The Geforce GTX 880M, a repackaged 780M? Should I get a laptop with one or wait for a better GPU?

[tha1]

Hi,

I read that the Geforce GTX 880M is basically a repackaged 780M with a minimal improvement in performance (around 10 - 15%). I also have heard people say that by the end of this year better GPUs should come out with a better architecture.

Is that true? I'm looking to get a new gaming laptop and if that is the case and if the new GPUs provide a significant performance increase compared to the 880M vs 780M, I will stave off my purchase until then.

Thanks for the help!

 

[BustaRhymes]

What do you have now?

 

[Scuderia980]

Hello,

New GPU's come out every year, so if your prepared to wait and want an extra 20% (approximation) performance over the 880m, then wait. If not, im sure the 880m will do a fine job for you


~Scuderia980

 

[FunkyFeatures]

The 880m is about what a 770 is on the desktop version.
If you haven't already, check out this side: http://www.notebookcheck.net/
It has tons of mobile gpu comparisons, benchmarks and laptop reviews.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-880M.107622.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-780M.88993.0.html

As you can see from specs, same number of cores, but the 880m is clocked higher at about 950mhz, where the 780m is clocked at about 800mhz.

If there is a big price difference where the 780m is the cheapest, go for that instead. If you need more performance than in laptops, go desktop if you can.

About "better architecture", i think you mean maxwell. It will still be 28nm(if released late this year) and possibly save some power.
I would not count on it being much better than now, maybe a small improvement over 880m, or a rebranded 880m say 980m.

The difference between the 780m and 880m is about 15-20% because of the clocks, and you could possibly overclock to a little bit more(I have experience in overclocking laptop gpus, and it doesnt raise temperatures too much, as long as you are not doing anything extreme like 200mhz+)

If the gpu is going to overheat from the small overclock, it would have done it too without it.

 

[Georgehillier]

Hi,

I read that the Geforce GTX 880M is basically a repackaged 780M with a minimal improvement in performance (around 10 - 15%). I also have heard people say that by the end of this year better GPUs should come out with a better architecture.

Is that true? I'm looking to get a new gaming laptop and if that is the case and if the new GPUs provide a significant performance increase compared to the 880M vs 780M, I will stave off my purchase until then.

Thanks for the help!

The 8xxm series only came out a few months ago, if you're going to wait until the 9xxm series then you'll be waiting until next year.

The 880m is a very good card, it isn't a huge improvement over the 780m, but it's still an improvement.

The longest I'd wait for a new GPU would be a couple months, not over half a year