GTX560m Query

What performance can one expect with a GTX560m, coupled with an i7-2670QM or equivalent?

I've scoured the usual haunts for benchmarks and the like, but was looking for a more realistic result from people with similar setups.

Battlefield 3 and Skyrim are my primary concerns. I will be gaming at a resolution of 1366x768.

Many thanks!

 

Baka thinks that a GTX560M will be capable of playing mentioned games at med-high without much problems with fps. In fact, having most settings at high may also be possible ._.

 

I'd appreciate it if someone could confirm how the GTX560m fares with BF3 at the specified resolution.

 

At that resolution? Most likely ultra for BF3. But why not at 1080p? I'm running high (with extras disabled) on a 560M GTX @ 1080p and it's really smooth.

 

Simply to squeeze the utmost amount of frames without sacrificing too much in the way of visual fidelity. 1080p isn't a necessity for me as far as gaming is concerned.

What frames are you getting presently?

 

@720P? you'll be running ULtra on BF3 with a 560m. Confirmed.

 

Are you speaking from experience? If so, what frames could I expect at ultra?

 

I am speaking from experience...i have an Asus g73 with GTX 460 OC'ed to faster than 560m speeds. The 460/560 are essentially the same card as they have the same number of nvidia cores but the 560 has faster stock clocks. My wife plays BF3 @ 900p with ultra preset and it is fluid.

At 1366x768, it would be completely smooth on ultra

 

Some FPS figures wouldn't go amiss, but otherwise, much appreciated.

 

It's very hard to give you FPS figures in BF3. It's a sporadic thing, sometimes nothing is happening and you're getting around 50 then slight crossfire and explosions make it ~30 and when it's 32+ people in a heavy fight, it does get choppy ~20 occasionally. An 'average' FPS would not be telling you the whole story. This is on 1080p high and I forgot to mention my GPU is OC'ed, so expect ~10% less FPS on stock.

 

I'll stick to the "high" preset in light of what you've said. Anything with greater fidelity than the console versions is sufficient for me.

 

I would honestly start top to bottom. Start at the highest settings and slowly work your way lower until you find that comfortable point where you don't sacrifice a lot of eye-candy while sustaining comfortable FPS.

 

I'm content knowing the GTX560m is a capable GPU. What is it's desktop equivalent?

 

I believe the equivalent is an overclocked GTS450, with higher memory bandwidth I believe.

 

I would do it the exact opposite way. I like seeing the frame rate be as high as possible, and then finding the point where I start to notice a slower rate.

Sort of depends on how you think, but it doesn't really matter.

To talk about something of substance, if visual fidelity is important to you, I would look into increasing the resolution of the game as well as settings. I personally would rather play at 1080p and medium settings than 720p and ultra. The extra resolution contributes to image quality in a huge way.

 

got a gt555m clocked to stock gtx460 performance (ish) and as long as MSAA is set to off then yes, you'll be running on high/ultra (there's not much difference between the 2) at 768p at around 40fps without issue

 

In the end I'm sure we end up at or around the same point. My point was, everyone is different. Asking for a concrete FPS number doesn't tell you much, it's your decision as to what you feel is playable and what you think looks good.

 

I've never played BF3, but from what I HAVE played, at 768p it should be able to accomplish anything.

And just fyi, do NOT get the 2GB 560M. Only the 1.5 and 3 GB ones. The 2GB is 128 bit.

 

Notebookcheck has figures on BF3 for the 560M now, and they're reporting an average of 37 fps with full AF / no AA at 720p. They so seldom say what part of the game they use for their run, though, so it might be a worst-case-scenario measurement.

 

Where does it state they're running the game at 720p for those benchmarks? The test model used is an Medion Erazer X7813 which has a native resolution of 1080p.

 

I have the Medion x6813 (see my sig) and run BF3 with these settings:
1440x900, Textures ultra, all high, no AA, FPS: 50-75 avg 60 and never go below 50fps which is the point to me.

 

Would you be so kind as to post a screen capture of your settings for future reference?