Intel® Core? i7-4700MQ enough for SLI GTX 780M?

Ya Its very good graphic card for i7. This graphic card is based on high power gaming experience and lighting fast speed of official work i.e. Autocad, 3dsmix etc. On this graphic card SLI mode can run perfectly on this motherboard. you should buy the without any doubt. Its very good and specially the manufacturar of this product is Nvidia so that should be good.

 

Its more about how current games are coded and instantaneous bursts of performancd not recorded in the average usage.

Also if a game uses mostly one core then 50% will be maxed out on a dual core or 25% on a quad.

 

I never said 60% is maxing. You don't need to have the CPU maxed out at 100% for it to be bottlenecking the GPU. Total CPU usage won't tell you if the CPU is bottlenecking; you need to monitor every core and thread to see that. Most games don't use all threads or distribute load among them evenly.

 

this is 100% correct very very few games so far are efficiently multi-threaded. Hopefully that will change this fall.

 

You don't *need* a 780m to play BF3. You don't *need* a $3000 laptop. You don't *need* an i7-4900MQ to play BF3. Will it help? Absolutely.

 

I usually used cpu monitoring programs to see load per core while playing. I know BF:BC2 and subsequently BF3 seem to not use more than six threads at a time, but they never sat at 100%. I guess I'm simply plumb out of experience here; the only gaming machine I've ever even touched has been this old D900F

 

BF3 is the exception. But I'm sure many newer AAA games will start to follow suit and make use of the CPU and GPU horsepower available.

 

ya seriously i know right...

i don't understand they think its a bad cpu.

they dont seem to realize every single year, with new generations every single cpu models admittedly bottlenecks new gpus. even 4930 doesn't technicallly unlock the potential of 780m...

 

GTX 780M SLI needs the best mobile chip out there to run properly. It is basically SLI desktop 680 GTX's which is VERY powerful. The 4700MQ if any strenuous situation occurs would become the bottleneck.

 

I'm new. I apologize if my question is inane.

I got the new alienware 18 4700mq with 770M SLI. I'm happy with the setup. I'm sure there are other machines I could have purchased but I got a really good deal on this setup. I rarely play games. In fact, I only have skyrim and wow installed. I've never been an avid gamer. I'm just far too busy. I did want a decent machine for writing code. I wanted power, screen size (18.4" in a desktop replacement was a huge push for me), and multiple GPUs for some of the things I do.

I've been toying with the idea of getting 2 aftermarket 780M cards and installing them myself but I cannot find a straight answer to the question the OP had. If I ever do decide to use this machine to play any games, will I run into problems? Or is this whole thread really dedicated to those few that get caught up in min/max optimizing?

 

If heavy 3D gaming is not your priority, I would stick with the two GTX 770M. Unless you are planning on playing games on a 4K resolution monitor/TV, your current setup will be able to play any games out right now at either maximum settings or very close to it.

 

He/She also means "at 1080p and 60fps" when he/she says maximum settings or very close to it. I also agree.

If you DO need to upgrade; I believe you need to get Dell cards; and Clevo cards would not work. I COULD BE VERY VERY INCORRECT, as I have not tried it myself. But I have seen that being said floating around, and I KNOW the 680M cards had a difference. I know MSI cards have different RAM on them too. However, if you DO see cards selling aftermarket for an Alienware M17/M18(x), then they will definitely work and it should be possible. Though it'll void the hell out of your warranty if I remember correctly. Dell's warranties are wonderful, as long as you don't mess with the system they put in. And if it doesn't void your warranty, they won't cover the 780M cards; only the 770Ms

 

Hello, I'm planning to buy AW 18 with gtx 780m sli on board. I have read whole thread but in the end I cant decide between 4700 and 4800. I would like to ask if anyone with i7-4700mq and gtx 780m sli could advise how this setup is performing in gaming ? Is 4700mq really too slow for two gtx 780m ? Is it worth to spend extra $$$ for 4800 ? I'm not overclocking freak and don't care about benchmark scores. I need a machine which would perform very well for next 3-4 years, with fluent gaming in 1080p/900p with all settings on high (which is enough for me) or maximum with couple tweaks.

 

Go with 4800MQ. Why cheat yourself for a little extra cash now that could possibly hinder you down the road. Plus the 4800MQ offers an extra +400MHz overclock where the 4700MQ only +200MHz.

Not sure if this helps but i7-3720QM with 680m SLI CPU Usage: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...-review-wingnut-style-lots-images.html#cpuuse