nvidia gtx660M, good option for rendering with octane?

[jodelap]

Hi,

I´m just going to buy a new laptop and I´m wondering if the nvidia gtx 660m is running good enough for octane. Have any of you try this GPU?

Thanks!

[glimpse]

Hi,

It actually depends how You look at it. It is efficient, it runs cooler compared to fermi based cards, but keplers are not yet very good choise, as Octane is not optimised for these just yet.

Basicaly, You buy this and You get less performance that from older cards, but have more available vRam (2gb if I'm corect), possibly a bit longer batery life, less temperature and noise from Your fans (as they can spin slower to emit heat).

We don't know how these are going to perform on future builds - time will show =)

[jodelap]

So,based on your reply, if I buy a laptop with the GTX560M this GPU is going to be better for Octane rendering than If I buy the laptop with the GTX660m which is newest and faster theoretically?

thanks!

[Jaberwocky]

Perhaps this article may help

http://3dvision-blog.com/tag/geforce-gtx-670m/

Currently Octane Performs best with the older Fermi Cores.