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    Why 880m's Getting Lower FPS?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Shinra358, Apr 24, 2014.

  1. Shinra358

    Shinra358 Notebook Consultant

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    ? ~ I don't get it.
     
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    Shinra358, Apr 24, 2014
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  2. sangemaru

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    Looks to me on average the 880m wins. For the exception, it's probably driver issues.
     
    sangemaru, Apr 24, 2014
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    Starcraft 2 results was a dead giveaway.

    They tested the 880M with weaker CPU than the 780M
     
    Cloudfire, Apr 24, 2014
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    From what I could gather, all his benchmarks are from notebookcheck (he did no testing himself) and notebookcheck's data does not include the cpu used, it simply mashed all laptops with the gpu together. So like cloudfire said, the cpu is unknown but we know it is different. Useless benchmarks here.
     
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    You have to be a bit careful when you compare the GPU benches from notebookcheck. They compare new graphic cards with improved drivers against old graphic cards with old drivers. Nvidia GPUs with old drivers vs AMD GPUs with new drivers. And vice versa. And use different rigs, which means they change CPUs from time to time. So you have to find out if the game you are comparing with is CPU bound or not.
    Then they post weird results sometimes which doesnt reflect real result due to error testing.
     
    Cloudfire, Apr 24, 2014
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    Remember the 880m doesnt have as much driver support as the 780m does. Time will help that :)
     
    Thaenatos, Apr 28, 2014
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    lower fps? not sure about that, i still use the factory installed driver and have no issues from the day i started it until now. Still waiting for mature drivers from nvidia, i think the beta release for 880m doesnt do much so i still retained the original driver, also in comparison of graphic cards to 880m, it will be dead obvious that it will be compared to a older gpu with a mature driver compared to 880m that is just recently released.
     
    reaversedge, Apr 28, 2014
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    I don't see why it matters. The 880m is a rebrand of the 780m. It has no additional cores. Its the same card with a slightly higher core. They upped the voltage slightly and then upped the clocks slightly. The 780m clocked to the same speeds should produce the same or very similar scores. The difference between the 2 cards is pointless to compare. Maxwell 800 or 900m series will be something to talk about.
     
    Talon, Apr 28, 2014
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    All it uses is a pointer to the same driver, they should behave the same.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 29, 2014
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