GTX 850M vs R9 M275

[djdelarosa25]

Is there a significant difference between the power of these two?

 

I'm in a torn situation right now. I'm deciding between two laptops, one's a Y40, and the other one's an Inspiron 14 7447. The Y40 has a 1080p screen, 8 GB of RAM, i7-4510U while the Dell has an i5-4200H, GTX 850M, 4 GB of RAM, 768p screen. Can't upgrade anything in the future. I'll be playing CS:GO, GTA V, etc.

[Tech Deals]

The GTX 850M is much faster according to this:

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-M275-vs-GeForce-GTX-950M

 

[auraofjason]

58 minutes ago, Tech Deals said:

The GTX 850M is much faster according to this:

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-M275-vs-GeForce-GTX-950M

 

That's the 950M, but yes the 850M is still a lot faster.

[Tech Deals]

26 minutes ago, auraofjason said:

That's the 950M, but yes the 850M is still a lot faster.

Doh!  I completely missed that, shame on me!

[don_svetlio]

2 hours ago, Tech Deals said:

The GTX 850M is much faster according to this:

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-M275-vs-GeForce-GTX-950M

 

1 - GPUBoss is NOT trustworthy

 

2 hours ago, djdelarosa25 said:

Is there a significant difference between the power of these two?

 

I'm in a torn situation right now. I'm deciding between two laptops, one's a Y40, and the other one's an Inspiron 14 7447. The Y40 has a 1080p screen, 8 GB of RAM, i7-4510U while the Dell has an i5-4200H, GTX 850M, 4 GB of RAM, 768p screen. Can't upgrade anything in the future. I'll be playing CS:GO, GTA V, etc.

2 - 850M is faster, yes but the 4GB of RAM might be a pain, especially for GTA V which needs 6GB I think.

 

1 hour ago, auraofjason said:

That's the 950M, but yes the 850M is still a lot faster.

3 - 950M is a rebranded 850M

[auraofjason]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

3 - 950M is a rebranded 850M

Yes but it is clocked significantly higher though.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, auraofjason said:

Yes but it is clocked significantly higher though.

100Mhz - not a lot.

[WynLore]

2 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

100Mhz - not a lot.

Not even significant in that tier of a GPU, really.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, WynLore said:

Not even significant in that tier of a GPU, really.

Increses performance by around 8% - not a lot but still something. But it also increses heat output and power draw = less battery life and hotter laptop

[djdelarosa25]

Mind if I post the specs of the laptop here? I ain't getting much feedback in my post in the Laptop section.

 

Lenovo Y40-70

- 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4510U Processor (2.00GHz 1600 MHz 4MB)
- Windows 8.1 64
- 14.0 FHD LED AntiGlare Backlight (1920x1080)
- AMD Radeon R9 M275 2GB
- 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz
- Hybrid 500GB 5400 RPM+8GB SSHD
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
- Hard Drive 500 GB

Dell Inspiron 14 7447

Processor : Intel Core i5-4200H Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
HDD : 500GB HDD
RAM : 4GB DDR3L
Graphics : 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M DDR3
Display : 14.0 inch LED Backlit Display with Anti Glare and HD resolution (1366 x 768)
Optical Drive : Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Battery : 6-cell battery
Operating System : Windows 8.1

 

I can't upgrade anything.

Which is better? I mentioned the games, and this laptop's also gonna be my primary rig for school and for my general entertainment use.

[don_svetlio]

13 minutes ago, djdelarosa25 said:

Mind if I post the specs of the laptop here? I ain't getting much feedback in my post in the Laptop section.

 

Lenovo Y40-70

- 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4510U Processor (2.00GHz 1600 MHz 4MB)
- Windows 8.1 64
- 14.0 FHD LED AntiGlare Backlight (1920x1080)
- AMD Radeon R9 M275 2GB
- 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz
- Hybrid 500GB 5400 RPM+8GB SSHD
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
- Hard Drive 500 GB

Dell Inspiron 14 7447

Processor : Intel Core i5-4200H Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
HDD : 500GB HDD
RAM : 4GB DDR3L
Graphics : 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M DDR3
Display : 14.0 inch LED Backlit Display with Anti Glare and HD resolution (1366 x 768)
Optical Drive : Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Battery : 6-cell battery
Operating System : Windows 8.1

 

I can't upgrade anything.

Which is better? I mentioned the games, and this laptop's also gonna be my primary rig for school and for my general entertainment use.

8GB RAM - I don't care how much better the 850M is, 4GB is a pain to use nowadays. The Y40 also has a better keyboard and higher res monitor for work.

[djdelarosa25]

45 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

8GB RAM - I don't care how much better the 850M is, 4GB is a pain to use nowadays. The Y40 also has a better keyboard and higher res monitor for work.

Thanks for the feedback!