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    Any good comparisons between 9800m GTS and 260m/280m??

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by bahnzii, Nov 8, 2009.

  1. bahnzii

    bahnzii Notebook Consultant

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    My 7811FX is still holding up pretty good, though I am considering upgrading to a new laptop with a newer gpu (yes, I know the 260/280 are still based on g92 cores). I still haven't seen any good evidence that the 260m or 280m really give us a good bump in gaming performance.

    If any of you have switched to a new laptop running either gpu, do you have any good gaming comparisons you can share or point me to :)

    Cheers...
     
    bahnzii, Nov 8, 2009
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  2. Kamin_Majere

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    Card to card you're not going to be getting anything amazing in results the 260GTX will post about 7-10% over the 9800GTS and the 280 will probably get you another maybe 10% over that (thought probably not)

    I'm running 2x 260GTX's right now and i noticed a big difference, but thats because my new rig has 2 cards.

    Honestly with an upgraded CPU the 78xx series should still be giving good results even this time next year. If i was smarter i would have waited for DX11 cards before upgrading (and what i would suggest to most people, the 5000ATI and the 300nVidia cards will be out next year and will be an actual upgrade for most people)
     
    Kamin_Majere, Nov 8, 2009
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  3. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    well yeah the newer cards will be better, hel 7 - 10 percent would be enuff for me.

    but do go to notebookcheck.com and tick those 3, then click compare, and u can see the difference spec wize, i belive its only more shaders, which in higher resolutions makes a hell of a differance for your fames
     
    stephen0205, Nov 9, 2009
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