How's the performance of the GTX 960M?

[deWaardt]

Hi all,

 

I'm planning on buying a laptop for my study, but as you all know laptops are quite pricey.

 

Now I am asking, how's the performance of the GTX 960M? The laptop I'll be getting has a skylake i7 quadcore (4 cores 8 threads), forgot which model i7 exactly.

How will the performance be compared to my current rig?

 

If it's about the same or better, I might sell my desktop to win back a bit money and use my laptop as primary PC, cost is really a very bad issue at the moment, but I need that laptop for my study.

Right now I can run BF4 on medium and GTA V on medium/high with 50 to 60fps, how will the GTX 960M + i7 compare to this?

 

Thanks in advance

[thekeemo]

Around a 750ti

same core.

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Right now I can run BF4 on medium and GTA V on medium/high with 50 to 60fps, how will the GTX 960M + i7 compare to this?

Assuming the desktop and laptop have 1080p screens the 960m should do a bit better than that.

Though IMO I'd go for a cheap laptop just for word processing (perhaps even a chrombook) and upgrade the desktop.

[xDanielxOossiex]

I see you're Dutch, you can get a very good one for 930EU. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/482577/asus-rog-gl552vw-cn471t.html

[thekeemo]

Just now, xDanielxOossiex said:

I see you're Dutch, you can get a very good one for 930EU. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/482577/asus-rog-gl552vw-cn471t.html

Be aware that Asus warranty is not great.

[deWaardt]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Assuming the desktop and laptop have 1080p screens the 960m should do a bit better than that.

Though IMO I'd go for a cheap laptop just for word processing (perhaps even a chrombook) and upgrade the desktop.

I need the horsepower on the laptop, I can't take my desktop into school. I need to do a lot more than word processing and I'll be travelling a lot.

 

2 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

I see you're Dutch, you can get a very good one for 930EU. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/482577/asus-rog-gl552vw-cn471t.html

That was exactly the laptop I was looking at.

 

On a side note, I could push a little bit further and get a GTX 970M.

 

GTX 970M worth it?

[xDanielxOossiex]

2 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

I need the horsepower on the laptop, I can't take my desktop into school. I need to do a lot more than word processing and I'll be travelling a lot.

 

That was exactly the laptop I was looking at.

 

On a side note, I could push a little bit further and get a GTX 970M.

 

GTX 970M worth it?

When do you need it? If you wait, the new gpus will come out and older gpus will drop price.

[nilotachi]

2 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

I need the horsepower on the laptop, I can't take my desktop into school. I need to do a lot more than word processing and I'll be travelling a lot.

 

That was exactly the laptop I was looking at.

 

On a side note, I could push a little bit further and get a GTX 970M.

 

GTX 970M worth it?

I think yes if you can buy a Gtx 970M its going to be a better choice, but if you dont have the money and you are going to do magic to get it, it isnt, i was searching a Notebook for study, The asus is a good option if you want to take the risk of having a fragile notebook (the plastic version) also the asus  warranty is a bit bad, try searching a Lenovo y700 or a MSI MSI GP62 6QE- Leopard Pro... (they are gtx 960 4gb)...
i never go for asus because i had one and it allways had problems

[ivan134]

Notebookcheck.net for mobile benchmarks 

[deWaardt]

5 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

When do you need it? If you wait, the new gpus will come out and older gpus will drop price.

Will the GPU price drop also happen for laptops?

 

Well, what I need is lots of CPU horsepower, and I mean lots of it.

Not celeron level bullshit. I'm gonna be using my laptop in school for running virtual machines, rendering etc

1 minute ago, nilotachi said:

I think yes if you can buy a Gtx 970M its going to be a better choice, but if you dont have the money and you are going to do magic to get it, it isnt, i was searching a Notebook for study, The asus is a good option if you want to take the risk of having a fragile notebook (the plastic version) also the asus  warranty is a bit bad, try searching a Lenovo y700 or a MSI MSI GP62 6QE- Leopard Pro... (they are gtx 960 4gb)...
i never go for asus because i had one and it allways had problems

Due to the small price difference between 960M machines and 970M machines I might as well just get a 970M, but I have no idea whether these price drops are gonna happen as well for laptops.

If so, I might still be getting a 970M and sell my desktop.

[nilotachi]

6 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

When do you need it? If you wait, the new gpus will come out and older gpus will drop price.

im going to buy a notebook as well, i think i will buy it near September, u think is gonna be a good time? or the new gpus are come out later?

[deWaardt]

I am not sure yet when I am getting it.

It's a bit up to what my parents want.

[nilotachi]

5 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Will the GPU price drop also happen for laptops?

 

Well, what I need is lots of CPU horsepower, and I mean lots of it.

Not celeron level bullshit. I'm gonna be using my laptop in school for running virtual machines, rendering etc

Due to the small price difference between 960M machines and 970M machines I might as well just get a 970M, but I have no idea whether these price drops are gonna happen as well for laptops.

If so, I might still be getting a 970M and sell my desktop.

depends on the notebook ur buying it wasnt that small amount between a 960 with the 970 it is  like 300 euros  but like im saying depends on the notebook.

[don_svetlio]

23 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

I need the horsepower on the laptop, I can't take my desktop into school. I need to do a lot more than word processing and I'll be travelling a lot.

 

That was exactly the laptop I was looking at.

 

On a side note, I could push a little bit further and get a GTX 970M.

 

GTX 970M worth it?

The GL552 plastic version (that one) is crappy - either get the metal version or skip it.

970M is around 40% faster than a 960M. 960M is essentially a 750 Ti

[deWaardt]

6 minutes ago, nilotachi said:

depends on the notebook ur buying it wasnt that small amount between a 960 with the 970 it is  like 300 euros  but like im saying depends on the notebook.

I'm not quite sure yet.

GTX 960M is still more likely. You're kinda right, but between some models there's a €200 gap and I might be able to pay that.

 

I'm just kinda thinking, can the 960M replace my desktop without tanking the performance?

 

A second issue is that I won't be home as much anymore and having a laptop to take with me to play games on is a lot nicer than no longer being able to play games because my desktop is at home.

 

A laptop with a powerful enough CPU but a lower end GPU (940M) is only ~700/800 so I have a plan B in case a laptop replacing my desktop is just not gonna be it, I'll just have to deal with being able to only game at high performance at home.

 

When considering everybody just said, it's probably a better idea to get a lower powered laptop and just keep the desktop, isn't it?

 

My "fallback cheapo laptop" has a 940M and a 1600*900 display which is enough for me, at that resolution.. Will I be able to game for a bit on the go, even if on low settings?

[nilotachi]

7 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

I'm not quite sure yet.

GTX 960M is still more likely. You're kinda right, but between some models there's a €200 gap and I might be able to pay that.

 

I'm just kinda thinking, can the 960M replace my desktop without tanking the performance?

 

A second issue is that I won't be home as much anymore and having a laptop to take with me to play games on is a lot nicer than no longer being able to play games because my desktop is at home.

 

A laptop with a powerful enough CPU but a lower end GPU (940M) is only ~700/800 so I have a plan B in case a laptop replacing my desktop is just not gonna be it, I'll just have to deal with being able to only game at high performance at home.

 

When considering everybody just said, it's probably a better idea to get a lower powered laptop and just keep the desktop, isn't it?

 

My "fallback cheapo laptop" has a 940M and a 1600*900 display which is enough for me, at that resolution.. Will I be able to game for a bit on the go, even if on low settings?

Yes, you can play, depending on the game you can use high settings as well, you can experience some lag in games like The witcher 3, Gta v, Far cry 4, you will be able to play but need to lower the resolution or lower setting...

[deWaardt]

5 minutes ago, nilotachi said:

Yes, you can play, depending on the game you can use high settings as well, you can experience some lag in games like The witcher 3, Gta v, Far cry 4, you will be able to play but need to lower the resolution or lower setting...

I won't mind lowering resolution, I'll guess I'll stick to that plan than.

 

I got both GTA V and Bf4 to run on a HD6570 with playable framerates, I can probably pull the same tricks again with the 940M

 

[nilotachi]

17 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

I won't mind lowering resolution, I'll guess I'll stick to that plan than.

 

I got both GTA V and Bf4 to run on a HD6570 with playable framerates, I can probably pull the same tricks again with the 940M

 

off course, good luck man!

[deWaardt]

4 minutes ago, nilotachi said:

off course, good luck man!

Thanks a lot man!

 

Have a good day!

[Theo]

my dell 7559 has a 960m, from what ive tested it runs witcher 3 on medium settings at 1080p at around 40fps average.

Its pretty decent overall