GTX 660m v 7970m

[Greeny93]

Been doing some resaearch into a decent laptop...

Mainly used for uni work, cad etc, but will be used for gaming

Found 2 laptops...both i7 3610, 16gb ram, etc.

The only difference is one has a 7970m with backlit keyboard+finger print scanner...

The other, a GTX 660m without the extra's.

However ! there's a.... £374 difference.

Which one to go for?! £374 for a better GPU ( did some research, is approx 2x better ) + the extra's.

tl;dr - GTX 660m -> 7970m worth £374?


Cheers.

 

[Spenty]

I'd say it's worth it, the 660m simply wont cut it for long on newer games. My brother has a GT555M and it plays everything max at 1366x768 but I'm guessing that laptop is 1920x1080.

 

[Rroff]

The 7970m is massively faster - I wouldn't go for anything slower than the GTX675m these days for gaming. However I'd do some research on the laptop and 7970m as when I last looked at it there was a lot of general problems with them (mostly seem to be due to the chassis not being properly specced to power them).

 

[MAK360]

The problems people are having are from upgrading their older cards with the 7970M themselves. If you're buying a laptop that has 7970M as standard, it shouldn't be a problem

 

[Greeny93]

I'd say it's worth it, the 660m simply wont cut it for long on newer games. My brother has a GT555M and it plays everything max at 1366x768 but I'm guessing that laptop is 1920x1080.

Yeah it is 1920x1080.

I see where you're coming from, just seems like so much money ;P Could pretty much buy a whole new laptop for the difference !

Hmmm, decisions !