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    The laptop price/gpu performance chart?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gabrezu, Feb 25, 2012.

  1. gabrezu

    gabrezu Newbie

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    Hi, I remember a few years ago when I visited this forum, there was a post listing all the laptops products on the marked that had a dedicated gpu with price listing as well as price per performance calculations. I wonder if it is still here.
     
    gabrezu, Feb 25, 2012
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  2. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    I think it would be a great list...but there are simply too many possibilities. As time goes on, more and more manufacturers are offering entry and mid-level performing dedicated gpu.
     
    redrazor11, Feb 25, 2012
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  3. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    That would be impossible to keep updated, assuming it's even possible to create with how many options there are today.

    Now, it's best to find out a person's budget then recommend the single best machine for their money.
     
    Kevin, Feb 25, 2012
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    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    A list like that would be excellent for those new to laptop gaming.

    It would probably take someone a good 1-2 full days to list Class 1 & 2 GPU's in order from best to worst, percentage difference and pricing.

    Updating it would be hell though.
     
    Voodooi, Feb 25, 2012
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    Jmatt110 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Jmatt110, Feb 26, 2012
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    I made a list but not with prices. You don't tend to buy a notebook card separately so it would not mean much.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 26, 2012
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  7. joecait

    joecait Notebook Deity

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    Something like this would probably be possible per vendor since some folks follow specific vendors in great detail (eg: Asus, Alienware, Samsung, etc...), especially for "gaming" specific machines.

    Prices would probably change too much to be worthwhile (maybe tracking MSRP won't be too bad), but specific configurations don't seem that much work considering a lot of the Alienware folks (me included) are just chomping at what is coming out in a few months and they have a pretty clear line up and options:

    M18x:
    1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
    Dual 1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M – NVIDIA SLI Enabled
    Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990M AMD CrossFireX
    Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M – NVIDIA® SLI® Enabled

    That said, you can get this and all this info if you just narrow down by a vendor and look on the website. Then plug in the video card on notebookcheck or something and you're good to go.

    Probably a good idea in general to spend a little time to see what each of the major vendors are offering at that point in time and I'm guessing for most folks, it's not worth the time to make this list since they don't buy a machine that often and they follow the specific vendor anyways.
     
    joecait, Feb 26, 2012
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