GTX 900M series officially announced by NVIDIA!!!

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Fangbook_Edge_4K_Gaming_Notebook/

I might go with that , 4K + better CPU+ 970M

 

Supposedly the cooling system has been fixed according to gigabyte and the build has been strengthened, but I wish they were releasing it sooner so that I can make my decision.

 

why does gaming on a small screen such as 17" matter if its 1080p or 3k? can barely tell the difference except laptop draws more power and runs hotter.

 

Downscaling is an issue apparently

 

Answered your issues in BLUE. Most laptops have a power supply rated for only about 0-20w above there max load, nothing abnormal on the p35x v3

 

Well the sagers go up to a lot of room and the gt72 gets a good extra 30.

 

Don't they just use the same power supply from the 880m version though?

 

Only if you have the cash to spare. Upgrading can quickly become an obsession, and that "better desktop" could quickly make you go bankrupt. Some days I just feel plain wrong that my "nice laptop" and "better desktop" is worth more than a used Corolla (yeah ok a pretty used one, but still)

 

That's deep man. But you know, yolo.

 

I don't get your point, the 880m is more power hungry than the 980m anyway.

 

That was my point most of those laptops had a 880m version that needed more power, now with the 980m instead they often end up keeping the same power supply so they end up having an extra 20-40w more than is regular. Nothing wrong with that, kind of nice in many ways unless the power brick is a ton larger or something.

 

The original GT60/70 with 880m and 780m use the regular 180w PSU and they can barely power it, using things like Hybrid power to ensure full performance. GT72 has a 230W PSU so it should have more than enough juice for an overclocked 980m.

 

Lol yeah, breaking out of the upgrade cycle takes discipline. The industry wants you to go bankrupt, as long as they got the sales they don't care. Hence why I can never advocate spending more on computers than a car. Cars can help you earn money in almost all cases, only select professions earn money from hardware.

 

I've asked the Gigabyte rep whether the 3K screen is glossy or matte - if it's matte then it'll become more attractive to me. Glossy, not so much - can't stand annoying, distracting reflections now that I've got used to having a matte display!

Need to see some decent 980M 3K benchmarks though. Still probably going to stick with 1080p for that future wiggle room at native res. It's annoying though, as I have no trouble seeing the pixelisation on my current 17.3" 1080p display. 212 PPI would be dreamy...

I'm so fickle.

 

rofl 980m goes on ebay for almost $1100 and its just single card without sli connector.

 

GTX 980M review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Performance Testing - Mobile Gaming at its Best | GTX 980M Performance

Considering that GTX 980M is so close to GTX 970 performance, 980M should match a GTX 780 like previously speculated (GTX 970 is 15% faster than GTX 780)

 

cloudfire are you saying the 980M is not worth the upgrade and we should wait till the next model?

 

Wait what?

 

I could have my hands on my preciousssss only two weeks from today if the gods look kindly upon me! It feels like Christmas coming early!

 

he said

he is comparing 980m to the 970 and 780 DESKTOP GPUs. In other words the 980m is awesome.

 

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards
Yep, 980m is finally benchmarked at Passmark and 980m is on on the SIXTH place of the best performance graphic cards. Its just about 1 percent slower than the GTX 780, and 1 percent faster than TITAN!! X)

 

The GS60 with the 970m is supported by the 150W PSU.
What can it result while heavy gaming? Battery drain?

 

Go home GTX Titan Z, you're drunk.

 

Wow, so many desktop cards crying themselves to sleep, R9 295x didn't even come close.

 

Well I just decided to build a quick cheap desktop then sell it early next year before I go to boot camp. It cost me $625. I would probably only loose $100-200 on it when I sell it. Here it is:
MSI H81M-E34 - $58
I5-4590 - $190
CX 500 Watt PSU - $47
Zotac GTX 970 - $330
And its so small, even the Zotac 970 is mini-ish and there is soo much room in my old big case. For an entire new setup it would cost: $842 with 8gb ram, 1TB HDD and good monitor plus $15 peripherals like keyboard + mouse. With a 120hz monitor like I have it would be around $950 but still under $1000.

GPU temps never go past 76 celcius with hours of gameplay with Crysis 3 max settings, 1x msaa, Get around 42-80 FPS depending on where I am. It has no problem running anything. Assasins Creed Revelations gets a constant 120FPS Max everything including AA. Gonna play that game in 3D since I have soo much headroom. Cpu stays around 60 celcius during gameplay. Monitored it all with afterburner. And omg is it silent when idle and decent when playing games; not that loud.

Yeah its off topic but I am just telling you guys I went with this instead of the $2500 980M SLI. I am just gonna sell it before I go and buy a laptop when pascal and skylake come out. I am gonna need to study anyway so no time for video games after March. And yes 4gbs of ram is plenty for video games; I am running my rig with 5 year old dims clocked @ 1333 mhz, 4gbs and a 5 year old spinning drive that is booting less than 15 secs.

 

My current card is the Radeon HD 4850 (not even the X2), I think I'm going to notice the difference when I get my new laptop with a 980M

 

Yeah... a bit.

 

Older version of MSI GS60 Ghost Pro with 3K screen and GTX 870M had max power draw of 168.5 watts and it did indeed cause troubles:

MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K Edition (2PEWi716SR21) Notebook Review - NotebookCheck.net Reviews

Maxwell GTX 970M though is supposed to have about 20 watt less TDP than Kepler GTX 870M. So a newer GS60 model's 150 watt power supply while very tight should be still somehow acceptable (estimated max power draw of 148.5 watts).

 

Well, my card is HD 5650 mobille, which I have gamed for nearly 4 years. Maybe I don't need an upgrade... I'll need to get a new laptop before Dreamhack in 6 weeks

 

Because you need to first find a suitable notebook with SLI. You cant just cram in a new GPU to say the RAM slot in any notebook and suddenly you have SLI

 

Apparantly 980M SLI should be doable in a Alienware 18 notebook. This guy has it EDIT: Never mind, video was fake. Sorry guys

 

More benchmarks!

http://www.pcgamer.com/gtx-980m-benchmarked-testing-nvidias-mobile-performance-claims/

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

Yeah I really wouldn't use Passmark for comparing graphics cards, it's pretty misleading for that purpose. It's pretty clear that SLI isn't supported from the fact that Titan-Z and R9 295X2 are both below the 780 Ti from that chart.

 

Everything was set to max on each game and played for at least 20 minutes.

Shadows of Morder - 88C
Borderlands presequal - 86C
Vanishing of Ethan Carter - 86C
Evil Within - 88C

Just to reiterate this is the GS70 with the 3 gig 970m. Plan on using this laptop quite a bit so don't know if I'll be keeping it with those temps.

 

Agreed. It's very misleading, lol.

 

Yes let us know what you think. I ordered the GS70 with 970m 6Gb version from HIDEVOLUTION but thinking of going Aorus X7 Pro instead.

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He's referencing the desktop 970. The 980M performs pretty close to the 780.

 

anyone of you guys tried Star Citizen modules with the 980M? if yes on what settings?

 

Wow! Comparing those temps to the benchmarks in the GenTechPC review, yours are about 10C higher. I don't have a good explanation for why that would be, but I understand your hesitation due to the heat.

 

For SLI 980m, how much fps on Crysis 3 or Witcher 2 max settings?

 

Should be around 80, maybe a bit higher.

EDIT: According to LinusTechTips, a single 980M averages about 50 on C3 and 970M SLI averages 70~ in C3.

 

Whoosh. What about Witcher 2?

Oh yeah, is this good config for future proof gaming? I don't overclock or benchmark. Just 1080p 60fps gameplay max settings.

Mythlogic Nyx 3713

Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ Processor (2.90GHz), 8MB L3 Cache
17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Matte LED Backlit LCD
16GB (2 x 8GB) , PC3-12800, 1600MHz SODIMM
2 x nVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8GB GDDR5 (SLI)
Notebook Black 6X BD-ROM/5X DVD+RW Blu-Ray Combo Drive
RAID 0 | 2 Disk Min. Striped set, improved performance, additional storage drive highly recommended

Samsung 1TB 850 PRO Series SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Samsung 1TB850 PRO Series SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
3 Year Warranty
Pixel Perfect guarantee

Total $4810

 

Hope you're not adding those SSD's on their website. They want more than $1400 for them, lol.

That's very expensive for those specifications.

 

Keep in mind many games recently do not support SLI, so 60fps max settings is in no way guaranteed.

 

Is there any european MSI GS70 with 6GB VRAM?

 

I would be able. I got the money.
But i wasnt able to find a seller which sells the MSI GS70 or the MSI GS60 with 6GB VRAM

 

Depends on whether your "max settings" includes AA or not, what kind and how much.

Though if you really want to be future proof I'd go with at least a 4910MQ for CPU.

 

Like what, brother?

 

do yourself a favor and dont sell your soul....not worth it

The place is filled with idiots that don't know what a can of A I R is -_-

 

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