Practical difference between V1S and G1S for Gaming

I was holding off for the V1S because I want a gaming laptop with business features.

However, it appears that the all important graphics card in the V1S will not be as good as the video card in the G1S.

How much of a practical difference can I expect to see if playing a new game on a V1S instead of a G1S? 1 or two frames only?

 

There's a thread in the gaming section that compares the GDDR2 and GDDR3 8600GTs in terms of performance. It's actually substantial.

 

Yeah what Bona Fide said. The GDDR3 version of the 8600M GT is much faster. Typically I see about a 600-800 point difference in 3dMark06, I'm not sure how that translates to real gaming performance however.

 

it just depends on what you want. if you're not that hardcore of a gamer, the V1s will be fine for you.

 

I need to be able to run Microsoft Flight Sim X, which is pretty resource demanding.

Can anyone recommend a notebook that has business class features, but which is also a gaming machine.

I need the best of both worlds.

 

What do you call "business class features"? If you mean a fingerprint reader, TPM, and modular bay, then I think the V1S is your best bet. If you want a lightweight, sleek laptop with a powerful feature set, the Macbook Pro is also an option.

 

I need something sturdy that can take a bit of a beating, spill proof keyboard, finger print reader.... and play the latest games.

 

i'd say the v1s would fit your needs then.

 

but as far as flight sim x goes....i'm not so sure...but the 8600GT is the best card you can find in a 15.4" laptop

 

As far as taking a beating that's tough to determine. Usually the durable systems are also on the heavier/uglier side of the notebook lineup. On these forums the Thinkpads are said to be pretty durable, but they aren't gaming machines. Of the recent models that have come out the V1s is the only one I know of with a spill proof keyboard. As far as the fingerprint reader + gaming machine requirement any of the following fall into that category:

Sager NP5790 (17" 8.5 lbs notebook with Nivida 8700 with DDR3 memory)
Toshiba X205 (17" ~9-10+ lbs notebook with Nvidia 8700 with DDR3)
Asus C90s (15" ~6-7 lbs notebook with desktop processor and upgradeable video card - currently Nvidia 8600 DDR2)
Sager NP2090/IFL90 (15" ~6-7 lbs with Nvidia 8600 DDR2)
and of course the V1S with the Nvidia 8600 and currently unknown memory (many of the other posts suggest the European models may have DDR3 memory like the G1s).

If you want a finger print reader than the G1s doesn't fit the type of system (At one point there was a promotion giving away free external finger print readers with the G1, but I think that's over now).

 

Avid, don't forget that i GDDR3 and DDR3 are not the same thing. GDDR3 is much faster than DDR3.

The Dell 8600M GT has a DDR3, but it'd at 800mhz

If it has plain DDR3 800, it will be the same as DDR2 800, if it has GDDR3 1400 like the G1S...