2 Laptops... GTX 960M or R9 375?

[ibex333]

The laptop with 960M has Core i5 6300HQ (2.30 GHz) and the one with R9 375 has i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz...


The difference s only $50 for the i7 one.


Which one should I get purely for gaming?

I am on the fence...

 

[Kenmitch]

Maybe wait it out a little bit if you can. Both AMD and NVidia will most likely be launching new mobile chips in the near future.

 

[ibex333]

Yeah, but those will cost a thousand dollars. I can get these laptops for around $700

 

[Kenmitch]

Yeah, but those will cost a thousand dollars. I can get these laptops for around $700

Future pricing on unreleased products isn't really easy to predict. Most likely both will just release something newer and more powerful into the same pricing slots.

The 960m looks to be the best option for gaming out of your choices. GPU over CPU when gaming is the intended use.

 

[IEC]

I've got a Dell i7559 with 4GB 960M that runs games decently at 1080P.

If you just want to be capable of medium/high quality 1080P gaming on the go it's not a bad option since you can regularly find it for around $700 ish or as low as $650 refurbished.

However, with 14nm/16nm GPUs mere months away you could quite literally get double (or more) the performance at the same TDP vs current offerings. Which could mean a sub-$1000 gaming laptop with performance similar to a 970 desktop card at <100W TDP.

 

[thesmokingman]

Yeah, but those will cost a thousand dollars. I can get these laptops for around $700

If you have to move now, I would think the amd gpus would age more gracefully in the long run.

 

[tajoh111]

If you have to move now, I would think the amd gpus would age more gracefully in the long run.

Was this bad advice or an attempt to sell an AMD based system?

They are not even in the same ballpark. Did you look up the performance?

The gtx 960m is atleast twice as fast as the m9 375. Higher settings and this grows to triple and beyond. It's a stomping. Regardless of aging, that m375 is going to suck in comparison to the gtx 960m. The gap in performance is like the difference between a gtx 980 and a 270x. The r9 375 is a horrible card which is going to age badly because of the ddr3 memory used and the 128bit interface.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960M.138006.0.html


http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R9-M375.142636.0.html

 

[thesmokingman]

Was this bad advice or an attempt to sell an AMD based system?

They are not even in the same ballpark. Did you look up the performance?

The gtx 960m is atleast twice as fast as the m9 375. Higher settings and this grows to triple and beyond. It's a stomping. Regardless of aging, that m375 is going to suck in comparison to the gtx 960m. The gap in performance is like the difference between a gtx 980 and a 270x. The r9 375 is a horrible card which is going to age badly because of the ddr3 memory used and the 128bit interface.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960M.138006.0.html


http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R9-M375.142636.0.html

Calm down dude. I didn't know, assumed Op picked two close in perf/price. Regardless they're both slow, though that is relative. That's why if you look at my post w/o raging viewpoint, assuming all else equal...

 

[tajoh111]

Calm down dude. I didn't know, assumed Op picked two close in perf/price. Regardless they're both slow, though that is relative. That's why if you look at my post w/o raging viewpoint, assuming all else equal...

The gtx 960m is hardly slow for a mobile platform. Although it isn't fast by desktop standards, it's the fastest GPU for a smaller sized laptop.

Getting faster for the most part means getting a tank of a laptop.

If you suggest something that's incorrect and the buyer follows your advice, he/she is the one that pays the price. I have a pet peeve because I see a lot of AMD fanboys/Pseudo salesmen on forums trying to incorrectly suggest AMD on purpose so they give AMD a sale. Sure AMD needs help, but if this is at the expense of honestly and a buyer getting a worse product, then it isn't worth it.

AMD needs to get a sale based on merit because that is what in the long run will save them. Not a handful of fans using dishonesty to get them a few sales here and there.

I felt it was one of those cases since this was like telling someone saying a 7870 is a better product than a gtx 980 if the same costs were the same.

 

[thesmokingman]

The gtx 960m is hardly slow for a mobile platform. Although it isn't fast by desktop standards, its the fastest GPU for a smaller sized laptop.

Getting faster for the most part means getting a tank of a laptop.

If you suggest something that's incorrect and the buyer follows your advice, he/she is the one that pays the price. I have a pet peeve because I see alot of AMD salesmen on forums trying to incorrectly suggest AMD on purpose so they give AMD a sale. Sure AMD needs help, but if this is at the expense of honestly and a buyer getting a worse product, then it isn't worth it.

I felt it was one of those cases since this was like telling someone saying a 7870 is a better product than a gtx 980 if the same costs were the same.

Oh geeze get over yourself. The OP gave two choices, asked others to pick one. It's not like I went out of my way to persuade the OP.

 

[coercitiv]

Yeah, but those will cost a thousand dollars. I can get these laptops for around $700

This jump is likely to be so massive in perf/watt that you may end up seeing new laptops both faster and cheaper than current ones, simply because lower tier new GPUs may still offer better performance than the tier you are looking at right now. If you have no other reason than cost, buying now is a bad decision.

If you still want to buy now, aim for systems with Core i5 6300HQ and the fastest card you can afford. Mobile GPUs are not powerful enough to warrant an i7. If the systems you were looking at is a Dell Inspiron, you may want to check this review to get a better idea on cooling, maintenance, screen quality etc.

 

[Insomniator]

Oh geeze get over yourself. The OP gave two choices, asked others to pick one. It's not like I went out of my way to persuade the OP.

You gave blatantly wrong advice admitting to not even knowing what the cards he chose were. Don't post if you have 0 clue about the question at hand.