Upcoming GPU Info Thread - 6xxM / 7xxxM Discussions!

[SlickDragon]

Indeed the 7970m should make a mockery of the 580m and crush it handedly, and I agree with you that the 6990m is on par with the 580m performance wise. However the 6990m trumps the 580m due to being a fraction of the cost, and drawing much less power as well. This wasn't well known till recently, when Alienware engineers revealed that the m17x R3 throttles with the 580m due to its power draw being too high, while the superior 6990m suffers through no such flaw. Don't be fooled by the purported 100tdp of each card, there is a clear difference in power draw between them. The rebranded 675m will have all the same problems as its 580m clone.

With the throttling and blistering temps generated by the 580m, its clear to many that the 6990m won the trifecta of unadulterated performance, incredible price, and reasonable power draws for such a beast. As such there is no reason to assume that the mobile 7xxx series wont repeat their predecessors victory, and in a timely fashion as well, since the desktop parts are long since firmly established and out in the market. Meanwhile the elusive and overhyped kepler is no where to be seen, and is nearly impossible to acquire. That doesn't bode well for real mobile kepler (not low tier ultrabook class GT 640m, GT 650m, GT660m) cards to show up anytime this year, by which time Amd will long since have won the mobile crown by default.

[b0b1man]

You are damn right, SlickDragon!

This is why I chose AMD 6990M. And this is why Im gonna get AMD 7990m when it comes out in my new ivy config!

[TheBluePill]

Indeed the 7970m should make a mockery of the 580m and crush it handedly, and I agree with you that the 6990m is on par with the 580m performance wise. However the 6990m trumps the 580m due to being a fraction of the cost, and drawing much less power as well. This wasn't well known till recently, when Alienware engineers revealed that the m17x R3 throttles with the 580m due to its power draw being too high, while the superior 6990m suffers through no such flaw. Don't be fooled by the purported 100tdp of each card, there is a clear difference in power draw between them. The rebranded 675m will have all the same problems as its 580m clone.

With the throttling and blistering temps generated by the 580m, its clear to many that the 6990m won the trifecta of unadulterated performance, incredible price, and reasonable power draws for such a beast. As such there is no reason to assume that the mobile 7xxx series wont repeat their predecessors victory, and in a timely fashion as well, since the desktop parts are long since firmly established and out in the market. Meanwhile the elusive and overhyped kepler is no where to be seen, and is nearly impossible to acquire. That doesn't bode well for real mobile kepler (not low tier ultrabook class GT 640m, GT 650m, GT660m) cards to show up anytime this year, by which time Amd will long since have won the mobile crown by default.

Very good post and right on.

[rorkas]

Now if only AMD was compatible with 120Hz screens...

[Prema]

GTX670M maximum stable overclock!

ALL CREDIT GOES TO 慕容蛛蛛!

[rorkas]

GTX670M maximum stable overclock!

ALL CREDIT GOES TO 慕容蛛蛛!

It beats 675M & 6990M. The only question is how stable is "stable"?

[Kingpinzero]

It beats what? You mean stock clocks? I don't think it beats both 6990m and 675m because those scores are in line with stock clocks benchmarks.
And with a small oc my 485m scores 17k in vantage and above 20k in 3dmark06.

[jaybee83]

it definitely is on par with 6990M / 580M at this OC. i got around the same P-score in 11 with a 9% OC of my 485M.

cheers

[pau1ow]

GTX670M maximum stable overclock!

ALL CREDIT GOES TO 慕容蛛蛛!

I'm sure they will do more...we don't even know if this was with the o/v vbios (I don't think it was) so we should see soon 900mhz on the core with 0.9v vbios

[DGDXGDG]

nope, 670m stock vbios already @ 0.9V, and it has 0.92v table available...