Ati 6630 Vs 330m - Difference negligible? Z Vs. SA/B

I have been doing some recearch and it seems that the 6630 is about 15% better than the 330m.

That said, I know the 330m can be overclocked nicely and I don't know much about overclocking the 6630. I have a MBP with the 6750 and I can notice a difference in FPS. But for someone looking to step out of their current Z for the GPU, it doesn't seem to be worth the size and weight tradeoff.

 

uhh... the 330m in the Z can be overclocked nicely... note that the Z in the 330m is a lower clocked one, core clocked at 475 MHz, whereas a "regular" 330m is clocked at 575 MHz(<-- from notebookcheck). Now, between a regular 6630M and a regular 330m, the performance difference is 15%. So between a stock 330m in the Z and a 6630M, there might be a 25-30% performance boost

edit: I think this entire thread would be more suited for the SA or SB thread... as you are merely stating a fact as opposed to starting a discussion. You could get more attention/feedback

 

Also, in newer games (or, newer (than 3Dmark06) benchmarks), the performance delta will be even larger. 6630 has newer architecture and far more effective shaders, AFIAK. Still, I am not sure if the difference is large enough to be noticeable, though.

 

I play on my Z with i7 620 and stock clocked 330m Dragon Age 1 in maxed settings, Two Worlds 2 in medium- high settings and Dragon Age 2 in medium- high settings.

I personally find the 330m fast enough for gaming! Maybe in a year I will overclock the GPU and gain a bit more power

 

really depends on if they underclock the 6630 or not.

 

Try playing BFBC2... all low settings and ~42 fps average @1600x900

 

You can play with high settings if you play it in DX9 overclocked.

 

oh boy how I find hard to believe those numbers, my 4670m cant play DA:O all maxed out at the low 1366*768 res, and my card is 20% more powerful than what you guys have, both standard clocks, not the sony ones.

BFBC2 I can get stable 30fps on some medium settings and some on high settings, otherwise when there is a big firefight things get laggy as hell.

wonders why they would underclocked an already underclocked card.... humm... on a side note, things are all normal on the 6630m that equips the SA/SB

 

Would the 6630 be MUCH better for SC2? The shaders are what really slow down the 330m. I play SC2 with a 30% OC on my Z on medium in windowed mode with reduce mouse lag. That's how I get the best possible settings. For whatever reason, in windowed mode I don't need to use Vsync like I do in max screen. With those settings I get the best possible performance. I'm really thinking about upgrading to the SB, mainly for the GPU. Is that not worth it?

 

Valnar
i wanan know what settings u use for dragon age 2 ....
coz i've literally given up running that game on the z...rubbish i tell ya rubbish

 

or just build a desktop and keep your Z for mobile gaming. I just built a fairly decent system Z68 system today for $700 w/ 2500k & Twin Frozr III GTX 570 (albeit I did win a free CPU and full tower case).

 

I would upgrade to the new Z, or basically I wouldnt, since I like to keep my laptops at least for 2 years

 

I can play DA:O on my 3 year old 3470 no new drivers at that 1366*768 almost maxed out. Some freezing every once in a while but its fine. BF:BC2 can play ok but lots of freezing especially in multiplayer

I can play DA2 at med settings and it runs pretty well again some freezing but not much?

 

yeah right, you have a 3470m, which is a low end gpu in the 3000 line up, aside that the big performance jump on the 4000 line up makes me completely baffled that you say anything like that.

Basically you are dealing with 3 generations of performance improvements on a entry level card against a mid level card.

Now let me get this, unless you get me some numbers, Im just going to say that the intel hd3000 is more powerful than what you have, and since the latter compete with the 6470m....