Nvidia Boasts New Laptop GPU With DX11 Crysis 2
Yes, it plays very well.
Nvidia now stakes claim to the title of the world's fastest notebook graphics processing unit with the GeForce GTX 580M. How fast are they? In SLI, they're fast enough to play Crysis 2 at max settings in 1080p with DirectX 11 effects and high-resolution textures on (check out the video below for proof of that).
The first notebook PC to feature the GeForce GTX 580M is the Alienware M18x with the option to go SLI. The Alienware M17x will offer a bit more flexibility with the GeForce GTX 580M along with Nvidia Optimus technology and will deliver 5 hours of battery life when using the integrated graphics instead of the discrete GPU.
Nvidia also introduced the GeForce GTX 570M GPU, which offers 20 percent faster performance than the previous generation product it replaces.
See the full specs below:
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | GeForce GTX 570M | GeForce GTX 580M |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Row 1 - Cell 1 | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Processor cores | Up to 336 | Up to 384 |
| Support for | PhysX, Verde drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play, Optimus, SLI, DirectX11 | PhysX, Verde drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play, Optimus, SLI, DirectX11 |
| Processor clock speed | Up to 1150MHz | Up to 1240MHz |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 1500MHz | Up to 1500MHz |
| Memory | Up to 1.5GB or 3GB | Up to 2GB GDDR5 |
| Memory width | Up to 192-bit | Up to 256-bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
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whysobluepandabear Gaming on laptops STILL doesn't make any logical sense. You're paying a big ass premium, just to be tied to a wall outlet.Reply
What, do you think one day you'll decide "Hey, It's a beautiful, sunny day outside! I think I'll go to the park and play some Crysis on a park bench"
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verbalizer why do you have the device manager blackened out...?!Reply
scared to tell the truth.?
trying to pull a fast one are you, hmmm.. -
Diabolix I think its awesome, go to LAN'S with a laptop and you can still play everything, but yea the price would be a negative point :)Reply -
MxM whysobluepandabearGaming on laptops STILL doesn't make any logical sense. You're paying a big ass premium, just to be tied to a wall outlet. What, do you think one day you'll decide "Hey, It's a beautiful, sunny day outside! I think I'll go to the park and play some Crysis on a park bench"Reply
While I myself do not do gaming on laptop, I can see why people do it. It is not that they want to play it on a park bench, it is because they need laptop, period. There are two ways to go from there, 1) you buy laptop (and you may need good laptop anyway) AND desktop (that includes monitor, by the way) and 2) You pay premium for laptop.
The first option is not cheaper (though it gives more powerful and more upgradable PC, but not everyone cares) and the first option requires that you have allocated space for PC, and for laptop, which is not always possible for people (like students in dorm). So option 2 is quite often cheaper and more preferable for space constrain reasons.