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    Thoughts on the GE620DX and GeForce GT 635M?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Rovers1986, Mar 22, 2012.

  1. Rovers1986

    Rovers1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking at buying a GE620DX, retails for $1,253 here (China) and comes with a i7-2670QM processor, 4GB DDR3, 750GB Hard drive, 1920x1080 screen display, blu ray and 2 years machine warranty.

    Want to know what’s the opinion on the GE620DX, my major concern is heat and also hear some feedback on the performance on the 635M card. It is 2GB-DDR3 but I can't ascertain at this moment in time whether it’s the 192Bit DDR3 version found in the Alienware M14 or the 128Bit version.

    It seems like a good deal and perfectly suits my needs of finding a powerful but portable laptop which I can use in the office/traveling and for fun. Not overly familiar with the MSI brand and finding reviews for this model are pretty difficult, so greatly appreciate any feedback...
     
    Rovers1986, Mar 22, 2012
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    iamlilysdad Notebook Guru

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    My main concern would be that graphics card running newer games at the native resolution. 1080p might be a bit too much for that card to handle.

    If you're not gaming and doing mainly work stuff, web browsing, and things that aren't gaming then you should be fine with those specs.

    I have the Force 16-F2 barebones and have no complaints about it at all.
     
    iamlilysdad, Mar 22, 2012
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  3. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    The NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M is a fast middle class graphics card for laptops and is technically a renamed GeForce GT 555M. It is based on the GF108 or GF116 cores with different shader counts, clock speeds and memory configurations. It stems from the Fermi generation and supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0.

    Waiting for something with at least a Kepler GPU like the GT640M might be a better step up on performance.

    An Acer Timeline is supposded to be the 1st notebook with the GT640M.

    GT635M(Fermi):
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    GT640M(Kepler);
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    GT650M(Kepler):
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    GTX660M(Kepler)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    GTX670M(Fermi):
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    GTX675M(Fermi):
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
     
    WhatsThePoint, Mar 22, 2012
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  4. Rovers1986

    Rovers1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The graphics cards is more extra value added, I was more excited by having a quad core processor in a relatively mobile unit (hence the query on heat / throttling) with a high screen resolution.

    The problem I have with the Acer you mention is that aside from the gaming capabilities, its processor isn’t fit for my work and the screen appears awful from all reports.
    The only real alternative to the MSI GE620DX in form factor appears to be the Samsung 7 series model but in China unfortunately Samsung officially only shift the i5 model, not the quad core processor version.
     
    Rovers1986, Mar 23, 2012
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    Rovers1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not really a heavy, heavy gamer anymore. Not got the time but wouldn't mind taking a crack at the new Civilization (5), still running 3 on my work Thinkpad. Just want to run FIFA 2012 and its next incarnations on high settings. The other games I play such as Football Manager are more CPU focused and run perfect on my work i5, so wouldn't be an issue here.

    Any comments on the screen, MSI display quality?
     
    Rovers1986, Mar 23, 2012
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    1080p panels are better on aveage, also you can change it yourself, the acer can never run a 1080p panel most likely.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 23, 2012
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    bobuy00 Notebook Geek

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    Personally, the GT 555m/GT 635m isn't enough for 1080p

    The card itself is the 128bit (DDR3 not GDDR3 according to GPU-Z) so you'd be forced to down the resolution if you want more eyecandy. I bought the same laptop but with an i3-2310m and 1366x768 screen, and usually the graphics card is the bottleneck for most games (unless its a crappy console port) and i got it for about 850$ saving the change so i can buy a new laptop when it cant handle min in games anymore.
     
    bobuy00, Apr 16, 2012
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