Trinity Laptops are here

[djshortsleeve]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/msi_rolls_a10_trinity_powered_gx60_gaming_notebook_super_raid

Interesting combo of trinity APU and 7970M

 

[djshortsleeve]

Can that APU and card crossfire?

 

[nonameo]

Can that APU and card crossfire?

I doubt it. I think AMD has a crossfire matrix on their website somewhere, but I'm too lazy to go find it right now

That said, I'm not really sure what the advantage is of having this laptop unless AMD has fixed their switchable graphics(and maybe they're giving MSI a bundle deal).

 

[djshortsleeve]

I doubt it. I think AMD has a crossfire matrix on their website somewhere, but I'm too lazy to go find it right now

That said, I'm not really sure what the advantage is of having this laptop unless AMD has fixed their switchable graphics(and maybe they're giving MSI a bundle deal).

http://sites.amd.com/PublishingImag.../WebBannerJPEG/AMD_CrossfireX_Chart_1618W.jpg

Guess not...

 

[SPBHM]

Can that APU and card crossfire?

no, only the 76xx GPUs can run in "dual graphics" with trinity, 7600s are basically renamed mobile 6700 series, anything faster cannot (7730m and higher)

 

[Arkaign]

What a strange combo lol. 7970M would make a ton more sense with an Ivy i5/i7.

There should be some good deals with Trinity, but I'd want to see them in the $400-$500 range to really make sense, and matched up with at least 1600 ram.

 

[alexruiz]

Nice machine... price?

 

[AtenRa]

Can that APU and card crossfire?

Dont thing so but they state the following is not the complete list,

 

[SPBHM]

Dont thing so but they state the following is not the complete list,

the 7690m is missing from the list, also I think the 6700 cards...

 

[Gikaseixas]

Nice machine... price?

$1200 says notebookcheck, not bad price but i'm not sure if it's a good combination given the great performance the 7970M has. Bottleneck for sure...

http://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-un...0-4600M-APU-and-new-CR-CX-Series.76041.0.html

 

[alyarb]

What a strange combo lol. 7970M would make a ton more sense with an Ivy i5/i7.

There should be some good deals with Trinity, but I'd want to see them in the $400-$500 range to really make sense, and matched up with at least 1600 ram.

first thing i thought too. MSI completely missed the point of trinity. they are just selling this to AMD purists i guess who don't care about performance.

 

[Enigmoid]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/msi_rolls_a10_trinity_powered_gx60_gaming_notebook_super_raid

Interesting combo of trinity APU and 7970M

Huge CPU bottleneck.

 

[wlee15]

What a strange combo lol. 7970M would make a ton more sense with an Ivy i5/i7.

There should be some good deals with Trinity, but I'd want to see them in the $400-$500 range to really make sense, and matched up with at least 1600 ram.

I would assume that the quad-core mobile i5 would be too expensive for this laptop, while the dual-core i3/i5 wouldn't be much of an improvement over a10-4600m.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I would assume that the quad-core mobile i5 would be too expensive for this laptop, while the dual-core i3/i5 wouldn't be much of an improvement over a10-4600m.

The point is you could use a cheaper video card to save even more money, since you will be CPU limited in a lot of cases.

 

[tincart]

I have had a trinity laptop for almost a month...

 

[happysmiles]

didn't AMD release a new beta driver that makes crossfire 20% better in some games?

 

[wlee15]

The point is you could use a cheaper video card to save even more money, since you will be CPU limited in a lot of cases.

The 7970m has a Pitcarnin GPU; it's essentially a HD 7870 with a 7850's clock speed. The next mobile gpu is the 7870m which has a Cape Verde gpu and much like the 7970m it's a 7770 with the clock speed of an 7750. If you put a 7870m in your likely going to be GPU limited with 1080p.

 

[Red Hawk]

Haven't Trinity laptops been here since the beginning of the summer...?