9150 with 670MX or 675mx?

I just ordered an NP9150 with the GTX 670MX gpu, but I'm wondering if the $100 is worth the upgrade to a 675MX? How noticeable is the difference in gaming and doing CAD work? I'm not interested in benchmarks, but actual user experiences. Is the fps difference a good amount or is it just a few numbers here and there?

 

Benchmarks are a good way to judge what the actual difference is going to be, roughly speaking over 10% starts to become noticeable.

What I think is really good is that we have already seen this exact setup before on the desktop!

GTX660ti and the GTX670 are identical apart from ROP/memory bandwidth.

So take this review for instance:

AnandTech - The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA, Zotac, and Gigabyte

Look at the titles where it makes a difference or where not and it will pretty much be a repeat performance between the 670MX and 675MX.

 

There is a reasonable difference, around 20%. Check this site for gaming benchmarks:

Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech

I think they just benchmark the games without playing with drivers to improve optimization.

EDIT: I assumed you meant benchmarks like 3Dmark rather than gaming benchmarks, apologies if I was mistaken. Also listen to Meaker, he has been very helpful.

 

Thanks guys, meaker, I plan on reading that as soon as I get a chance. I do use notebook check and have seen the numbers, but I've never had a nice enough computer to play games before, so I don't know if the 5-10 GPS difference is worth the $100.

 

You are the only one capable of answering that question, to me it would be, but I am really picky when it comes to FPS.

 

Decided to go with the upgrade even though the fps difference isn't huge. Almost seems like the 670mx gets better numbers in some games, often in all but ultra setting. I figured though, it would last a little longer which means I'll have more time to save up for the 680m, more time to let the price drop too. Hopefully the change won't make my wait time any longer.

 

good decision indeed! ive recently read a review on notebookcheck putting the 670MX and 670M on par (across 15 or 16 different games that were tested)! so not really worth it in my opinion

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Yea, I did some more researching and noticed the same thing. I don't like to go by what notebookcheck say's, I always take what they say with a big bag of salt. I also noticed, that the numbers for game benchmarks are different on the gpu's pages and the numbers on the chart that compares fps on all gpu's. The chart shows that the 675mx is definitely better and I'm happy I went with the upgrade. I think I've seen a few people say the 675mx is about twice as fast as the 650m. Not too sure how true that is, but if it is, ~50% increase for $100 isn't too bad.

 

The 650 is a totally different chip though, the 670MX is much faster than it.

The 675MX with some tweaking becomes even stronger though so you have some room to play later if you want too.

 

thanks for the thread, how much cooler is the 675mx compared to the 670mx?

 

cooler tempwise or perf.wise? concerning temps the 670mx should run cooler with the same coolig system. perf. wise the 675mx is like 30-50% faster as far as i remember.

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You wont see any noticeable temperature difference. Under load you're going to see 80-85C on either card as both will run hot while gaming. As jaybee83 mentioned there is going to be a nice jump in performance. If you compare benchmark score like in 3D mark Vantage the 675MX averages 16462 vs 670MX 13008. Thats about a 30% difference.

 

thanks for the replies, hutsady , does xoticpc ship to toronto? do you guys have any deals pre-late christmas/new years ?

cheeers

 

thanks for the replies, hutsady , does xoticpc ship to toronto? do you guys have any deals pre-late christmas/new years ?

cheeers

 

You're very welcome. Yes we ship to Toronto and quite often to Canada locations. For shipping you want UPS Express which will avoid brokerage fees which if you use UPS ground you'll have to pay those which average $80-100. In the long run UPS Express costs less. Do be prepared to pay any local taxes (PST/GST/HST) at the time of delivery. We dont have any post holiday sales but the current Sager sales will go through Jan 3rd.

 

i see, ok . Sorry to ask but what are these taxes? ill be moving up from south america and have no clue what these taxes are. Will it always be taxed? the computer? by how much? cheeers

 

You would pay the local sales tax, just like if you were to walk into a store and pay sales tax. I believe Toronto uses HST which equals 13%.