Nvidia GTX480M vs 5780 Crossdire

[a2012k]

Need help with my decesion, which one should i go with (money not a problem) which is better GTX480m single or 5780 dual crossfire :confused:

[powerpack]

I would go 480m. I would do this because in games that don't take advantage of CF 480m wins. In many others 480m will hang with 5870CF. I don't see 5870CF ever crushing the 480m so why put 2 cards in a notebook? That's just my thoughts not scientific and I can see others disagreeing.

[Maverick494]

I would go 480m. I would do this because in games that don't take advantage of CF 480m wins. In many others 480m will hang with 5870CF. I don't see 5870CF ever crushing the 480m so why put 2 cards in a notebook? That's just my thoughts not scientific and I can see others disagreeing.

I disagree with your assessment on the performance. The CF5870 is going to beat the 480M every time, except in way older games and then who cares. I don't necessarily disagree that the single 480M is the way to go simply because a single card solution is much easier to deal with upgrading later on if you choose to. The 480M should be plenty of GPU for the current and medium future gaming market.

[powerpack]

Forget everything I said. I found this from Tom's Hardware, link (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mobility-radon-hd-5870-geforce-gtx-480m-crossfire,2736.html).

I still prefer single card solutions for notebooks but you make up your mind.

[SmogHog]

Need help with my decesion, which one should i go with (money not a problem) which is better GTX480m single or 5780 dual crossfire :confused:

Hang on a little while longer,if money is no object,for a Clevo x7200.Sager NP7280 replacement.

The replacement should have Sandy Bridge CPU options.

Right now you can order the Sager NP8170-S1 with a Sandy Bridge 2920XM extreme CPU and a single GTX485M,16gb DDR3 1333 ram and 2 500gb SSH drives in Raid 0 for about $3300.

[Cetan]

I agree with both powerpack and SmogHog's opinions:

I greatly prefer single-card solutions over dual-GPU in laptops, and I would wait for the Sandy Bridge options and take a 485M if at all possible.

[Keeper]

If only money was really no object to most of us..... Oh well, I suppose I will just have to settle with the Asus ;)

[singleshot71]

480m in laptop, 3-way 6950's in desktop. IF money is no object then 3-way sli 580's in desktop. The heat in a laptop with 2 GPU's would be unbearable.

[Cetan]

480m in laptop, 3-way 6950's in desktop. IF money is no object then 3-way sli 580's in desktop. The heat in a laptop with 2 GPU's would be unbearable.


I would actually research into 3-way SLi to see if it's right for you. I've done some research into it as I'm building a new rig post-deployment (waiting on the new Sandy Bridge shtuff to push out to market) and from most of the reviews, evaluations, and benchmarks run from reputable sources (tomshardware, anandtech, to name a few) show no significant gain in performance (and actually a LOSS in one game) from 2-card SLi to 3-way SLi, unless you're planning on multi-monitor gaming, or gaming in 2560x1600.

Overall, most games didn't see much more than a 0-10 fps increase from adding a third card in anything lower than a 2560x1600. I'm not ready to drop thousands on a set of monitors with that resolution yet, nor the addition of a third card at $500. :P Nor do I like Crysis enough to want to spend thousands of dollars to play it just a little bit prettier.

I can't post a link for AnandTech's review, since the site exploded or something at this moment, but here is Tom's Hardware's review on the GTX480 (so it's somewhat recent.)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-480-3-way-sli-crossfire,2622.html

Then again, if money is no object, a new pair of $1000 monitors with a set of 3 video cards and a mobo to support them ($1500-2000) would be rather impressive.

[Maverick494]

I would actually research into 3-way SLi to see if it's right for you. I've done some research into it as I'm building a new rig post-deployment (waiting on the new Sandy Bridge shtuff to push out to market) and from most of the reviews, evaluations, and benchmarks run from reputable sources (tomshardware, anandtech, to name a few) show no significant gain in performance (and actually a LOSS in one game) from 2-card SLi to 3-way SLi, unless you're planning on multi-monitor gaming, or gaming in 2560x1600.

Overall, most games didn't see much more than a 0-10 fps increase from adding a third card in anything lower than a 2560x1600. I'm not ready to drop thousands on a set of monitors with that resolution yet, nor the addition of a third card at $500. :P Nor do I like Crysis enough to want to spend thousands of dollars to play it just a little bit prettier.

I can't post a link for AnandTech's review, since the site exploded or something at this moment, but here is Tom's Hardware's review on the GTX480 (so it's somewhat recent.)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-480-3-way-sli-crossfire,2622.html

Then again, if money is no object, a new pair of $1000 monitors with a set of 3 video cards and a mobo to support them ($1500-2000) would be rather impressive.

ummm this was about laptop cards..... soooo why link to a desktop card review? I know singleshot got a little OT, but now you are out in left field.

[singleshot71]

ummm this was about laptop cards..... soooo why link to a desktop card review? I know singleshot got a little OT, but now you are out in left field.

Hey hey, DOn't pick on the ADD guy!!! I sort of stuck with topic?:wideeyed:
I was making the point that 2 cards in laptop would increase the heat output, so, better to save it for desktop.