How long before the gt555m video card outta of mainstream

I got a m14 about two weeks ago and lots of people from other websites say that the gt555m video card is kinda of crapy compare to other video cards on 15x or 17x......so, my question is that how long will gt555m support the 3d high graphics games????

 

gt555m is perfectly fine for a while, mainly because you have it on a smaller screen with a lower screen res. Especially after overclocking you should be fine. Only drawback on the m14x is the gpu is soldered on.

 

Yeah, but how long is a while? 6 months? 1 yr? 2yrs?

 

some says gt555m will only be on the mainstream for few months and few says gt555m is already lack behind

 

In the technology world, most computer/mobile phone would outdated in 3-6 month, after its next in line is release, so to get the GT555M to be outdated, you might wish that NVIDIA would release the GT655M. And that obviously is going to happen in 2012.

 

Ok, lets look at it this way.

According to Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List - Notebookcheck.net Tech

The GT 555M is currently 64th on the list of capable mobile graphics cards. By no means is this card at the top of the heap at the current time. What is to be noted though is that the 555M is still in the green zone. You should be fine until the card starts to slide very close to the exit color below.

 

I think we should be good for at least 1.5 years.

Most games will be ports from the Xbox 360/PS3 so we will be fine.

 

didnt see the video card on 15x is outdated and still people see 15x as one of the most classic machines on alienware product line............why is that????

 

Nvidia is in the process of rebranding their processors, I read that the gt555m will be like the gt630 or something. Anyways It probably won't be obsolete for at least 1.5 - 2 years. Look a year or so ago, the gtx 460/480 ati 5800/5900 are still really great gpu's today. WHen they rebrand processors, they aren't dramatically better than the predecessors. But the gt555m will probably be phased out in early next year or so.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the gt 655m is just a bit faster than the 555m, we shall see on how the architecture is designed. 460m-560m was only a 15% increase, and that gap has been easily closed by overclocking

 

the 555m is just a plain bad card. Its good for a mobile card but already games are now pushing this card way past its limits.

 

my question for you is what would you put in the laptop in replace of it? none of the higher end cards such as the 560m would work because of both space and heat.

 

Based on your own benchmarks I assume? Can I see them?

 

According to wat u said, m14x will be the first alienware laptop that outdated just a year after it was released

 

I think the M14x isnt yet outdated, just one hardware (the GPU) will not make the whole laptop look outdated, the CPU is up to date. But back to reality, the GT555M is not yet outdated, you think that it is slow, yes because it is a mobile version, and game that release nowadays isnt build for laptop though, they of course and obviously target for the desktop counterpart.

So back to my earlier post, unless the GT600M series release, then we can say that the GT500M will be a little bit outdated but not really, the one that really outdated will be the GT400M series or below. Because if you look at the AMD side, the HD 5800 and 5900 series still popular even though the HF 6800/6900's already release, however the HD4800 is starting to fade away.

 

This is a major concern of mine. I already feel like the graphics card might be bad because it struggles to run Witcher 2 and Crysis and some other games.

The only problem with this laptop is the GPU.

 

again would you rather have more heat issues if they tried to stuff something more powerful inside?

I gotta say that even the most powerful laptop cards can't handle the witcher 2 maxed out (ubersampling kills it). Crysis is still very demanding and also causes issues for almost any gaming laptop. The gt 555m is closer to my 460m than I thought(only about 1000-2000) 3d mark vantage points away. So be content with what you have because it's the most powerfull 14inch on the market by far

 

You aren't just paying for high performance with this laptop. You're paying for a balance of performance/battery life.

 

No, you didnt pay for the balance of the battery life, you pay for the balance between performance and portability, as for the battery life, you wont be able to game on it for too long, unlike the M11x. So for the M11x then what you say will be correct.

 

since there is only 1000-2000 points away, the heat issues will still be existed...why didnt dell just throw a 460m in for 14x.....u know, just for a cool name: GTX rather than GT

 

I'd give the gt555m a year before you really felt that you needed to get a better gpu. To be honest there are a lot of stupid power hungry settings in games such as the blur effects, or some people wanting to max out AA. Seriously on a 14'' screen you can't possibly tell the difference after a certain point (i.e aa4x >> aa16x). After about 6 months you'll be running games at mostly medium, but then again is that so bad? You'll basically be going from a crisp looking game to a pretty good looking game.

Your gt555m will hold you over fine until you feel the need to update to the ivy bridge or nvidia 6xx or amd 7xxx.

 

I dont understand this... Cmon even prehistoric cards like GeForce 5500mx are used today by some people, yeah it cant run
oblivion, etc, but it works. Looking a bit further, GeForce 8600m was still rocking great a year ago with shadows turned off. GeForce 8700m GT was good for almost anything... well there is this GTA 4... But till last month (it just died) I was playing older games perfectly and new ones with some tuning worked pretty good. 555 will work for aleast 1; 1,5 years, even more if you OC it and run games on lower settings.

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I don't know why people are bad mouthing the gt555m, yeah you can get it in cheaper laptops, and you can get a gtx 560m in a laptop thats the same price or a little cheaper than the alienware m14x. But the gt555m is the one of the best of the gt series. You cant fit a gtx in an alienware m14x and still expect it to have great battery life and a small form factor. It will be able to play games medium to high settings for at least a year or more.

 

You cant fit a 460M in the m14x at all. The heat and cooling setup would be too big. It would be the size of a Sager or m15x by the time you get it all right. I dont think medium settings will be needed until 2013 or even further. Even at that time, the computer will have lasted on high for much longer than others. My honest opinion is mixed high/medium until 2014 but you guys will call me crazy.

 

I know a gtx card wont fit, but I mean the gt555m was the best card for the job of being small and powerful enough. I doubt portability and great gaming power will ever combine in the near future. I think it'll last quite a while, people are still using 9800 gt's pretty good. I'd give it a useful life of 2-3 years.