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    Choosing between 2 laptops, not familiar with Radeon or Onboard Graphics Media Accelerators

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Dimmah, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. Dimmah

    Dimmah Notebook Enthusiast

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    $1799.00 NBK ACER TRAVELMATE 7720 VISTA HOME PREMIUM#
    Intel Core 2 Duo T700 (2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache), 2 x 1024MB (2048MB Total) DDR2 Memory, 160GB Sata HDD 5400RPM, 17.1" Acer CrystalBrite Widescreen, Onboard Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Up to 364MB HyperMemory), DVD-Super Multi DL Drive, 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless Adapter and Vista Home Premium.

    $2099.00 NBK ACER TRAVELMATE 7720G VISTA HOME PREMIUM#
    Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache), 2 x 1024MB (2048MB Total) DDR2 Memory, 2 x 160GB HDD (320GB Total), 17.1" Acer CrystalBrite Widescreen, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (Up to 128MB HyperMemory), DVD-Super Multi DL Drive, 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless Adapter and Vista Home Premium.

    Can someone tell me what nivida card the Onboard Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 graphics card is equal to? And what both the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon X2500D are?
     
    Dimmah, Dec 7, 2007
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  2. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    If you read the GPU Guide in the gaming section it should answer most of your questions.
     
    odin243, Dec 7, 2007
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  3. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    ATI X1270 is quite a bit better than anything intel has, if you want to compair the HD 2600 to an X3100, don't the HD2600 is WAY faster maybe up to 4 or 5 times faster. (no sure about how much faster).
     
    yuio, Dec 7, 2007
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    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    There is no official comparaison for the integrated X3100 but the general word is that it's roughly equivalene to the ATI Radeon mobility X1300 or the Nvidia Geforce 7100m

    If you plan on gaming, stay away from it.
     
    kowell, Dec 7, 2007
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