 980M (same category as Gigabyte P35X v3 and Clevo 650SG, which should be available around end of October 2014 and noticeably cheaper).

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    GX500 - Meet The Coolest Ultra-thin 15.6 Gaming Notebook
     
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  25. Vitor711

    Vitor711 Notebook Evangelist

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    The one in my signature - 880m, i7-4810QM, 17'' 1080 screen.
     
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    Any news about gtx 960M?
     
  27. Darkomax

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    No i am just saying that nvidia is keeping their "true" flagship, a full GM204 (2048 Cuda core) for later. Same story as the GTX 680M which was a partially disabled GK104, then they released the GTX 680MX (which was only for Mac as I know), rabadged as the GTX 780M (and rerebadged as the GTX 880M, with higher clocks, but same GPU)
    And I would not overheat cause the chip is more power efficient than the GK104 (like GTX 880M). It won't sucks, it's just that nvidia is keeping away the true flagship until they milk this one.
     
  28. irfan wikaputra

    irfan wikaputra Notebook Consultant

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    it used to cost $2394 back with GTX 880M SLI, wished i had a screeshot to show you
    honestly they start raising the price for the base model in slick way
    I am pretty surprised that now the cheapest machine with gtx 970M is no way less than $1500
    while back then with 870M it was $12xx USD
     
  29. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    I wasn't saying the performance/watt ratio isn't good, but the point stands that 3DMark11 temps are going to be (much) lower than what you'd experience in games, regardless of the abslolute numbers from one laptop to another.
     
  30. Ethrem

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    They are keeping same models until Broadwell releases from what I've seen. All SM-A got a BIOS update to support the new cards.

    Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
     
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    Most of those include more or bigger SSD drives though, how do they compare if you exclude that cost?
     
  32. irfan wikaputra

    irfan wikaputra Notebook Consultant

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    I am talking about the same exact specification/configuration for the NP9377
    regarding gtx 870M vs gtx 970M, take a look at P150/157 SM and see it costs $150 to upgrade from 870M to 970M
     
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    Nvidia are charging more for the new cards.
     
  34. irfan wikaputra

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    I talked to Alex H. from xotic pc.
    he mentioned the GTX 900M series won't ship until the end of October
    actually no need to rush getting the machine, it is better to watch how it performs until one or two good nvidia drivers come
    even price might drop a little bit. if any of you remember how Kepler was launched?
    I remember exactly you need to add $100 from GTX 670M to GTX 670MX and $250 from GTX 670M to GTX 675MX, and so on
    End of November or Beginning of December might be a good date, who knows maybe Santa comes down your rooftop with a SLI GTX 980M

    PS : the upgrade is massive compared to last gen, however, the gap between GTX 980 and GTX 980M is TOO HIGH (Big gap in number of Shader 1536 vs 2048) and higher than the gap between GTX 670 and GTX 680M (which was only about core clock and memory clock but has the same shader count 1344 vs 1344). who knows what will happen next? :(
     
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    Guys, I think I need the Aorus X7 Pro
     
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    one more thing
    the gap between gtx 980M vs 970M is also higher than gtx 880M vs gtx 870M
    and maybe that explains the difference in temp and power consumption
    believe me or not, gtx 970M is the bad apple and gtx 980M is "not so ripped" banana

    Edit : I will probably be getting 980M SLI as it will be the BEST Bang for the Buck right now (i know you will question that :p). and will sell the moment some benchmark of mobile full GM204 leaks.
     
  37. HSN21

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    970m already ahead of 880m and is a much cooler card than 980m, the performance difference between 980m and 970m is 30-35% only (aka 45FPS on 970m = 60FPS on 980m)
     
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    Anyone can provide me some German MSI Resellers which have the MSI GS70/GS60 with the 970M available or in stock?
    I cant seem to find any :c
     
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    Nvidia is playing the long game. With 980M "only" having 12 SMM's (1536 cores), they will milk GM204 over three successive mobile generations, releasing a 13 SMM (1664 core) part next year and the full 16 SMM/2048 core GPU the year after that.

    It's looking like GK104 all over again. Competition from AMD is needed, badly. :(
     
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    Anyone can provide me some German MSI Resellers which have the MSI GS70/GS60 with the 970M available or in stock?
    I cant seem to find any :(
     
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    Make sure you get the 6GB VRAM 970m + 16GB ram, it costs only 100$ more in america over the model with 3GB VRAM + 12GB RAM
     
  42. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    Very wise, the drivers are indeed sort of broken now at least for desktop SLI. No doubt this will get better with future drivers but then no point in being an early adopter.
     
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    I hope we get the same kind of pricing for this in the UK. Still waiting to see non-3K versions of the new GS60 to appear for pre-order.
     
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    Maybe that is the point because nowadays early adopter = beta tester.
     
  45. Splintah

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    I won't make the same mistake I made with the 880m again, I will let other people test the waters first
     
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    what should i expect if i get the 3gb version of the 970m instead of the 6gb? stuttering or low fps at ultra settings? im forced to get the 3gb version because the cheapest 6gb from asus,msi and gigabyte is like 1900$ and i can only afford to pay 1500$
     
  47. Splintah

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    think about it this way, a 780ti has 3gb
     
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    And stutters in WD & SoM. :mad:
     
  49. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    Yep.

    Unless I get compensated somehow, why should I waste my own time and get frustrated over something that's supposed to work but doesn't because the company was too cheap to bother with proper QC? I don't gain anything except loss of sleep and headaches.
     
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    What happened to your 970's, n=1?! :eek:
     
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