128mb geforce 8400m G vs 64mb 8400m gs

i know that there is half the streams in the G vs the GS - 8 vs 16

but would a 128mb G play equal or better to the GS

i used to have the dv2500t a while back and it had a 64mb gs so im wondering if this new laptop i just ordered - asus f9s-b1 is going to have the same performance or worse or better - don't care either way, but would like to know what to expect

 

worse or same.

 

so i probably wont notice a difference then. i mainly think if it can play halo 2 on the lowest settings, then im happy

 

If u manged to play halo 2 on 800x600 with 8400GS than you will be fine to run with 1024x768 otherwise no performance is going to be worse if 8400GS couldnt handle low resolutions.

 

The 8600m G is definately going to be worse than the 8400m GS. The paltry 64 Mb of RAM difference isn't going to change anything in these weak cards.

 

i disagree about the ram, most games use enough texture memory these days to easily max out a 64mb card but likely not a 128mb one at lowest settings, the performance obviously suffers much more when the fast ram is tapped out

 

i think you meant 8400 G
but anyway back to you as lithius says new games need strong graphics core which 8400G does not deliver at all. The good think about 8400G unlike x2300/x2500 is that it is not renamed go 7400 and can run Dx10, the bad part is that it is performing as good as go 7400.

 

The performance in these cards aren't limited by the RAM, they're limited by the sheer output, or lack thereof, of these cards.

 

The 8400GS would be much better, as turbocache, which I assume the card utilises as well as that 64mb, is decent enough. You'll be held back far sooner by the cards poor pushing power then the ram anyway.

 

The card in the F9 is not bad at all, it's a 128-bit 8400M-G (according to Pulp at least), though it will still be weaker than the card in the dv2500t (not by much though, at higher resolutions especially).

 

since we're talking about graphic cards, what does turbocache do/what is it, all i know is that the asus f9s-b1 has a turbocache of 384mb (if my numbers r right).