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Which GeForce GTX 880M Gaming Laptop is Right for You?

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March 20, 2014 8:54:42 AM

All of them. All of the laptops are good for me...so do I give you my address you and send them my way now?
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March 20, 2014 8:55:43 AM

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All of them. All of the laptops are good for me...so do I give you my address and you send them my way now?
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March 20, 2014 9:12:27 AM

None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
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March 20, 2014 9:13:07 AM

I chuckled a bit at the MSI GT70 " 7.3" " screen.
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March 20, 2014 9:20:34 AM

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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
TBH most laptop screens are still 720p and thats what is so shit about laptops these days. You have to pay through the nose to get a 1080p screen even though 1080p is now STANDARD for phones. The reason all these are stuck on 1080p is because the graphics card cant handle games at a higher resolution so for a gaming laptop a higher resolution is mostly pointless
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March 20, 2014 9:21:56 AM

Because you can't play most games on a Mac and you definitely can't drive games on native resolution on a "retina" display with a mobile GPU?
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March 20, 2014 9:32:19 AM

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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
Considering that laptop graphics cards can't really sustain playable frame rates at resolutions higher than 1080p without sacrificing graphic fidelity, I think you are complaining about something that really isn't an issue. On a side note, Mac has been adding higher resolution for years, but they rarely give you an affordable video card option to support actual gaming on their high res screens.
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March 20, 2014 10:01:56 AM

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If you're serious about gaming on the go, then you probably want the GeForce GTX 880M with 8 GB of DDR5.
Say what?
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March 20, 2014 10:22:02 AM

Origin PC EON17-SLX $2,499 Core i7-4700MQ 2.40 GHz - 3.40 GHz 17.3" LED-Lit 1920 x 1080 4 GB DDR3-1333 320 GB SATA 3 7200 RPM 8 cell 9.2

I don't think the extra little gimmicks, bells and whistles, make up for the highest price, slower cpu, least and slowest RAM, and the least storage space. Call me crazy :) 
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March 20, 2014 10:49:04 AM

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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
Well for good FPS in games on a laptop a higher resolution will cause problems
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March 20, 2014 10:59:16 AM

@clonazepamAMEN BRUTHA! I was just looking at that as well thinking, hmmm something worth ~maybe~ 1700 and they are the most expensive? Crazy, crazy folks over at Origin.
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March 20, 2014 11:03:01 AM

MSI GT60-2OD-261US = 15.6" 2880x1620res w/GTX780M + SSD's, 16gb/1600While it does have just a "simple" 780M (I wish I woulda known about the 880M) - how much better could the 880 possibly be? Even if it's as much as 20% better than a 780M, the -261US should be available at a reduced price sometime soon after the 880M-equipped "hit the market"; so, you're looking at $1700-1900 vs $2100-2200.
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March 20, 2014 11:11:08 AM

There is ZERO reason for any of these laptops to weigh 10 lbs... the 6.8 lb Sager wins by default for me... after owning 2 15 lb Alienware laptops, there's no way I'd ever buy anything over 5.5 lbs again. Just my 2 cents.Dry
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March 20, 2014 11:11:48 AM

I would avoid CyberPower, iBuyPower, MSI
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March 20, 2014 11:36:58 AM

After owning several of the Asus ROG laptops in the past (G73, now G75) I would definitely pick the G750 and actually am planning to purchase it in the future. 24GB DDR3, 880M, 1TB SSHD (the JZ also comes with 2x 128GB SSD in RAID0) - The price looks steep, but the value is definitely there. Plus, above all, the cooling system on the Asus ROG laptops is way above the competition. I would choose the Asus for that reasons alone, but there are many reasons to pick it :-)
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March 20, 2014 11:52:24 AM

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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
Well for good FPS in games on a laptop a higher resolution will cause problems
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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
Considering that laptop graphics cards can't really sustain playable frame rates at resolutions higher than 1080p without sacrificing graphic fidelity, I think you are complaining about something that really isn't an issue. On a side note, Mac has been adding higher resolution for years, but they rarely give you an affordable video card option to support actual gaming on their high res screens.
If the display is 4K then you can scale them down to 1080p or 720p beautifully because for every pixel there will be exactly 2 and 3 pixels, and the image will not look fuzzy at all. It's an exact integer number.I don't know why they're pushing 4K displays so late, they should have fixed transmission standards issues and brought them to the market much sooner!
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March 20, 2014 12:02:53 PM

The 880M is much closer to a desktop 680 in terms of performance than a 680MX or a 770M, so it should be able push 1440p @high/ultra with playable fps.
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March 20, 2014 12:07:00 PM

Rather have 10-15% less performance (870M) and the Razor Blade with 1800p screen, I mean 1080p is getting dated especially with graphics like 880M.I have a HD 7850 @1.15Ghz and run 1440p on BioShock infinity with settings on high and get 55 fps MIN! Also GRID 2 on high never going below 75fps. Which isn't that much faster then a 870M.
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March 20, 2014 1:48:36 PM

I have an existing desktop for gaming, but when I go visit my friends -- who also game, I want a laptop that can keep up. But a laptop is supposed to be PORTABLE. carrying these 17" behemoths around the airport or car is asking or trouble. The 2 15" models seem ok. but neither of them have a SSD, so i would get the one with the cheapest drive and drop in a proper ssd drive.
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March 20, 2014 2:07:43 PM

Au_equus said:
The 880M is much closer to a desktop 680 in terms of performance than a 680MX or a 770M, so it should be able push 1440p @high/ultra with playable fps.


What are you smoking?

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7287/58026.png

The 780M is slower than a GeForce 760, the 880M is at best 6-10% faster than the 780M, with more RAM to help with either higher res or mulitple monitors. It's nowhere near close to a desktop 680. It's if anything almost the same as a desktop 760 with a ton of extra VRAM, now.

jtmunn said:
After owning several of the Asus ROG laptops in the past (G73, now G75) I would definitely pick the G750 and actually am planning to purchase it in the future. 24GB DDR3, 880M, 1TB SSHD (the JZ also comes with 2x 128GB SSD in RAID0) - The price looks steep, but the value is definitely there. Plus, above all, the cooling system on the Asus ROG laptops is way above the competition. I would choose the Asus for that reasons alone, but there are many reasons to pick it :-)


I own a G750JX, with the 770M, and I can say I'm definitely impressed as to how cool it stays even when running demanding games.
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March 20, 2014 3:12:34 PM

The models with the 4700HQ don't have an upgradeable CPU for when the extreme CPU becomes cheap in the future, you can't swap it out. The 4700MQ is upgradeable, provides the BIOS supports it. I'm disappointed in Asus, MSI is my next laptop when my X9100'ed Asus G50VT dies
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March 20, 2014 3:17:08 PM

I have the 780m with a MSI 15'6 laptop and a 3k screen. Most games I run at 1920x1080, some at the native resolution at 2880x1620. And it all looks fantastic, and depending on the game I pick the appropriate resolution and details for an appropriate framrate. It's not a big deal. The only thing the needs to get sorted, is that while i'm in desktop mode, I can make everything 150% so that I can actually see text etc. But while i'm gaming steam seems to show at the native resolution without the zoom, so it's tiny, haha. Not a big deal, but maybe Steam could work on that issue :) 
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March 20, 2014 4:07:40 PM

I would like an NUC with Hashwell + Maxwell in it.
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March 20, 2014 5:37:51 PM

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None of them. They are all only 1080p. When are PC laptop makers going to get with it and put some real resolution into the displays? The Mac has been doing it for years. Heck, even tablet makers are doing it.
If you want better screens on a gaming laptop then I suggest you task out nVidia and AMD to create discrete mobile GPU's that can play games @ higher resolutions. As it stands these mobile cards are not even comparable to sub-high end GPU cards on a desktop.
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March 21, 2014 8:20:42 AM

These vendors are exploiting uninformed consumers. The term "gaming laptop" is an oxymoron. The laws of physics cannot be ignored. Personally, I don't know why anyone would even attempt to use a touch pad to control a game. It's hard enough with a mouse or controller.
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March 21, 2014 9:59:11 AM

You do understand that gaming on a laptop shouldn't be perfect. Price-wise it's also a rip off. When you buy a "gaming laptop" you need to understand that your maximum resolution usually wouldn't exceed 720p (This is perfect for gaming laptops).I have owned a 1080p laptop with a 6990M GPU. Although it was able to run all games maxed out at 1080p at high frame rates (And the screen was beautiful), it didn't live long. Laptops main issue for gamers is air cooling, due to all the hardware parts being crammed above each other. This problem causes all your hardware parts to overheat and eventually expire (Except in winter).I also paid the same amount of money on my much more superior PC with 2K 1440p screen that I paid on my gaming laptop. This is something to think about if mobility is not a priority to you since it comes at a price.You want above 1080p resolutions with stable temperatures and frame rates? Get a high-end PC.
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March 22, 2014 5:51:51 PM

Venaxis, some gaming laptops have a good cooling system and the components are tough. I have been running a distributed computing project on both the CPU and GPU of my gaming laptop for years with no failure. About 85 Celsius on the GPU nearly 24/7 sometimes into the 90s in the summer. The CPU sometimes gets to 80 C but usually stays around 75C. Asus G50VT Nvidia 9800GS, X9100 CPU overclocked to 3.45GHZ / 1.3125V 24/7.I wouldn't worry about components 'eventually expiring' (except in winter).
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March 22, 2014 8:12:45 PM

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Venaxis, some gaming laptops have a good cooling system and the components are tough. I have been running a distributed computing project on both the CPU and GPU of my gaming laptop for years with no failure. About 85 Celsius on the GPU nearly 24/7 sometimes into the 90s in the summer. The CPU sometimes gets to 80 C but usually stays around 75C. Asus G50VT Nvidia 9800GS, X9100 CPU overclocked to 3.45GHZ / 1.3125V 24/7.I wouldn't worry about components 'eventually expiring' (except in winter).
Hmm these temperatures look safe looking at your CPU and GPU - I can't say the same thing about the components I had, specially the 6990M. I had similar temps on my gaming laptop as well, but the only time it wouldn't feel hot touching my laptop while gaming was in winter, or when the AC was on (Heck, I used to turn on the AC at 18-21 Celsius temperature to play on my laptop while wearing a winter jacket. That was a sad phase). That's when my laptop would be stable. I don't think it's wise to let your laptop run 24/7, specially when it's working to its full potential (Not to mention the noise and heat it will produce at such temps - Unless it's fine with you). That's what desktops are for. Now, compared to my 90C GPU and +70 CPU on my laptop, I get 58C maximum temp on my GPU with everything maxed out (HIS 7970 IceQ X2) and 43C maximum CPU while running the most demanding programs and games at the same time (FX-8350 overclocked to 4.51GHz). I understand that laptop components are generally designed to endure high temperatures, but the price difference between gaming laptops and gaming PCs is just ridiculous (Specially when at the same price you can do much more with a PC than with a laptop).My previous comment was about resolutions and limitations on laptops in comparison to PCs.
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March 23, 2014 12:48:56 PM

Yeah my laptop chassis is hot most of the time but I like number crunching. I don't have a desktop, my laptop is my primary machine. Of course I let it idle when on battery power of course.
Yep buying gaming laptops new are a bad deal, buying one used though if you don't need max graphics..
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March 23, 2014 3:06:49 PM

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Yeah my laptop chassis is hot most of the time but I like number crunching. I don't have a desktop, my laptop is my primary machine. Of course I let it idle when on battery power of course.Yep buying gaming laptops new are a bad deal, buying one used though if you don't need max graphics..
Agreed.
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March 26, 2014 2:31:51 AM

my personal favourite is MSI GT70 DominatorPro 889
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March 27, 2014 12:28:22 PM

I have the ASUS with 32gig memory on order. Ships from Newegg April 4. I picked it over MSI and Alienware due to the price/cooling solution. Origin was over-priced and, to a lesser extent, so was Alienware. You pay $500-$1,000 more for those names without any demonstrable better quality.
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April 24, 2014 3:57:20 PM

I have had the ASUS for 1 week now. It is fast, great graphics and runs cool. Definitely the smarter buy over a comparable Origin or Alienware with same specs costing hundreds more.
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August 17, 2014 8:37:33 AM

gt70 dominator pro 890 is a beast. probably the best value of them all.
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