Building a gaming rig.[2 lakhs budget]
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
Oops. My bad
Overclocking might be risky especially in the long run.
Also, it's not that I haven't overclocked GPUs under lower power than what was consumed. I tried overclocking 2 GT 650Ms using a 120W adapter when they needed a 170W one. I got repeated black screen and driver crashes but overall no damage to either cards. Still overclocked on +290Mhz core. So yeah, not a noob in overclocking.
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OK I have changed my mind. I am buying Alienware 15.
It has everything a laptop is supposed to have
1)4k IGZO display.
2)GTX 980m
3)eGPU solution for GTX 980Ti
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Still consumes over 200w. HARDOCP - Temp and Power - MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G Video Card Review
Although a good 450w PSU will run GTX 970 fine, TDP/Thermal Design Power is NOT power consumption.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
No, PCIe 3.0 X4 should be fast enough.
Still don't think PCIe 2.0 X16 has been maxed out YET, it hadn't during the days of 7970/280X. 2.0 X8 is same as 3.0 X4.
Check here: 2.0 X8 isn't bottlenecking Titan in any case.
Impact of PCI-E Speed on Gaming Performance - Puget Custom Computers
Nerevarine
Incarnate
I understand what you are saying but the graphics amplifier houses a X4 slot that passes all the bandwidth via a proprietary slot (AKA for Alienware 13 only).. Until, benchmarks claim otherwise, its safe to assume that there WILL be noticeable performance loss..
Comparing a motherboard's PCIE X4 3.0 to this product is not fair at all, a motherboard's PCIE lane is directly connected to the CPU with very minimal losses..
Comparing a motherboard's PCIE X4 3.0 to this product is not fair at all, a motherboard's PCIE lane is directly connected to the CPU with very minimal losses..
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
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There are benchies here *www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Alienware-13-Notebook-Review.133602.0.html
In this case the GPU was heavily bottlenecked by the core i5U CPU. This will change in the AW 15 as that features a full quad running at 3.5Ghz which overclocks when the Graphics Amplifier is attached.
There are benchies here *www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Alienware-13-Notebook-Review.133602.0.html
In this case the GPU was heavily bottlenecked by the core i5U CPU. This will change in the AW 15 as that features a full quad running at 3.5Ghz which overclocks when the Graphics Amplifier is attached.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
This !
MSI GS30 Shadow 13.3" Ultrabook with External Desktop GPU Dock, this claims to have 16x full PCI express lane however..
perhaps @rhynasty can shed some light regarding this
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
There's a reason we don't suggest laptops for gaming. We have already suggested what's best for your need.
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
*Ahem* I am a prospective student of Computer Engineering in a college better than IIT. I need the freakin laptop to take to freakin class to take notes and stuff. So yeah, laptops only.
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Do you think a PCIE X4 lane will able to handle 4k gaming maxed out details whenever a capable enough card comes out?
sumonpathak
knocking on heavens door
PCIE X4 "might" not handle 4K gaming IMHO.
I would suggest getting a light weight laptop for classes along with a gaming rig.
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
Say I am out on campus and between classes I wanna game in a library. That's why I need the GTX 980m for libraries and GTX 980Ti/TITAN II for dorms. Besides, there will probably not enough space for a full fledged desktop in my dorm room.
You can look at the dorm room here :
First Street Towers: Virtual Tour
Look at the single rooms. There's hardly enough space and I'll be paying a lot for the room. I'll run out of space if I buy a desktop
sumonpathak
knocking on heavens door
Say I am out on campus and between classes I wanna game in a library. That's why I need the GTX 980m for libraries and GTX 980Ti/TITAN II for dorms. Besides, there will probably not enough space for a full fledged desktop in my dorm room.
You can look at the dorm room here :
First Street Towers: Virtual Tour
Look at the single rooms. There's hardly enough space and I'll be paying a lot for the room. I'll run out of space if I buy a desktop
Get a SFF rig?
u can easily fit one 980+4790k+16gb+decent mobo in an SFF rig.
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
Point?
Alienware 15 is already as powerful as your SFF with graphics amplifier and it takes up half as much space.
rhyansy
MSI Gaming Pan India Sale
There's no bottleneck with PCIe of docking to GS30.
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Nerevarine
Incarnate
4k gaming with the current gen GPU is just too retarded.. Not even desktop single GPUs are capable of 4k Gaming at high settings, forget mobile GPUs
1440p makes a lot more sense
GTX 970 SLI on Crysis 3 (high, not even ultra) just barely manages 30 fps @ 4k
Crysis 3 is a game that was developed for last gen, the requirements will become brutal with the transition to next gen
1440p makes a lot more sense
GTX 970 SLI on Crysis 3 (high, not even ultra) just barely manages 30 fps @ 4k
Crysis 3 is a game that was developed for last gen, the requirements will become brutal with the transition to next gen
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seamon
Superhuman Spambot
I was talking about desktop GPU. AW 15 has 4k screen but no 1440p screen option. Can a single future desktop card max out the screen?