Quick question about the gt 555m vs 275 gtx (desktop)

I was watching a video the other day of TES Oblivion. The guy was running a first gen i7 with 6gb of 1333mhz ram and an 896mb 275 GTX. He was able to play it on max settings at around 65fps. I'm just wondering if I could possibly achieve the same performance. I own it for console but the PC version can be modded. I'm a big stickler for the graphics in this game seeing as it was the first "next gen" game I had played. (This is about the most graphically intensive game I'm going to play besides BF3)

If it is a simple numbers game, the GTX 260 completely destroys the 555m but I think the actual in game performance might be comparable.

 

You can expect 8800GT levels of performance out of the 555m at best.

GTX275 is going to be a LOT faster than that.

Over twice the bandwidth, twice the shader power, more ROPs, it would not be pretty.

 

that bad? wow... Alot better than my other laptop with the radeon 5650m though. I read about that blue tint in the NP5175. If it is too pronounced, I might send it back and get an NP8130 with a gtx 460m.

 

460M is still not as fast.

 

Regardless of both of those graphic cards being way slower, they should be able to play oblivion on max settings, maybe not at 1080p but a lower resolution with decent (30+ fps). As far as BF3 they should be able to play it at decent settings/resolution as long as you dont expect to max everything.

 

BF3 is one story but Oblivion as Genoskia said should work maximum resolution with all the fancies on (excluding HD Texture Mods and stuff). The GameBryo engine is pretty old (in fact it was released when Shader Pixel 3.0 wasn't still officiated) and therefore, I think it is totally manageable. I think the GTX 275 comparison you were referring might have ran the game with some graphics overhauling from mods, which can completely push your computer. However, leaving it relatively stock in terms of the graphics files, you could max it. BF 3, you might have to lower settings since that game is going to be made with pushing PC's to the limit.

In terms of what everyone is saying about comparisons, the GTX 275 is still stronger than any of the cards you have mentioned. I think the desktop GTX 275 is still more powerful than the 6970M (Quote me if I am wrong).

 

After looking up some benchmarks I think you are correct. The laptop gfx cards can't compare with desktops. Anyways, I know the gtx460m is much better than the 555gt so I'm looking at that now.

 

The GTX 460M is no slouch and it is definitely better than the 555M. Just note that make sure you buy the 1.5 GB version of the card as Best Buy's Asus models have a crippling 128-bit 1 GB version of the same card. The 1.5 GB has a 192-bit memory bandwidth.

 

Well, I don't think I can swap the card out of the Sager NP5175. If it comes down to it, I might just send back the 5175 and get an NP8130 or 8150.

 

Yeah good call. The NP8130 or 8150 is MXM 3.0b-based so they are upgradable in the GPU department.

 

it's really a matter of funds. I don't know if I can justify an extra 300$ for the laptop. Ill find out eventually. Thanks for all the help.

 

The desktop GTX 460 just beats the 275, and it's only by a small margin of about 5-10%.

Currently, the only 2 mobile GPUs that can stack up to the GTX 460/275 desktop GPUs are the GTX 485M and Radeon 6970M (even then you may have to OC them a little to match/beat the 275). The GTX 460M laptop graphics card has half (yes, you heard right, half) the cores of the desktop GTX 460 at the same clocks, so what Bearclaw said was right.