What mobile gpu to get?

[Otircam01]

Hey i'm curious as to what mobile gpu i should try to get, as of bang for the buck but for mid to high range. 

 

I'm planning on gaming and maybe content creation of some sort, so any low end chips like 850m or 950m and below would definitely be out.

 

At what prices should i get said laptop based on the gpu? I'm not looking for input about what laptop itself is necessarily better but the hardware inside.

 

 

Example: 

 

I've currently found two used laptops. A lenovo y50 (gtx 860m) and a msi gt70 896 (gtx 870m)

 

The y50 is $625 and the gt70 is $800 

 

based on the prices would it be better to save the $175 and get a 860m

or should i spend it to get an 870m

 

 

I'm curious into what gpus are worth spending  __x__ price for over another

 

 

as well  as other laptops with 960m (at $800), 965m at ( at $900) and 970m (at $1200)

[rafazafar]

Hey i'm curious as to what mobile gpu i should try to get, as of bang for the buck but for mid to high range. 

 

I'm planning on gaming and maybe content creation of some sort, so any low end chips like 850m or 950m and below would definitely be out.

 

At what prices should i get said laptop based on the gpu? I'm not looking for input about what laptop itself is necessarily better but the hardware inside.

 

 

Example: 

 

I've currently found two used laptops. A lenovo y50 (gtx 860m) and a msi gt70 896 (gtx 870m)

 

The y50 is $625 and the gt70 is $800 

 

based on the prices would it be better to save the $175 and get a 860m

or should i spend it to get an 870m

 

 

I'm curious into what gpus are worth spending  __x__ price for over another

 

 

as well  as other laptops with 960m (at $800), 965m at ( at $900) and 970m (at $1200)

The difference is bout 15fps in GTA V on high at 1080p. Worth it or not? im not sure, maybe. Theres more to a laptop then just gpu, aka frame rate limiting, cpu efficiency, storage speed.

 

The 960m isnt worth it tho, performance is very similar to 860m

 

3dmark11:

860m ~ 4902

960m ~ 5249

965m ~ 7136

870m ~ 7156

r9 m295x ~ 8850

970m ~ 9809 

980m ~ 12436

970m sli ~ 18368

 

in my opinion the 970m and 970m sli are really worth the money if someone is looking for a desktop replacement yes have it be slim and portable.

the 980m usually is housed in a thick ass laptop. gsync support is also coming up.

the  860m 870m is still a very worthwhile upgrade, if the other specs are not a downgrade

[exercutor5]

Hey i'm curious as to what mobile gpu i should try to get, as of bang for the buck but for mid to high range. 

 

I'm planning on gaming and maybe content creation of some sort, so any low end chips like 850m or 950m and below would definitely be out.

 

At what prices should i get said laptop based on the gpu? I'm not looking for input about what laptop itself is necessarily better but the hardware inside.

 

 

Example: 

 

I've currently found two used laptops. A lenovo y50 (gtx 860m) and a msi gt70 896 (gtx 870m)

 

The y50 is $625 and the gt70 is $800 

 

based on the prices would it be better to save the $175 and get a 860m

or should i spend it to get an 870m

 

 

I'm curious into what gpus are worth spending  __x__ price for over another

 

 

as well  as other laptops with 960m (at $800), 965m at ( at $900) and 970m (at $1200)

 

Can you define your other laptops?

[Otircam01]

yeah i know what you mean about bottle necks and how some cards are equivalent give or take a few improvements.

 

960m is a overclocked more efficent version of the (maxwell) 860m

 

965m is almost on par with 970m at 1080p and bellow

 

 

i am also not to worried about the potential of other bottle necks, i know how to spot them, and i'm not too worried about sacrificing some things. I've found that besides a few rare cases most brands avoided ant major bottlenecks, the main aspect of the laptop that ive been having trouble deciding on the gpu i want in it.

 

but my main question is given a low budget, is sticking with lower cards now (ie, saving money and buying a 860m now), a better or worse investment than spending $200 -$600 more (for a 870m/ 965m equivalent or higher, and what about 970m (or greater). 

 

 

im not worried about the laptop as a whole but the price to performance of the gpus based on the cheapest i can find a laptop with them in it. im trying to use that to help determine where it is worth paying more for a gpu before it starts getting really expensive