Gt650m vs 5870m

[apachehavok]

Been out of the loop for a bit.

Does the mobility 5870m hold a candle to the new nvidia 650's like seen in the new macbook pros?

Thanks all

[Yiddo]

The 650M is just a 660M which is lower clocked no difference in the chip.

The 5870M still holds its own but sits alongside the 560M it will not beat a 660M at stock, not to mention newer architecture, smaller die, less heat, less power consumption.

Cannot say the same for Macbook's though this is second post about Apple on here today and honestly people if you want to game stay away from Shhhnapple.

[apachehavok]

so it would be about the same (give or take of course depedning) as a 650?

[sgogeta4]

There is another thread around here regarding the two GPUs. Given Apple's tendency to downclock their hardware, I wouldn't consider the GT 650M GDDR5 to be better than the HD 5870 GDDR5. Of course, if the memory is different, then it would also make a significant difference.

[Yiddo]

GDDR5 650M will be better than a 5870M, GDDR3 will not as it will only have 28GB/s bandwidth.

[Zymphad]

It's supposedly GDDR5, but likely underclocked. Apple underclocks their CPU and GPU, and fan noise is still obnoxious.

[hackness]

Yea stay away from the Macbook Pro if you want to game.

[CrossNF]

G75 with a GTX670m/660m over any macbook for gaming any day.

PS. Those Clevo custom laptops are beasts. Crossing fingers for a MSI G series with a 7970m/680m soon. Would love to see a G75 with something stronger of a video card, but don't think it will happen.

[Karamazovmm]

the gt 70 and probably the gt 60 are going to receive the 680m treatment soon. and there is the gx 60, which is a trinity apu and a 7970m

and I dont believe that asus will launch anything close to high end this year