Radeon HD 6990M And GeForce GTX 580M: A Beautiful Lie

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We’ve been more than outspoken about the naming AMD and Nvidia use for their mobile GPUs. Are they really trying to mislead buyers, though? We briefly examine their methodology and frame that against the limitations of high-end mobile computing.

Benchmark Results: Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2 applies a lighter CPU load than Crysis, giving every configuration a chance to achieve higher frame rates based on unfettered GPU muscle.

Desktop cards begin to show their might at 1920x1080. However, this application still leaves us wanting a higher test resolution to further illustrate the differences between mobile and desktop graphics models. Note that a single Radeon HD 6990 is more than twice as powerful as a single Radeon HD 6990M, even at the medium resolutions supported by notebook displays.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.