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New ATI Firepro for M6400

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by melantye, Sep 3, 2009.

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    melantye Notebook Enthusiast

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    melantye, Sep 3, 2009
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    That depends on what you are going to do with the M6400, and what softwares you will be using.
     
    Johnny T, Sep 3, 2009
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    What's the ATI FirePro M7740 based off of (ie. consumer variant core)?
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 3, 2009
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    It's based off the Mobility 4860. 640 stream processors, 128-bit, 1GB DDR5 RAM.
     
    Kevin, Sep 4, 2009
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    that sounds pretty tasty.
     
    afhstingray, Sep 4, 2009
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    Nice, now we just need it to be available to purchase and some benchies... I doubt it will be much better than the FX 3700M in performance, but should definitely run a lot cooler due to the much lower fab process.
     
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    It's now available in the M6400 on the US store. Just +$100 over the FX 2700M, while the FX 3700M is +$349.
     
    Kevin, Sep 4, 2009
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    So I guess the FX 3700M is still king of the hill... and Dell says the FirePro has 60W TDP!
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 4, 2009
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    Yes Indeed! the FX3700M is stronger. Here are some specs takes from components info in dell's site:

    NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
    Graphics Memory 1 1GB GDDR3 Dedicated
    Memory Interface 256-bit
    Graphics Clock Speed 600e/800m
    Est. Max Power Consumption 65 watts

    ATI FirePro M7740
    Graphics Memory 1 1GB GDDR5 Dedicated
    Memory Interface 128-bit
    Graphics Clock Speed 650e/850m
    Est. Max Power Consumption 60 watts

    ....just a a bit of more clock speed cannot justify the 128 bit of difference in memory bandwidth. I thin the ATI can be better seen as an alternative of the FX 2700M insted.
    Cheers
     
    rearkou, Sep 5, 2009
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    the GDDR5 makes up for the 128bit difference in mem interface. i'd say thins guy would very nearly match or possibly exceed the FX3700m, even if its a bit slower the difference in price justifies it
     
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