GTX 680M!

The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M Graphics Card features:
1344 NVIDIA CUDA Cores with 4GB of GDDR5 Graphics Memory
Processor click up to 720 MHz
Memory clock up to 1800 MHZ
256-bit memory bus width and 115.2 GB/s memory bandwidth

So, they ARE going to use the GTX 670 for the GTX 680M as predicted.

80% faster than the GTX 580M. Spot on.






Source

Yup, pretty expensive.

Hmmm... Looking at the Graphics score and GT1-GT4 test, not much difference from the 7970M... Probably a bit...

GTX680M vs 7970M



Not worth to go for GTX680M

This post has been edited by Amal: Jun 22 2012, 09:25 PM

More details on GTX680M vs 7970M

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=a...0M.77072.0.html

Yup, definitely will go for GTX680M if they have the same price.

Even if it is USD100 more expensive, I might also still go for the GTX680M. But, not more than that.

Yup, agree with that. Love the Nvidia drivers, now that I'm using it again.

Good luck with your flashing! GTX285M SLI is quite a beast even if its old.

Thanks for sharing.
Quite a nice scores there.

Hope to see more models using it.

My current GT640M LE Kepler (BIOS MOD) :

Stock Clock 500MHz GPU : 900MHz MEMORY

This post has been edited by Amal: Jul 10 2012, 08:03 PM

Actually it's still abit buggy.

It can only goes up to 735MHz at the moment.

Stock 3DMark11 P1397:
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3768702

VS

OC 3DMark11 P1938:
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3853611

This post has been edited by Amal: Jul 11 2012, 12:55 AM

MOD it to 735MHz.
OC it to 870MHZ, it only detect in GPU-Z, but it actually doesn't move above 735MHz.
Still abit buggy.

Don't play game much, only tested Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, NFS Shift2, and Blacklight Retribution.



This post has been edited by Amal: Jul 14 2012, 10:52 AM

New Result :

Stock (500MHz) :


http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3768702

VS

OC (900MHz) :


http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3878653

90% Overclock!


Attached thumbnail(s)

Definitely increase.
But not bad I must say.

AIDA64 Stress Test for CPU and GPU :

Stock (500MHz) = GPU goes up to 84c (to be expected from a 1 fan & vent thin laptop )

735MHz = Up to 87c

835MHz = Up to 88c

950MHz = Up to 89c

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Added on July 14, 2012, 2:03 pmSqueeze some more on the memory :

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3879484

This post has been edited by Amal: Jul 14 2012, 02:03 PM

Nope, it wont work on mine by just using overclocking tools application.

It is currently locked by the BIOS.

I manage to get the clocks to 900MHZ by BIOS MODDING.
Not done by me though. Got help from someone.

Just made a short simple video comparing a stock GT640M LE(500MHz) vs BIOS MOD GT640M LE(1000MHz) running NFS SHIFT 2.
100% OC on GPU!
But bottlenecked by the slow DDR3.



Temp only increased around 4 celsius in gaming, 6 celsius in stress test from stock (still within the safe range).

Different games will definitely get different results.
Performance increased in gaming is about 40% to 70%, depending on what game.

So, for those looking for a portable & gaming laptop, you may take a look at :
Vaio SVS13116FGB (Black), 13.3" HD, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT640M LE@RM3299[1.72kg], 4GB, 640GB(5400rpm), W7HP

If you're willing to spend extra :
Vaio SVS13118GGB (Black), 13.3" HD, i7-3520M + Nvidia GT640M LE@RM3999[1.67kg], 8GB, 750GB(5400rpm), W7P
Vaio SVS13A15GGB (Black), 13.3" HD+ (1600x900), i7-3520M + Nvidia GT640M LE@RM4799[1.67kg], 8GB, 750GB(5400rpm), W7P

It is like having a lightweight(1.67kg-1.72kg) and portable(13.3 inch) laptop with a GT650M DDR3 GPU performance.

Thread becoming slow and boring now a days.
Might as well use it for other purpose, as long as it is a GPU discussion.

Btw, talk about OC, been seeing users of GTX680M manage to do crazy overclock as well, reaching above 8k in 3DMark11!

That ancient M17x of yours is still quite powerful though.

So, you're still going with an SLI capable laptop? Or going for a single GPU since you're tired of carrying a heavy laptop?
Previously I carried my Sager NP8150-S1 every single day on weekdays for work, it does feels heavy, but still bearable.

Now already changed to a lightweight one, since I don't game much as before.
Definitely feel the difference.

In that case, weight shouldn't be much of an issue I guess, since you only carry it couple of times in a year.
Actually I still have my NP8150, turning it into a home desktop instead of selling it.
The laptop alone weight around 3.1kg, while the adapter I think is almost 1kg.
I don't think you will have any issue at all carrying it around in a backpack once a while in a year. Coz I've been doing that 4-5 times in a year on a business trip.
I'm also currently deciding whether to upgrade my 6970M to a 7970M or not next month, GTX680M haven't cross my mind, but who knows.

As for the warranty, to be honest, it is quite bad due to the 3rd parties or reseller process.
The reseller will have to arrange the shipment. Thus they will usually go for the cheapest one, where it will take a very long process.
I have sent my laptop once because of the bad batch of the 6970M, so they replace the GPU(but still need to send the whole laptop just in case its not the GPU).
Actually once my laptop arrived at Sager, it took them about 1 day only to get the repair/replacement done.
In the end, the whole process took almost 1 month to repair my laptop, but that is because I decided to pay the reseller extra so that they can use better and faster shipment.
It will definitely be a longer process if I didn't pay the extra cost.

Conclusion is, it is up to which reseller you're going to purchase yours from.
I bought mine from Mucro Singapore.

A kit for the Sager is around RM1.5k - RM1.7k. Forgot the actual price.

My previous plan was to upgrade my laptop to a 7970M, but afterwards decided to sell my laptop and wait for a next generation GPU around early or mid next year and go ahead with that instead since I can still fill my gaming needs on my Sony Vaio.

NOW since I might have to sell my laptop at a very low price, I have this slight decision that I might actually keep my laptop and hoping that the next gen GPU can be fitted or just get a GTX680M when it is cheaper next year.

Haih... Technology...