y50 intel hd graphics 4600 or geforce gtx 860m

It is easy to understand why Nvidia produces two versions of the GeForce GTX 860M. The different operating systems can also have an impact here and there, although the differences should be marginal. The results for the mentioned GeForce 700 generation are not 100% comparable due to older drivers. Operating system is the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional, which was installed on a 240 GB Intel SSD 520.Įven though Nvidia already released the promising beta driver 337.50, we used – similar to the Maxwell rivals – the ForceWare 332.35.

Our review unit was equipped with a Core i7-4700MQ (2.4-3.4 GHz) as well as 8 GB DDR3 memory. The base is the P150SM(-A) barebone from the company Clevo, which is also used by other notebook manufacturers (Eurocom, One, etc.). The benchmarks of the Kepler GTX 860M are from the W504, which was kindly provided by Schenker Technologies for our gaming tests.

Besides the 13-inch Schenker XMG P304 and the 15-inch XMG A504, the Nexoc G728II also got a good overall rating. We already reviewed three notebooks with the new Maxwell GTX 860M in the last couple of weeks. For the original German article, see here.

Y50 intel hd graphics 4600 or geforce gtx 860m