Heat and Noise - 780m vs 770m vs 680m

Any thoughts on this - based on what we know of these cards right now?

I want to grab a Clevo P150 (em/sm), but I want the best balance of power to heat/noise. Obviously the 770m comes to mind, but if it's almost as loud as the 680m/780m, then I might as well opt for the extra power.

Any thoughts?

 

Loudnesw is not really an issue of the gpu itself. 680m and the new gpus are notorious to run at nice temps so any of the three will serve well for gaming in a heat/noise relation.

 

Excellent news.

I wonder whether the fact that Haswell apparently runs cooler would make any real noise difference in the new models?

 

Its more about the build... some brand will have better cooling than others...

 

So I've been hearing rumblings that the 780m is tremendously loud in the Clevo/Sager P150sm.

Am I to believe then that the 765m, or perhaps 770m, will provide similar levels of fan noise?



Most people have told me to go for an Asus, but they are tremendously overpriced in Australia. I'd be much happier buying a Clevo, I just prioritise noise emissions over raw power.

If anyone has any information on this topic, please share.

 

I think that the problem isn't the 780m (or the others 700m cards), all (or almost all) notebook based on Clevo have this problem, it's not related to the video card

 

I would suspect the 780m would be quietest. Think of it this way that I the power consumption vs performance ratio of the 780m would be better than the 680m at stock speeds.

The 680m I have is still quiet though, there is a power difference between the 680m vs 780m but both would be nice to work with. As long as you cap your frames and use adaptive power mode you can keep temps between 50-65 °C or just below the threshold where the fans are at 100%. The adaptive mode just simply lowers the clocks of the card when its not needed, really depends on the game though as well.

I do agree that the cooling design would be the main factor though. The alienware fans are not too bad when they at the level just below full load. But I've read the asus ones are the quietest, never seen it side by side.

I think the lower end cards, 765m 670m 660m would have to work harder to maintain the same frame rate output of the 680/780m.

 

It does seem the new clevo's are louder then the previous gen.

Notebookcheck on G750 w/770 was 33.6/41.4 ( idle/load). One of the 17 clevo's w/780 was 35.5/55.0.

That is a pretty big difference. Every 6db is about double the loudness.

 

780's turbo means it rides quite a bit higher on the temperature scale.

 

So Meaker, for a noise conscious gamer, would you recommend the 770m (or perhaps 680m) in a Clevo machine?

 

Both those cards consume less power than the 780M so of course yes the fans won't run as loudly/quickly. Question is do you want a performance hit? If not stick on some earphones when you game

Stock vs stock the 680M is already a good 30% slower than the 780M and the 770M probably closer to 60% slower! That is a big difference! Your best bet is to undervolt the fastest card you can afford in games where you don't need turbo/OC then when you need the horsepower you can put stock volts back on and enjoy a bit more gaming life out of your notebook albeit noisier.

 

Since GTX 780M is undervolted, who knows how much more you can go down in voltage before making it unstable

 

Only testing will tell. However any stable undervolt will hugely help temps!

The 780M GTX must have a stock voltage settings. Yes it has boost but doesn't boost also increase voltage? In this case there should be plenty of undervolt potential like with any modern card.

 

Maybe try clevo but make sure you can return it before hand if you are unhappy with the noise levels under load.

Have you thought about the new msi models with 780?