Gaming Laptop
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For ARMAIII I think you need to be looking at either the HD8970M or GTX770M/GTX780M.
Depending on what you go for, you are looking at roughly the following prices (in ascending order of GPU grunt):
Basic setup: i7 4700MQ / 8GB DDR3 / 240GB SSD (or 128GB SSD & HD) / 1080p matte screen etc
GTX770M (960SP @ ~811Mhz / 192bit 4000Mhz GDDR5) - £1150-1250
HD8970M (1280SP @ 850-900Mhz / 256bit 4800Mhz GDDR5)- £1200-1300
GTX780M (1536SP @ ~823Mhz / 256bit 5000Mhz GDDR5)- £1450-1700
Best bang for buck would be the 8970M. Fastest is the 780M. The 770M fills a gap of offering close to 8970M performance in some games and being a Nvidia option sub £1400. I am not sure if the 8970M still has Enduro issues which cause under utilisation in certain games.
In effect the following are performance proxies for these cards:
- 770M = GTX650 TI Boost (underclocked GTX660)
- HD8970 = HD7850 @ 1000Mhz core (underclocked HD7870)
- GTX780M - GTX760/670 depending on game (underclocked GTX680)
Chassis wise you are looking at Clevo Rebrands (OCUK range of custom laptops), MSI GT60/70 (note - you won't actually get a MSI branded laptop with the specs above for the same price), Asus G series and at a squeeze an Alienware M17 (again not with the prices above).
I actually own basically the laptop iluvator has linked above* and it is a bit of a beast.
Stock the GPU (780M) boosts to 849Mhz (as long as you keep it below 92C) and chews through most things you can throw at it. Crysis 3 absolutely maxed out (with MSAA) is not really going to happen but hgh settings and SMAAx1 sees framerates however around the 50-70 mark. My 3DMark11 score stock is ~7800 and with a mild overclock to ~940/5800 I am scoring 8503. Firestrike scores is also over 5.2K stock.
The only downside is the 780M is a bit of a beast to keep cool in a laptop chassis.
*price will rise to around £1650 once you add a bigger SSD, more memory and a OS.
Depending on what you go for, you are looking at roughly the following prices (in ascending order of GPU grunt):
Basic setup: i7 4700MQ / 8GB DDR3 / 240GB SSD (or 128GB SSD & HD) / 1080p matte screen etc
GTX770M (960SP @ ~811Mhz / 192bit 4000Mhz GDDR5) - £1150-1250
HD8970M (1280SP @ 850-900Mhz / 256bit 4800Mhz GDDR5)- £1200-1300
GTX780M (1536SP @ ~823Mhz / 256bit 5000Mhz GDDR5)- £1450-1700
Best bang for buck would be the 8970M. Fastest is the 780M. The 770M fills a gap of offering close to 8970M performance in some games and being a Nvidia option sub £1400. I am not sure if the 8970M still has Enduro issues which cause under utilisation in certain games.
In effect the following are performance proxies for these cards:
- 770M = GTX650 TI Boost (underclocked GTX660)
- HD8970 = HD7850 @ 1000Mhz core (underclocked HD7870)
- GTX780M - GTX760/670 depending on game (underclocked GTX680)
Chassis wise you are looking at Clevo Rebrands (OCUK range of custom laptops), MSI GT60/70 (note - you won't actually get a MSI branded laptop with the specs above for the same price), Asus G series and at a squeeze an Alienware M17 (again not with the prices above).
I actually own basically the laptop iluvator has linked above* and it is a bit of a beast.
Stock the GPU (780M) boosts to 849Mhz (as long as you keep it below 92C) and chews through most things you can throw at it. Crysis 3 absolutely maxed out (with MSAA) is not really going to happen but hgh settings and SMAAx1 sees framerates however around the 50-70 mark. My 3DMark11 score stock is ~7800 and with a mild overclock to ~940/5800 I am scoring 8503. Firestrike scores is also over 5.2K stock.
The only downside is the 780M is a bit of a beast to keep cool in a laptop chassis.
*price will rise to around £1650 once you add a bigger SSD, more memory and a OS.
This is a great post. Thank you.