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    nVidia GT 650 (1GB) or GTX 670M (1.5GB) for playing League of Legends?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Apothem, Jul 1, 2012.

  1. Apothem

    Apothem Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which graphics card should I choose so I can be able to play League of Legends on max settings, with maybe 60 FPS or higher?
     
    Apothem, Jul 1, 2012
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    GTX 670m is better.
     
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  3. Apothem

    Apothem Notebook Enthusiast

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    How much better? I mean, if they can both play LoL on max settings with a constant 60+ FPS, I'd prefer the cheaper one...

    AND suppose I wanted to stream and be able to play without low FPS... would the 650M still be able to provide the same FPS while I stream?
     
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    shorty920 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes. League of Legends has very low requirements. Generally the free to play games are like that. But for LoL specifically don't worry about it. 650M will be more than enough.
     
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    LoL had a new patch a few weeks ago that optimized their graphics. You can play on an intel hd 3000 with 40 FPS easy. The 650m is more than enough.
     
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    The 650m is the best choice by far over the 670m.

    If the 650m is gddr5 then theres barely any difference between the 670m. The 650m should take around 35-40w while the 670m should consume 90-100w as it is based on 2 and a half year old mobile 40nm fermi process.

    650M will play league of legends easily.
     
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  7. Apothem

    Apothem Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well it's not too much about playing LoL with 60FPS, but playing LoL with maxed out graphics settings with 60FPS.

    And more over, what if I use an nVidia GT 630M (1GB, GDDR3)? Would it be able to do the same?
     
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    Is LoL the ONLY game you want to play on that? For the next few years?
     
    maverick1989, Jul 1, 2012
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Yes even GT 630M will be able to max out LOL with 1080p
     
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    I'm not sure about that, but it seems to be the game I've been going back to over the past two or so years.

    Two other games I've played before were Vindictus and Dragon Nest (Nexon). It's possible I will play them again OR similar games with a new laptop. In fact, it's even possible I would play Diablo III in the near future. I'm not sure about what other games will be out that I will actually like, but yeah.

    So if that is the case, would the 630, 650, or 670 be 'best'?
     
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    Apothem Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, I'm sort of trying to restrict it to just the 630m, 650m, and 670m.
     
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    Get the 650m.
     
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    Well the 650m is around the same performance of my GPU, except it can overclock to higher performance than mine.

    I play LoL with my system at max settings, 1920x1080 , 60fps stable and I haven't notice slowdown except maybe to 50fps when buying something from the store due to the pop in window. Other than that, smooth sailing. I did notice that my CPU change (went from Core i7 740qm 1.73ghz quad core to 920xm oc 3ghz all 4 cores) helped me get the performance. I used to have 60fps but it would hover around 45-60fps dependng on the place, champs on screen etc.

    Basically any new CPU paired with the gt650m (GDDR5) should give you smooth 60fps performance on that game. I am not sure if the ddr3 version would be up t o the job at 1920x1080
     
    ryzeki, Jul 2, 2012
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    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    any dedicated graphics works for league of legends. if thats the only thing you are planning to play on that machine, get whatever one you want. however, if its your only machine get the 670 cause it will be better if you move on to a more graphically heavy game.
     
    joshthor, Jul 2, 2012
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