nvidia GT 650m vs GTX 670m

[Karamazovmm]

And why would the battery life on the 660m be any better? If you are wondering gaming on battery, both will downclock horrendously, basically since there is optimus, it wont matter what card is in it. That was the whole idea, to shut down the dgpu when its not doing something intensive, thus more battery life.

Although since the price of the 675m is 100 bucks up from the 670m, I would surely go for that.

Or at least wait a bit for the 7970m

[Cloudfire]

Why? Have you looked at prices? Do you think newer releases will be on the same price par?

Nah, they will be more expensive for shure. I was thinking if money was no problem
Some guy in this forum payed 100 euro more for 7970M over 675M. 680M will also cost more of course

[mtrein]

And why would the battery life on the 660m be any better? If you are wondering gaming on battery, both will downclock horrendously, basically since there is optimus, it wont matter what card is in it. That was the whole idea, to shut down the dgpu when its not doing something intensive, thus more battery life.

Although since the price of the 675m is 100 bucks up from the 670m, I would surely go for that.

Or at least wait a bit for the 7970m

Well, the 660 on load would consume less power overall, but as I said - this is moot.

I would also go for the 675/580 over the 670/570 for 100 bucks more for sure. The 7970 will be expensive for the first few months after it comes out, so essentially you'd have to wait quite a bit to get better performance without upping the price too much.

[Meaker]

The idle power will likely be a tad lower.

[thomasw333]

Can't the 9130 be converted to hold two harddrives with a caddy for the optical bay anywaY?

Of course, any laptop can be converted to hold two hdd by getting rid of the optical drive. I never understood the draw though. Who needs two hdd? Why not ust one sata 3 ssd? Or a regular hdd with an Msata.

[gavinh]

I'm not sure but I was responding to this post which made the comparison between the 6165 and 9130; which remember is the actual debate at the heart of this particular thread.

[HTWingNut]

Of course, any laptop can be converted to hold two hdd by getting rid of the optical drive. I never understood the draw though. Who needs two hdd? Why not ust one sata 3 ssd? Or a regular hdd with an Msata.

Not all notebooks support mSATA. Many users want a small SSD (cheaper) and an HDD. 120GB SSD + 500GB HDD is a lot cheaper than a 256GB SSD, and over twice the storage space.

[thomasw333]

Not all notebooks support mSATA. Many users want a small SSD (cheaper) and an HDD. 120GB SSD + 500GB HDD is a lot cheaper than a 256GB SSD, and over twice the storage space.

I was responding to another user in regards to the sager 9130 which does have an msata slot.

[gavinh]

Not all notebooks support mSATA. Many users want a small SSD (cheaper) and an HDD. 120GB SSD + 500GB HDD is a lot cheaper than a 256GB SSD, and over twice the storage space.

Why not go hybrid?

[thomasw333]

I have a hybrid, not worth the money...