Is 260M good enough for gaming in 1920x1080?

The title says it all.

Is 260M capable of running games in 1920x1080. Or should I look at a laptop with 1366x768 for better performance.

I really don't need to game with all the nice stuff turned on

Thanks,
Jimmy

 

depends on what game you're running. But for most games should be fine.

 

First person shooters, multiplayer BC2 and MW2.

I have a gaming PC - it's my first journey into laptop gaming.

 

With a 260M I'd look at one with native res of 1440*900 Or less.

If you want 1080p, I'd look at either the GTX285/280 or HD5870.

Have fun.

 

The answer is NO, if you're talking the majority of the popular 2009-2010 games, with High settings, while expecting an average of 30 frames per second.

In case you don't know, the GTX 260M is the desktop 9800 GT. It can't handle 1080p.

 

Have to go with kevin here, 1080p is pointless if you want it to last a while,

Get a 5870 or find a native of 1440x900.

 

You can't game at high settings with 1920x1080 resolution. Well, at least not all the games.

The majority will run fine though. For BC2 you have to use medium settings to get good performance and not dip too much under 30fps. I usually play between 30 and 60fps 1920x1080.

I currently play all my games at 1920x1080 without much issues, and I am using an underclocked GTX260M so I think you can do fine, but you are better off with an HD5870, for actual good performance with high settings.

If you really dont mind all the eye candy, then 1920x1080 is not even a requirement except for certain RTS, in which case you will do fine with a lower res screen.

 

Thank goodness for my 1366x768 screen.

 

Thanks for all the input. I didn't know the GTX 260M is the desktop 9800 GT. I thought it was somewhat better.

I will definitely look for a lower res eller better gfx card now.

 

Stick to lower resolutions and it should fare just fine, but for laptops your going to need a dual-card setup to run the high resolutions fluently.

 

Yeah, I'm thankful too.

And back to the topic: yes, you can play with a 260m at 1920x1080 but not at the highest settings.

 

yup GTX260M really can't run on high details and full HD res.. u need a GTX285M or ATI 5870... but the 5870 is a better option.. I would consider a Asus G73 , Sager NP8690 or 8760 or MSI GX640 which has a 5850 which is still great...

 

I would never knowingly buy a laptop to game at HD if it came with a GTX 260M. Although, subjectively speaking it can handle HD, it will struggle with some titles now and many more in the future.

 

Just drop the resolution to 1366x768 or 1600x900. No big deal. Everyone is so bent on native resolution, but if you are fine with a 1366x768 screen then run the game at 1366x768 even if you have 1920x1080 resolution.

I have a 1680x1050 screen and periodically run games at 1280x800 to improve framerates. But I like the larger resolution for desktop work.

Although pretty much most games I've played run fine at the native 1680x1050.

 

the OP said that he didn't need everything High. The GTX 260M can probably run most at medium with the 1920x1080 res. At least my HD 4670 can, and the 260 is far superior.

 

MW2 will be fine at max settings, but BC2 won't be happy with 1920x1080 on a GTX 260M.

 

What games do you play at 1080p, specifically?

 

I doubt it.
My desktop has a 9600GT gfx. I recently changed my desktop display from my old 17" to a 24" with 1920x1200. Now my world of warcraft frame rate under 4xFSAA and everything else in high drop to below 20fps sometimes at max resolution. I think 260m is similar in performance as desktop 9600GT, so I doubt it's good enough for full HD.

That being said, I think bestbuy's offer of lower resolution ASUS G72&G73 laptop actually helps the laptop sustain a longer gaming life, in a sense.

 

260M is built upon GT 9800M, much better than 9600M.

Edit: Oh desktop, nvm then please ignore.

 

COD MW, MW2, Crysis Warhead at Mainstream all, Physics Gamer. Im just banking on the fact that Crysis Warhead is among the most intensive games. But from the minimum system requirements, BC2 won't run at 1080.

 

I would think the original Crysis would be more intense, because it was badly optimized haha.

 

I usually like high settings and lower resolution, i mean when i can turn both of those aspects up, then cool, but in GTA 4 on my T61p, i preferred gaming in 800x600 in medium settings, rather that 1440x900 in low settings. I did achieve a medium, using 1280x720 res, however.

 

I like higher resolution with lower settings.

 

i like lower res and high details with AA x4 rather than high res low med details and no AA

 

Yeah, BC2 does run at 1920x1080 haha. I use all medium high textures to play good. High does play but dips below 30fps easily.

 

After some thoughts, reading the posts (and some reviews) I have settled on an Asus G73 (we don't have Sager here in Denmark). The price in Denmark for G73 (820QM, 6 GB ram, HD 5870, 2x500GB HD, BD-ROM) is ~ $3,100.

Thanks for the input!

 

Great choice there!

 

$3100 USD? It'd be cheaper to import the machine from the U.S., and the warranty is global.

 

Not even close. Look at my specs (in sig). My machine runs games at 1900X1200 well over 30fps (such as WoW, AvP and STO).

Check out the article in PC Gamer, March 2010 issue. On page 93 there is a rating chart for CPU's on the right side and GPUs on the left. I undertand that this might be somewhat subjective, but I will trust that they did their homework. They rated the GTX260M at 97 and the 9800GT at 83. They used a thermometer (-20 thru 135 farenheight) for the rating measurement, kinda cute but it supports my point. The 260M is good enough to run games at 1900x1080 and the 9800GT does not compare to it .

 

Well.... duh? GTX 260M in SLI will run games fairly well. We're talking about single GPU machines here.

Turn on a game like Dragon Age, Risen, or Dawn Of War 2, at 1200p with one of your GPUs disabled. You'll be way below 30fps at high settings.

Even with SLI you'll be averaging less than 60fps.

And the 260M being based from the 9800 GT is not an opinion, it's a fact. G92b is the core. 112 is the shader count The only difference is the clocks.

9800 GT = 600/1500/900
MXM 3.0b GTX 260M = 550/1375/950

 

I checked out that article and their are referencing the desktop 260, not the 260M, big difference here.

 

Yeah the 260m is more or less a die shrink of the 8800gt (g92 core), and comparable to the 9800 gt... I would recommend a laptop with a radeon 5850 or 5870 since nvidia is not using any of their recent cores in laptops.

 

I would be missing 3 characters from the keyboard (æøå) and VAT would be added

 

HAHA well here in UK it is $2800 so HAHAHA!!! LOL anyways , even a similarly speced Sager NP8760 is about the same.. sorry actually more expensive.

That's the problem.. the shipping and the stupid VAT make the price that much only so just better to buy here..

 

get an xbox lol

 

Majority of Xbox titles are 720p @ 30 FPS, same for PS3 I believe.