GTX 960M or GTX 970M for Morrowind Overhaul Graphics?

[tc85123]

I want to play Morrowind TR with the Overhaul graphics.

 

Will a GTX 960M GPU be good enough or should I go with the GTX 970M?

[HeyYou]

M indicates 'mobile'. What are you thinking about installing this in?

[tc85123]

I just copy pasted the GPU info.

 

I am not installing it... I am trying to buy the best gaming laptop for the cheapest price possible. I have settled on the dell inspiron i7559-763blk 15.6 inch with

 

Core i5 6300HQ 2.3GHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M

 

However I read up a little more and have found that the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M is much better.

 

So I was thinking of going for

 

MSI GE62 Apache Pro-254 GAMING LAPTOP NOTEBOOK GTX970M Core i5-6300HQ.

 

My main thing is For playing Morrowind TR with Overhaul. I dont like newer games much so Morrowind will most likely be the most intensive graphics game I will play. However I have heard good things about Divinity Original Sin and Pillars of Eternity and will play them as well.

 

So I just need to know will the dell inspiron i7559-763blk with GTX 960M be good enough to run Morrowind overhaul on Max settings and will I be able to handle Divinity Original Sin and Pillars of Eternity? Or should I go for a machine with Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M and spend a little more?

 

Thanks!

[bill8872]

They both are very close to each other as far as specs go.

If you think the small hard drive will be enough, 256gig is not a lot.

 

I would chose the MSI laptop. I have never been impressed with what Dell has put out.

To me all they are no better than buying a refurbished computer.

Edited October 3, 2016 by bill8872

[FMod]

960M vs 970M is actually a huge difference.

 

The 960M is the lower-range chip from the first-generation Maxwell. For all intents, it's a GTX 750Ti in a laptop.

The 970M is actually a GTX 970/980 chip with 3 more SM disabled (10 left out of 16) and clocked down.

 

For this reason, the 970M has similar power draw (with Vsync on), but more than 1.5 times the performance.

Is it worth the $320 price difference though (on Amazon)? I'd say not. But, the MSI is also a better laptop overall, not such an obvious cost-cutting exercise as the Dell.

 

For drive size, get the SSD version, you can add a HDD for cheap later when the warranty's out or you're OK with losing the remainder.