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    7970m or 675mx for P170EM?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by adrianclarke, Dec 9, 2012.

  1. KisSme

    KisSme Notebook Geek

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    i think you will be happy with your notebook !
    my previous configuration was a P170EM with HD 7970M
    my next, i ordered early this week from mySN.de, will be XMG P722 (P370EM) with CFX HF 7970M !

    !!! CONGRATUALTION for your new TOY :D !!!
     
    KisSme, Dec 14, 2012
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  2. ericc191

    ericc191 Notebook Evangelist

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    Can someone explain what MUX means? When I Google search, I just get a ton of video editing posts, lol.

    And for the thread, I also had to decide between the two and went with the 675MX. Purely because I don't want to deal with driver issues or ugly anti-aliasing.
     
    ericc191, Dec 14, 2012
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Think of them like a train track switch, depending on how it is set depends on which way the train (data) goes.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 14, 2012
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  4. Kevin

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    If I was shopping right now, and had to choose between the two, I'd probably eat the potential performance difference and take the 675MX. My life's experiences have caused me to value peace of mind above all else, and Nvidia's Optimus 2.0 is where it's at right now.

    Hopefully AMD gets it right next time.
     
    Kevin, Dec 15, 2012
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  5. TrantaLocked

    TrantaLocked Notebook Deity

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    Hopefully the Enduro improvements AMD makes with the HD 8000M series will also affect current Enduro configurations.
     
    TrantaLocked, Dec 15, 2012
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  6. ericc191

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    Oh another thing to consider when choosing between camps, not here though, but does AMD rebadge last gen cards like Nvidia?
     
    ericc191, Dec 16, 2012
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  7. Montage

    Montage Notebook Evangelist

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    Would be a major loss of face to AMD if they didn't. Aren't the earlier AMD switchable configurations still somewhat unfixed? If it happened again, it would be really, really lame.
     
    Montage, Dec 16, 2012
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  8. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Not on the high end so far.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 16, 2012
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  9. Montage

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    They do. With the low end cards.
     
    Montage, Dec 16, 2012
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  10. Meaker@Sager

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    One slight difference, none of the renamed products encroach on desktop product names that are the new generation.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 16, 2012
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  11. Kevin

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    I wouldn't bet on it.

    Nvidia's new version Optimus did nothing for those who were unfortunate enough to be the guinea pigs for its first iteration, because there were changes on the hardware level.
     
    Kevin, Dec 17, 2012
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  12. TrantaLocked

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    Two things though. Number one: AMD only recently started putting out decent drivers for Enduro configurations, and I doubt they even have time and/or money to develop a new hardware configuration for Enduro and then redo their work on drivers. As long as Enduro continues to use the processor iGPU as a mux, I think our cards will stay in the cycle. Number two, the HD 8000M series is based on GCN 2.0. No matter what happens to Enduro, we will still get nice improvements since the basic architecture is being reused. I am optimistic about the future for driver updates.
     
    TrantaLocked, Dec 17, 2012
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