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    sager started putting geforce 280m on their notebook.

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by shin777, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. shin777

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    think gateway will release one with 280m equipped pretty soon too?
    i am so selling mine quick and get one if they release one in next 3-6 months. :D
     
    shin777, Mar 19, 2009
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    Dang, someone just said that the 9800M GTS is getting old too.
     
    hanime, Mar 19, 2009
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    Probably 260m.. Since we didn't had 9800GTX..
     
    fatmandoo, Mar 21, 2009
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    any updates on when gateway laptops going to have 260m or 280m
     
    acoz, Apr 15, 2009
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    then spend twice as much for minimal performance gain, honestly we have the top end. 256bit is all you need, shaders def help but the main limiter at this point is still memory bandwidth.
     
    narsnail, Apr 15, 2009
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    would have to start making bigger battery-packs and less consuming power parts, my friends gtx 280 sucks his crappy psu all day.
     
    FPS_Sean, Apr 15, 2009
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    wow, where did all the hate came form?! i guess not anytime soon is the answer.
     
    acoz, Apr 15, 2009
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    Gateway are sticking to budget gaming systems, I doubt any of the 10th generation nVidia cards are going to be considered "budget" GPU's any time soon. I'd say winter 09 or Spring '10 at LEAST.
     
    idiotpilot, Apr 15, 2009
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    Amen, been saying that since 9700 pro days.....
     
    Thor316c, Apr 16, 2009
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    i hope you know that they are still based on the G92 core, you wont see that much of a performance boost, say 15% tops at most. i will be sticking with my 6831 from ebay for sometime, if i want more power i will just overclock the gpu core and/or memory.
     
    yotano211, Apr 16, 2009
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    Yeah no point in "upgrading" really. gains will be minimal. I plan on keeping my friend for 2-3 more years until i have trouble running new games at lower settings.

    Anyway if you got that much money to throw around and care that much about performance you shoulda got a sager or something SLI/Xfire
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 16, 2009
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    yeah Nvidia pulled another fast one. its based on g92 core. ie same as 9800gts.
    i would not worry about upgrading until dx11 cards in mobile form appear . probably some time next year.
     
    mEatWad, Apr 16, 2009
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  13. Mormegil83

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    Probably don't even have to worry about it until the new consoles come out...
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 16, 2009
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    i would like to see gateway release future models with option for upgradable gpus; albiet it could be a double edged sword (jacking up the price)

    im glad to see nvidia has slowed down the new gpu trend over the past year. for a while it was getting ridiculous with new cards every 2 months.
     
    irata, Apr 16, 2009
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    Upgrade a GPU in a notebook?! Blasphemy! If only we had white books :D
     
    idiotpilot, Apr 17, 2009
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