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    What's Better? Dual 670M cards or one 680M card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by snowfi6916, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. snowfi6916

    snowfi6916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sager (for the NP9370) has Dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M GPU with 1.5GB GDDR5 Video Memory in SLI Mode as the standard.

    I can upgrade to the 680M for about $250 more.

    What would be better performance wise? To have two of the 670Ms, or one 680M?
     
    snowfi6916, Oct 8, 2012
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Heck, even a single 680M with a mild OC will trump dual 675M's

    And you can even use a custom vBIOS to get more performance out of it


    Out of curiosity, why not pick the P170EM (9150) if you're going with a single GPU?
     
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    snowfi6916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was just curious if having two video cards that were slightly less powerful than having one would be worth it.

    The 680M is really that powerful that it can trump two video cards combined?
     
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    SlimShady ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&

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    Without breaking a sweat.
     
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    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    Indeed, I upgraded from GTX675M to GTX680M, this card is at least 168% faster than the GTX675M in 3DMark11. GTX680M can be 200% faster than the GTX675M when it comes to textures. And this is only just the stock clock.
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    you see the bolded part? thats the problem in your thinking, the 670m aint slightly behind the 680m, its miles apart. Hell most titles if the 670m had a perfect sli of 100% scaling they would still lose to the 680m
     
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    Damn, okay. I'll get the 680M then. Thanks :)
     
    snowfi6916, Oct 8, 2012
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