Maxwell vs Kepler [??]

[evo85210]

quick question regarding maxwell and kepler, more specifically the GTX860m
why does manufacture seem to prefer the kepler over the maxwell (ie:gigabyte P35G v2, MSI GS60, razer blade)

 

the answer i get from their facebook pages is that the kepler has "better" performance
but  from all the benchmarks and reviews i've read online, the maxwell version definitely performs better while using less power

 

Am I missing something? (like kepler version being cheaper or something?)

[Paralectic]

Probably their stock.

[Cubit481]

quick question regarding maxwell and kepler, more specifically the GTX860m

why does manufacture seem to prefer the kepler over the maxwell (ie:gigabyte P35G v2, MSI GS60, razer blade)

 

the answer i get from their facebook pages is that the kepler has "better" performance

but  from all the benchmarks and reviews i've read online, the maxwell version definitely performs better while using less power

 

Am I missing something? (like kepler version being cheaper or something?)

In maxwell, nvidia has redesigned the way the transistors r arranged so that it can accomodate more i.e 20nm manufacturing process...it also provides much more cuda cores than we have with kepler... 

[evo85210]

In maxwell, nvidia has redesigned the way the transistors r arranged so that it can accomodate more i.e 20nm manufacturing process...it also provides much more cuda cores than we have with kepler... 

yes, which leads to my question why manufactures are using kepler in their high end gaming devices while claims it has better performance, when it obviously does not

[UnknownEngineer]

yes, which leads to my question why manufactures are using kepler in their high end gaming devices while claims it has better performance, when it obviously does not

They need to get rid of the keplers somehow, and even then, are the keplers in question really that bad.

They could also argue the the older kepler chips's have better support/drivers.

[Clarkey]

yes, which leads to my question why manufactures are using kepler in their high end gaming devices while claims it has better performance, when it obviously does not

Because maxwell costs more atm. And becasue they are probably lying to get you to buy stuff.

[Cubit481]

yes, which leads to my question why manufactures are using kepler in their high end gaming devices while claims it has better performance, when it obviously does not

because it has not really fully arrived till now..it is on its way and manufacturers will surely use it in sometime...although they have announced that they r bringing in their laptops...

 

have a look first...

 

http://www.legitreviews.com/msi-announce-gs60-ghost-nvidia-geforce-gtx-860m_137880

 

http://rog.asus.com/307502014/g-series-gaming-laptops/new-g750jz-g750jm-and-g750js-gaming-laptops-launched-with-nvidia-gtx-880m-870m-860m-and-turbomaster-overclocking/

[SounderMusician]

quick question regarding maxwell and kepler, more specifically the GTX860m

why does manufacture seem to prefer the kepler over the maxwell (ie:gigabyte P35G v2, MSI GS60, razer blade)

 

the answer i get from their facebook pages is that the kepler has "better" performance

but  from all the benchmarks and reviews i've read online, the maxwell version definitely performs better while using less power

 

Am I missing something? (like kepler version being cheaper or something?)

I'm not quite sure why gigabyte goes with the kepler 860m over the maxwell version (other than the 4gb vram but I doubt it utilizes that), but the other 2 you mentioned use the Kepler 870m which of course is better than the maxwell 860m. So maybe they are only trying to say that the 870m and 880m kepler is better than the only option for maxwell right now; because you are definitely right by saying maxwell is the better architecture.