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    Help: 860 Kepler vs 860 Maxwell

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by cylpol1, Feb 22, 2015.

  1. cylpol1

    cylpol1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can someone tell me the differences between them with relation to performance and thermals thanks and anyother major differences you may know thanks
     
    cylpol1, Feb 22, 2015
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    octiceps Nimrod

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    No contest. Maxwell 860M is faster, cooler, uses less power, and overclocks much better.
     
    octiceps, Feb 23, 2015
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    ...I think that given..well.. the kind of cooling you wouldn't be able to put in a laptop, kepler boards might have an edge. Specially the larger smx count boards. But on air-cooling and for laptops relying on dynamic clocking, battery, and where you want normal operation without stutter regardless of clock frequency, and so on. And specially for the low&mid-range cards, Maxwell is a massive winner, no doubt about that.
     
    nipsen, Feb 23, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    +1000000...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 23, 2015
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    860m Kepler is still a good GPU and they perform similarly to each other out of the box; I had one for a while and enjoyed it... if you aren't planning on overclocking (and if Nvidia has their way none of us will be overclocking in the future) then there isn't a big difference. The Kepler will run a bit warmer, but by no means overheats.

    Not sure what laptops you are looking at, that would be the bigger deciding factor in my opinion. Given a direct choice between the two, not accounting for other factors however, go Maxwell.
     
    be77solo, Feb 23, 2015
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    GTX 860M Kepler is garbage.
    Its a mockery to blind consumers to sell broken and heavy disabled chips. 860M Kepler is like using a 1HP water pump and trying as best as you can to squeeze out as much water as you can through a 1/2" water hose
     
    Cloudfire, Feb 24, 2015
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    Maxwell GM107 is the better one
    The 4GB should be Maxwell
    Add: I checked again, there were 2GB and 4GB versions of each in Kepler and the better Maxwell.
    There is about a 10% difference in performance and also the Kepler is hotter in temperature as higher in wattage and reduces battery life.
    Lenovo Y50's are supposed to be Maxwell. It may require careful checking.
    There is some dependence on CPU
    A low voltage i5 probably bottlenecks.
     
    Brooke75, Feb 27, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    The Lenovo Y50's have Maxwell GPU's... The Maxwell 860M's can easily OC and own the 860M Keppler and even the 870M...
    A low voltage i5-4200H isn't a good idea.. You want the i7-4710HQ...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 27, 2015
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    Eh? i5-4200H and i7-4710HQ are both 47W. You're thinking of i5-4200U.
     
    octiceps, Feb 27, 2015
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    Oops.. I believed it's TDP was 37W.. Whichever way, the i5-4200H is not good enough.. You should get a 4710HQ at least...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 27, 2015
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    i5-4200H is less likely to TDP throttle though
     
    octiceps, Feb 27, 2015
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    Oh definetly but CPU oomph wise, i7-4710HQ is definetly needed... I remember reading about a guy with i5-4200H + 860M Maxwell struggling to run BF4 on medium... largely due to the CPU..
     
    TomJGX, Mar 2, 2015
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