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M6600 Owners Thread

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by tomcom2k, May 23, 2011.

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  1. fabrizioT

    fabrizioT Notebook Geek

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    6970M and 8900M are almost the same card.
     
    fabrizioT, Jun 25, 2011
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    fabrizioT Notebook Geek

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    My personal opinion: speaking of Precision series Nvidia Quadro 3000M/4000M/5010M would be the the best choiche for PRO apps (CAD, Rendering, ... ), but not exceptional for gaming at the moment, mostly due to green drivers. ATI 8900M would be a great choiche for all around gaming and entertainment. Also it should not be a poor performer at all in PRO apps.
     
    fabrizioT, Jun 25, 2011
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  3. VukDjordjevic

    VukDjordjevic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not that is not poor but its excellent since it is a professional card made for PRO apps... I pretty much doubt that you'll even notice any difference in CAD when using M8900 compared to 3000M and 4000M. Ofc that you can play games this is a state of art high end laptop but no this card is not for gaming...

    And here's how AMD handles the competition:
    YouTube - ‪AMD V7900 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 Head-to-Head in CATIA (CATbench benchmark)‬‏

    Since there are no benchmarks of the m8900 online yet I'm pretty much sure that it can handle the competition ( 3000M & 4000M )
     
    VukDjordjevic, Jun 25, 2011
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  4. tomcom2k

    tomcom2k Notebook Evangelist

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    Crysis on Ultra settings at Full HD at 30fps plus just highlights how bad this machine is at gaming :confused:
     
    tomcom2k, Jun 25, 2011
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  5. VukDjordjevic

    VukDjordjevic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nobody said this machine is bad at gaming I just said that the graphic's card is more oriented for professional program usage. If you wanna play games so much, better buy an Alienware or even cheaper an Asus G74 with a GTX 560M card that performs better in games for twice as less money...
     
    VukDjordjevic, Jun 25, 2011
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  6. mckay3129

    mckay3129 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you!!! Perfect!
     
    mckay3129, Jun 25, 2011
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  7. tomcom2k

    tomcom2k Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a M17X R3 for a few days and it was only £100 cheaper than the M6600 and worse, in my opinion, in a few ways.

    Noise, the M6600 stays relatively quiet at MAX stress.
    Build Quality.
    Support. To have 3 years next day would have made the M17X more expensive.
    And if you check the M17X thread there are significant amounts of machines with defects.

    M6600 is certainly a candidate for gamers. All be it not a mainstream one.
     
    tomcom2k, Jun 25, 2011
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  8. xnewxmailx

    xnewxmailx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice GPU.
    The i7-2720QM performs as well as the i7-940XM or maybe better in some cases. They are toted to be the fasted chips in their class but the 2820 is better and has more level3 cache. Obviously I personally picked the 2720 for the present.
    I'm not sure if the prices will change but I like all three of these chips.
    As fot the drivers... I think all of our M6600 will improve as the drivers mature.
     
    xnewxmailx, Jun 25, 2011
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  9. JMSnowy

    JMSnowy Notebook Enthusiast

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    JMSnowy, Jun 25, 2011
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  10. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    the hot components are at the back of the laptop. the palmrests remain cool even under load
     
    afhstingray, Jun 26, 2011
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