Looking for a desktop cards that outperform laptop GTX 460M.

[FearoftheNight]

Hey guys. I'm am trying to figure out what level of desktop cards from and/nv are at or exceed the performance of the mobile 460m so I can start planning my next computer. Thanks.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Look at the number of CUDA cores or shaders and then see what desktop card has as many or more.

The 460M has 192 CUDA cores.

The desktop Geforce GTS 450 has just as many, and they are clocked at higher clockspeeds. So you're looking at a GTS 450 or higher card. They're only $100 so it won't be difficult to exceed that performance.

The AMD equivalent would be the HD 5750 or higher.

 

[FearoftheNight]

seriously? it sounds like the mobile 460 is quite a bit far from the desktop 460 then?

 

[notty22]

Here is a helpful hierarchy chart :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...rd-geforce-gtx-590-radeon-hd-6990,2879-7.html

edit: The 460m is not on there.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Yeah, the mobile cards usually are.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-460m-us.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gts-450-us.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4221/nvidias-gtx-550-ti-coming-up-short-at-150

The 550 Ti seems to be share similarities with the 460m as they use a 192-bit memory bus, but the 550 is clocked way higher.

 

[Arkadrel]

5870m for one

Check this list:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html


Try "6970M Crossfire" that should be about the fastest you can get into a laptop... be ready to pay though your nose to get that or something like the 485M SLI setup, in a laptop though.

seriously? it sounds like the mobile 460 is quite a bit far from the desktop 460 then?

It is... most things mobile are.

 

[Anteaus]

seriously? it sounds like the mobile 460 is quite a bit far from the desktop 460 then?

Thats why it's almost always a bad decision to pour money into a gaming laptop unless you absolutely need the mobility. You can speed 3K on a laptop today and still get owned by a desktop 1/3 the price.