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Kyo Haku
Minmatar Gradient Electus Matari
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Posted - 2011.07.21 23:45:00 -
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Hi, I'm going to be buying a new laptop soon (within a month, if the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise) and I'm stuck between two models. One is a HP with an Intel i5 processor and a 2GB RadeonÖ HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA] graphics card. The other is a Toshiba with an i7 processor and a NVIDIA« GeForce« GT 540M with NVIDIA« OptimusÖ Technology with 1GB GDDR3 memory graphics card. Both have 8gb DDR3 RAM and similar specs. Their price is about the same as well.
I'll be using it for both school and online gaming (particularly EVE Online). I plan to have it for between three and five years, and I'm not sure which would be a better buy in the long run. The biggest difference I'm worried about is the graphics card.
Thanks in advance!
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.22 00:23:00 -
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Radeon HD 6770M is about two times faster than GeForce GT 540M.
That mobile Radeon is slightly slower than a desktop Radeon HD 5750 and slightly faster than a desktop Radeon HD 4850.
The mobile GeForce is slightly slower than a desktop GeForce GT 240 and slightly faster than a desktop GeForce GT 430 (yes, that's right, not backwards). _
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Headerman
Minmatar Quovis Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2011.07.22 01:10:00 -
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The ATI based one would perform better... just make sure u get a good warranty wth it :)
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Lithalnas
Amarr Privateers Privateer Alliance
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Posted - 2011.07.22 03:00:00 -
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two benchmark rateings i have found are Radeon HD 6770M score 1454rateing 58 GeForce GT 540M score732rateing 147
however the 540m has one advantage in a laptop, that is the optimus technology, this is a nifty feature which actively powers on and off the discreet graphics. So when you do excel sheets and basic browsing the video card is not eating your battery. So if you do a lot of gameing and do not mind being attached to a wall socket then the ATI option is a good one. If you need 4 hours of word processing for class the otimus may be better. But know that using wifi kills your battery real quick. -------------
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Zagam
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Posted - 2011.07.22 13:27:00 -
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Originally by: Kyo Haku Hi, I'm going to be buying a new laptop soon (within a month, if the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise) and I'm stuck between two models. One is a HP with an Intel i5 processor and a 2GB RadeonÖ HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA] graphics card. The other is a Toshiba with an i7 processor and a NVIDIA« GeForce« GT 540M with NVIDIA« OptimusÖ Technology with 1GB GDDR3 memory graphics card. Both have 8gb DDR3 RAM and similar specs. Their price is about the same as well.
I'll be using it for both school and online gaming (particularly EVE Online). I plan to have it for between three and five years, and I'm not sure which would be a better buy in the long run. The biggest difference I'm worried about is the graphics card.
Thanks in advance!
Speaking ONLY in terms of graphics cards, the HP laptop has a slight advantage. Speaking overall, its no question... Toshiba. Better build quality, less bloatware, better service, better HDD installed, etc.
Also, EVE works better with nVidia cards anyway. ---------.oOo.---------- Chaos, Madness, and Destruction. My work here is done. |
Gunn Charante
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Posted - 2011.07.22 20:29:00 -
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Originally by: Zagam
Speaking ONLY in terms of graphics cards, the HP laptop has a slight advantage. Speaking overall, its no question... Toshiba. Better build quality, less bloatware, better service, better HDD installed, etc.
Also, EVE works better with nVidia cards anyway.
Keep in mind this has to last for 4-5 years. Does that change anything?
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.22 23:13:00 -
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Originally by: Gunn Charante Keep in mind this has to last for 4-5 years. Does that change anything?
HA ! 5 years ? For gaming ? You're kidding, right ? The first one is sort of decent now, and may be borderline tolerable for another 3 years tops, the second one is pretty weak already and will be totally laughable in 3 years. In 5 years, you'll probably have better graphics capabilities on then-top-of-the-line cell phones than what you get on the second laptop. _
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Kyo Haku
Minmatar Gradient Electus Matari
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Posted - 2011.07.22 23:16:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Gunn Charante Keep in mind this has to last for 4-5 years. Does that change anything?
HA ! 5 years ? For gaming ? You're kidding, right ? The first one is sort of decent now, and may be borderline tolerable for another 3 years tops, the second one is pretty weak already and will be totally laughable in 3 years. In 5 years, you'll probably have better graphics capabilities on then-top-of-the-line cell phones than what you get on the second laptop.
Well, up until Incarna I was playing on a 5 year old machine with less than 1 gig of RAM. And the thing was low-tier when I got it. -- "Far be it from me to stand in judgment. I prefer to sit." -Stephen Colbert |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.22 23:35:00 -
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Well, EVE has only had two major graphics engine revamps, and only one of them was for the spaceships part ("Trinity", 3 and a half years ago), Incarna merely added stuff alongside it (first the char gen, then CQ).
Eve is still only on DirectX 9.0c (SM3, which was released almost 7 years ago), before that we were working with SM2 DirectX9 (9 years old tech), but it wasn't even required, it used to work even on SM1 cards - and cards that supported them came out even before then. Heck, while EVE lists 7xxx series NVIDIA as a minimum requirement, it almost certainly works with 6xxx series cards too, and the oldest ones in that series came out 7 years ago.
If the extent of your gaming is just EVE (or other MMOs), then it's pretty safe to say you'll probably be fine for the next 5 years with either of those cards, since it's unlikely the "spaceships in space" part will get any more heavy-duty any time soon, and even if it will, it won't be that radical - they barely and grudgingly shifted to SM3 mandatory, because there were so few people who didn't have SM3 capabilities. I guess it just depends on the level of detail you want to run it at, and the level of performance you would expect to get.
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Diesel47
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Posted - 2011.07.23 04:39:00 -
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If you want a laptop to last anywhere near 4 years... Be willing to fork out close to 2000$.
Some Asus I saw, going for 1700$. 2.6ghz I7 (can overclock itself when gaming) 16gigs of ram 750gig HDD GTX 560M 3gigs
should last a while.
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