The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    nVidia GeForce 650m GPU

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by followtheflow, Oct 21, 2012.

  1. followtheflow

    followtheflow Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Can this graphics card handle most games at high? (Battlefield 3, starcraft 2, etc) To those with a 650m graphics card, are you satisfied with it?
     
    followtheflow, Oct 21, 2012
    #1
  2. M11xDude

    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    229
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have a 650m in my Alienware M14x. I'm satisfied with it. But then again, I mostly only play TF2 and Eve Online. For both of these games, all of my settings are maxed out.
     
    M11xDude, Oct 21, 2012
    #2
  3. ordinator

    ordinator Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    42
    Messages:
    80
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Depends on the resolution you play on. On my Clevo W110er equipped with 650m gddr3, I can max out all settings except for AA and physx for some games at 1366x768 resolution. From what i've seen, BF3 and SC2 are also CPU dependent, more so in SC2 not really sure about BF3.
     
    ordinator, Oct 21, 2012
    #3
  4. followtheflow

    followtheflow Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    oh, it's GT 650m GDDR5. the processor i'll be using is intel i7 3630QM 2.4-3.4 GHZ

    will i be able to play SC2/BF3 in 1920x1080? if so, what settings?
     
    followtheflow, Oct 21, 2012
    #4
  5. failwheeldrive

    failwheeldrive Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,041
    Messages:
    1,868
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    mostly medium if you value your framerates. When I had my 650m I played bf3 with high texture quality, medium everything else.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 21, 2012
    #5
  6. followtheflow

    followtheflow Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Ah. That sounds great! Thanks for that information. :)
     
    followtheflow, Oct 21, 2012
    #6
  7. failwheeldrive

    failwheeldrive Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,041
    Messages:
    1,868
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    no prob. I was actually impressed with the performance for being an affordable mid range card. Most games run fine on high, except the more graphically intensive titles like crysis, bf3, metro 2033, and the witcher 2. It's a good card, but make sure it'll be enough performance before biting the bullet... you won't be able to upgrade your gpu later. good luck!
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 21, 2012
    #7
  8. Undyingghost

    Undyingghost Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    78
    Messages:
    437
    Likes Received:
    33
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Even the DDR3 version of GT650m is a decent mobile GPU.
     
    Undyingghost, Oct 22, 2012
    #8
  9. followtheflow

    followtheflow Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    :p I'd love to get the 680m, but it's just way too much money.. As long as this laptop can handle applications as intense as BF3, I think it'll be great!
     
    followtheflow, Oct 25, 2012
    #9