First Windows notebook whith HD 8970m.

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I'm new to this forum, so hello.
My English isn't very good because I do not live in a English-speaking country.
So… my question: Within a couple of months I want to buy my first Windows Laptop, and I am in doubt if it would be smart to buy an laptop with an HD 8970m. I heard that it could be difficult to set this card up.
So should I buy a notebook with HD8970m or GTX 770m.
Specs: i7 4700mq
8 GB RAM (2x 4 GB 1600MHz)
Clevo P150SM.

Thanks already for answers.
 
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the 8970m is theoretically better, since it's hardware specifications are stronger. What do you mean by difficult to set up? There's no need to physically set up a GPU in a laptop since they're built in there already. And software wise AMD isn't too bad so it's honestly not much different.

If they're the same price go for the HD8970m
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the 8970m is theoretically better, since it's hardware specifications are stronger. What do you mean by difficult to set up? There's no need to physically set up a GPU in a laptop since they're built in there already. And software wise AMD isn't too bad so it's honestly not much different.

If they're the same price go for the HD8970m
 
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I don't have one, my own laptop has a GT 550M in it, a mid-ranged graphics chip when the laptop first came out, and an i7 2000 series, I played most games on 1680x1050 resolution and low/medium settings, and it handled Skyrim at 1080p on medium settings (but barely playable frames, it averaged about 30 FPS)

since your graphics chip choices are MUCH better, since both of them have a wider bus width, faster memory type (GDDR5 vs DDR3), faster clocks, far bigger memory bandwidth, and about 10x more shader units, it could probably handle the latest and greatest on medium-high settings.

the 8970m is equivalent to a desktop Radeon HD 7870, which is a strong mid ranged graphics card by today's standards
 
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