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    performance of 7670m

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by manson, May 20, 2013.

  1. manson

    manson Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,
    First of all i want to ask if buying vaio sv-z is still good idea ? My vgn-z is getting old and i want to exchange him for something similar (with some graphic boost).
    Next, i looked about synthetic test of 7670m in lenovo or hp laptops and test with lightpeed with sony. They look near the same, but gaming test shows that vaio's 7670m is little slower. And now my question is the vaio gets worse perfrormance due to lightpeek use or its benchmarking issue ?

    Anybody could guide me to find alternative from sv-z ? (eh probably there is no other option - it will be mine) Or should I wait till haswell will be realased ?

    Thanks for answer !
     
    manson, May 20, 2013
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  2. darxide_sorcerer

    darxide_sorcerer Notebook Deity

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    it's identical to a 6650m (probably with the slow DDR3 memory, if i'm not mistaken). still, it's faster than my 6630m on which i play Battlefield 3 regularly with no problem. lightpeak could be the culprit for a slower performance compared to other 7670m chips in other laptops, as its bandwidth is limited.

    have you considered VAIO S13? the 640m LE there (although from NVIDIA) is definitely faster and runs cooler than 7670m, and you'll have much less problems with the drivers. the drawbacks of the S-series are, of course, the screen and a bit bigger footprint compared to the Z-series.
     
    darxide_sorcerer, May 20, 2013
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  3. manson

    manson Notebook Enthusiast

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    the s13 isnt convince me at all, especially display and its features

    anyway anybody knows something new about DIY, Vidook or simply usege lightpeek with vaio sv-z ? Still the one way to use external card is m-pcia ?


    regards
     
    manson, May 21, 2013
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