Hello,
I'm considering buying either Optimus V or Skyfire III. With the same specs (minus the graphics card of course) there's about 100 euro difference. I plan to use it for general use, medium gaming and intensive design and development of 3d applications.
The Skyfire has a better graphics card and (I think?) better cooling, which is important. It also comes with extra weight - it weighs as much as a 17.3" Optimus V, which kind of beats the purpose of going 15.6". However, the 870M seems to give a performance boost of about 10%-30% in comparison to 860M. I'm trying to understand if 100 extra euros + 0.5kg is worth this extra performance. I think it is, but is the gain really that high, or are the benchmarks skewed? Also, although the cooling in Skyfires is supposed to be better, is it pretty much negated by the more powerful GPU card, thereby making Optimus better at handling the heat?
Finally, this might seem a silly question, but about how big and heavy are the power adapters used for the laptops? I can't seem to find information about this anywhere, and, though I'm willing to carry around a laptop that's slightly heavy (Skyfire III 15.6" seems to be as heavy as my current 17.3" laptop), I'm not willing to carry around a brick-sized nuclear reactor. I'm not asking for exact weight or dimensions if you don't have that, but how are they in comparison to the general adapters you find elsewhere?
Thank you!
I'm considering buying either Optimus V or Skyfire III. With the same specs (minus the graphics card of course) there's about 100 euro difference. I plan to use it for general use, medium gaming and intensive design and development of 3d applications.
The Skyfire has a better graphics card and (I think?) better cooling, which is important. It also comes with extra weight - it weighs as much as a 17.3" Optimus V, which kind of beats the purpose of going 15.6". However, the 870M seems to give a performance boost of about 10%-30% in comparison to 860M. I'm trying to understand if 100 extra euros + 0.5kg is worth this extra performance. I think it is, but is the gain really that high, or are the benchmarks skewed? Also, although the cooling in Skyfires is supposed to be better, is it pretty much negated by the more powerful GPU card, thereby making Optimus better at handling the heat?
Finally, this might seem a silly question, but about how big and heavy are the power adapters used for the laptops? I can't seem to find information about this anywhere, and, though I'm willing to carry around a laptop that's slightly heavy (Skyfire III 15.6" seems to be as heavy as my current 17.3" laptop), I'm not willing to carry around a brick-sized nuclear reactor. I'm not asking for exact weight or dimensions if you don't have that, but how are they in comparison to the general adapters you find elsewhere?
Thank you!
