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    How powerful is the Veda P180HM?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by imglidinhere, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    I'm looking around on Malibal, just saw these guys the other day, and can't seem to get a true grasp on how powerful the computer here is. Exactly how fast is this line? Compare it to the machine I have in my sig.

    If I did get one, I'd probably have to sell my current laptop, but would it be a worthwhile upgrade?

    I'd be getting the 6970M CFX setup since I'd be tripling my GPU power, at least.
     
    imglidinhere, Nov 30, 2011
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  2. Eldaren

    Eldaren Notebook Evangelist

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    Even the base quad core i7-2630qm is stupid fast compared to the i5 you have now. As you said, gpu power will more than double. It has 3 hdd slots and a 1080p screen. So overall it is a huge upgrade. I had an P150hm before this beast and even these two in comparison are night and day differences.
     
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  3. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    The difference between your parts are thus:

    Processor:

    Old: i5 460 = 3DMark06 CPU 2938
    New: i7 2630QM (base) = 3DMark06 CPU 4912

    Intel Core i5 460M Notebook Processor - Notebookcheck.net Tech
    Intel Core i7 2630QM Notebook Processor - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    This upgrade would be 1 167% improvement. Higher CPU's will obviously continue to build on this over the base i7 2630QM.

    GPU:

    Old: 460m = 3DMark Vantage 7616.9
    New: Crossfire 6970 = 3DMark Vantage 21399

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
    AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    Assuming these are fairly representative overall, you're looking at a 281% increase.

    In short, it's a nice step up. If you check out the links above you can see a wider range of benchmarks for new vs old.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Nov 30, 2011
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  4. Mr_Mysterious

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    It is this powerful:

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    (Note: Not to scale)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Nov 30, 2011
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  5. gwilled

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    Case closed.

    /Thread
     
    gwilled, Nov 30, 2011
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  6. imglidinhere

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    I understand everything now! :D
     
    imglidinhere, Dec 1, 2011
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