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    260M vs 555M

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Gearsguy, Apr 27, 2011.

  1. Gearsguy

    Gearsguy Notebook Deity

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    Alright, I posted a simiar topic in the buying a new notebook forum but as I get closer to buying the m14x, I want to get more specific. So how would a 1gb GDDR3 GTX260M compare to the 3gb 555M? (It's my preference, please no comments on 1.5gb vs 3gb)


    My laptop also has a 2.5ghz C2D P8700 and I will get the 2ghz i7 if you want to help me get more specific on the performance difference :p

    EDIT: Also, I dont mean to sound like im reposting and hawk helped me out a bit but I was wondering if someone else might have more specific benchmarks with people getting their m14xs now. Other than that, everyone just told me to get a sager ~_~
     
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    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

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    CPU-wise the i7 Sandy Bridge kicks any C2D butt. So in the CPU department it is totally a given.

    GPU-wise, the 555M is really on par with the 260M. It is slightly better but not by much. Most games only see 2-3 more FPS with the 555M over the 260M. You can thank nVidia for still sticking the 555M with GDDR3... :rolleyes:

    Benchmarks are already posted on Notebookcheck:

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-260M.14559.0.html <-- 260M

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-555M.41933.0.html <-- 555M

    PS: Also note that the same 555M used in the m14x is also milked by Dell in the XPS 17-inch model and is not upgradable to future cards.
     
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    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not to sound like Negative Nancy but i just dont trust notebookcheck reviews anymore. You guys will get some numbers from me probably late tomorrow night CST.
     
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    That will be great. Try to find some user benchmark scores from the Asus archives on the G51 if you can too as a comparison. However, I believe both are still relatively on par to each other.
     
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  6. Gearsguy

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    20fps on High in Metro 2033. Thats a bit better than what I get by like 4-5 frames :p
     
    Gearsguy, Apr 28, 2011
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