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mtu9356 on 10 September 2013
Pemalite said:
mtu9356 said:

Thats the one I'm leaning toward.  Would it be worth waiting for a price drop?  It's listed at 929.99 (-11%).  The model came out 11 months ago.


Well. I actually looked at the laptops this time. :P

The MSI GP60 essentially has: More energy efficient CPU, also Quad Core, albeit clocked 200mhz lower. (You wouldn't notice the clockspeed deficit, as It should turbo higher on 2 threads.)

GPU's are essentially the same, the 740M would probably have lower clockspeeds, but that model does use GDDR5.

Whether that's worth the extra $20 is entirely up to you.

 


Interesting.  In your opinion is the difference worth the 20$?  

I can wait another month possibly 2 before I purchase a new laptop.  Ill keep an eye on both and if they end up cutting the price significantly ill go with that one.  Do you know any sites that I should check besides newegg and tigerdirect?



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Pemalite on 10 September 2013
mtu9356 said:


Interesting.  In your opinion is the difference worth the 20$?  

I can wait another month possibly 2 before I purchase a new laptop.  Ill keep an eye on both and if they end up cutting the price significantly ill go with that one.  Do you know any sites that I should check besides newegg and tigerdirect?


Well. I would personally be spending more on a notebook if it was me. :P
If I was in your position, I would spend the extra $20 in the comfort of the extra 2 CPU cores, then overclock the GPU anyway on top it.

As for websites, you have Amazon too, I think.
I'm Australian, hence it's Ebay (For non-urgent stuff) or PC Case Gear, so I'm ignorant on overseas alternative stores.




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mtu9356 on 10 September 2013

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1247&gid2=688&compare=geforce-gt-740m-vs-geforce-gtx-660m



mtu9356 on 10 September 2013

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-clevo-sager-notebooks-ct-95_51_162.html

Some good deals I think. Sager NP6652 looks tempting



mtu9356 on 10 September 2013

 

Laptop GPU GPU Rank CPU Cores Windows Price Ram  
Acer V3-772G-9653 NVIDIAGeForce GTX 760M 61 i7-4702MQ(2.20GHz) 4 8 900 8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314147
Acer V3-771G-6814 NVIDIAGeForce GT 730M 98 i5-3230M(2.60GHz) 2 8 740 8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314146
Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI 46 i5-3230M(2.60GHz) 2 8 850 6 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438
Acer V5-552G-8632 AMD Radeon HD 8750M 107 AMD A-Series A8-5557M(2.10GHz) 2 8 530 4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314119
Toshiba S55-A5274 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 85 i5-3337U(1.80GHz) 2 8 700 6 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216539
Acer V3-772G-9829 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 70 i7-4702MQ(2.20GHz) 4 8 920 8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314149
                 
                 
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html          

The top one seems like a steal as it is on sale (300$ off), almost too good to be true.  One reviewer had problems with the wireless card and screen.