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Mobile GPU benches

Raduque

Raduque

Lifer
I've noticed a trend in all the "[Website] Game name Benchmarks" posts: There are no mobile GPU benchmarks included. Are they ignored simply because it's too difficult to test several of them? Or are they simply deemed unimportant, despite laptops being high-selling units? I would personally really like to know where my GPU stacks up in the various charts.
 
http://www.notebookcheck.net/

You won't see many posts about those benchmarks because laptop gaming isn't popular here. Also, since the parts aren't interchangeable like a desktop, the CPU and GPU cannot be controlled like they can in the desktop environment. When comparing GPU's on the desktop, the CPU is never changed. Hard to do this with laptops, you're forced to accept whatever configuration the laptop comes in.
 
Raduque said:
I know about notebookcheck.net, but it would be nice to see mobile GPUs in charts too.
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How are you going to keep the CPU/Ram/MB the same?

The thing with notebook GPU is that it's a total system test because those factors are unique to each notebook.

To give you an example, in BF4, if you have DDR1600 and jump to DDR2133, you get a huge increase in FPS, despite the GPU being the same.
 
I think one of the biggest hurdles is the variance in cooling solutions offered in different systems. High load on the gpu causing the cpu to throttle will skew benches.
 
If you just want a way to quickly compare a mobile nvidia part to a desktop one, you can use the wikipedia list of nvidia gpus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...ocessing_units#GeForce_900M_.289xxM.29_Series

And as mentioned by waffleiron and silverforce, laptops have different cooling setups and parts that often impact performance.
The only solution would be to run a mobile specific specialized motherboard setup in a specialized enclosure. However, while it may be possible to buy laptops with replaceable CPUs and mxm slots, real world performance is often limited by thermals.
 
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Well op, you're welcome to propose a system that would keep all parts standard and simply switch out the gpu. Good luck!

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You don't have to bench them all or anything like that, just a few of the most popular or common ones. I don't think it would be too hard to simply add say the 5 best-selling, top-specced gaming laptops and that crazy MSI thing with SLId desktop 980 chips to the lists. Just benchmark them and slot them in.
 
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