980 Vs Nano

[Mtom]

I recently bought an Asus ROG Skylake/980M laptop, for when I travel. I hooked it up to my 1440P 144Hz Freesync monitor via mini DP just to test, and it actually runs my games smoother than my 390X/Skylake setup does.

That should not happen, as the 390X uses 4-5X the amount of power that the 980M does, has way more transistors, shader units etc.

Still, my games run smoother, even at 1440P, on the 980M laptop.....

I also don't have any of the dodgy AMD driver issues, such as graphical corruption in chrome, which plagues my 390X setup.

I've bought AMD cards only since the 9800pro - as much as I'd love to continue supporting AMD and buy Polaris, I just cannot see myself doing so while NVIDIA's cards perform so well in comparison.

Gameworks was a masterstroke.

Isn't that a gsync panel laptop? That could be why it feels smoother.
The 980m is weaker than a 970 desktop card, which is weaker than the 390x, especially at 1440p. so its defo not because of the card.

 

[Dave2150]

Isn't that a gsync panel laptop? That could be why it feels smoother.
The 980m is weaker than a 970 desktop card, which is weaker than the 390x, especially at 1440p. so its defo not because of the card.

Yes, the laptop is running Gsync. The 390X is running freesync too, on my XL27030Z panel.

I was very surprised myself, but I cannot deny I prefer playing on the 980M in many recent titles. They simply run smoother with less pronounced dips in FPS, compared to the 390X.

 

[Boomstick777]

What did the OP buy in the end?

980 VS Nano isn't even a question in my mind, Nano easily, Nano VS the more expensive 980 Ti is what I would consider. But at the price of the Nano right now I see no reason to look beyond it VS any current gen card tbh.

My fav card from the 28nm generation. Love mine, will very likely get the next Nano ish card AMD or Nvidia (If Nvidia deliver this kind of card), power efficient good performance / price sweet spot.

 

[melmac]

Isn't that a gsync panel laptop? That could be why it feels smoother.

Didn't you read his post? It doesn't matter what the laptop panel is using because he says the laptop runs games smoother when connected to an external 1440p freesync monitor.

So what he is saying is, that a laptop with the 980M, connected to his BenQ freesync monitor, runs games smoother than the 390X connected to the same monitor.

And even if you do use the gsync screen on the laptop and the freesync on the 390X there will be no difference in smoothness. Freesync and Gsync both work and both smooth out games, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But don't take my word for it, just go into the monitor section and ask PCM2 and he will say the same thing.

So, yeah, He noticed the frame dips more on the 390X than the 980M.