256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON x1400 HyperMemory Vs. 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Hello,

I was wondering which card is better? The 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON x1400 HyperMemory or the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS? I plan on running games such as World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike: Source, and Battlefield 2 on high to medium graphics. Thanks in advance.

Justin.

 

lol. 7900GS is way way way better.

 

Alright, thanks a lot

 

If you are looking for gaming at only mid to mid-high settings you can go for the X1600 256mb dedicated or the 7600Go 256mb dedicated. They are still below the 7900GS though.

 

Alright sweet. I've made my decision to purchase a Dell E1705 instead of a Dell E1505. Your tips and help are greatly appreciated!

 

No problem and good luck.

 

Thanks!

 

tip: purchase the t2300, not the t1300!
you will be able to multitask and run games much better.

 

The T1300 would be a waste to get in a notebook that powerful, I concur - be sure to get the T2300.

 

I agree. Definitely get at least the T23300. A Core Solo in that computer will kill its performance. This is VERY important.

 

I came into this thread thinking it was some kind of joke, lol.

 

Now, now. Play nice.

 

same recomendations on the core. if you can ditch out the money for a 7900, sweet.

 

Oh my. Thanks for looking out! Sorry i'm kind of a nub at this kind of stuff. So the T2300 will be fine for my notebook setup?

 

Yes, the 7900 is one of the best notebook gpu's having a solo core processor would be a waste, definately go for the t2300

 

I just got an e1505 for free from my job..It came with the basic intel graphics card but I want to upgrade to the radeon x1400..Anybody know if it's possible? I read that it requires an x-pci slot, but I'm not sure if this machine has one...Solutions? (besides another laptop)

 

No, you can't upgrade the graphics in almost any laptop, sorry!
For that type of gaming an X1600 would probably be best if you could find one, the 7900 is by far the best but its also a lot more money than even the X1600, but the E1705 should be an awesome system espically for gaming!

 

I don't think you can really upgrade your laptop GPU easily. You might be able to open the cover on the bottom of your laptop and then slot the card in, but that can be tricky as it might have to be a Dell specifiic version of the X1400. Mobile GPU's can be very hard to find and if you do happen to find one, they would be very, very expensive.

You'll also have the problem of having two GPU's which might lead to hardware conflicts.

Although you don't want to buy a new laptop, it is probably cheaper and more logical to buy a new laptop.

 

Please don't hijack threads. And read the stickies please before you post:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568

 

I'm also trying to decide between these two. I'm on a budget right now so I was wondering, does Dell offer an upgrade option? Can I get the 7900 GS or an ATI equivalent put in later? I wanted to put it in the E1505 because I didn't want to pay so much more ($200-$300) for a larger display, 15" is ok for me. Can I even do that? I'd rather do it that way to save some money.

 

Don't buy a laptop and plan on upgrading the card.

It is not possible.

 

anyone knows if I already bought an Dell Inspiron e1505 and now wants to upgrade to ATI Mobility Radeon or other video card, is it possible?

 

okok... sorry about the post... duplicate from other Q&A already here.

 

the only laptops i believe that can upgrade there video cards easy are alienwares. but there like 2 inches thick and like tanks. my friend has 1 and all he has to do is slide it out of the bottom and put a new 1 in kinda like if we took a batter out and wanted to put a new battery in. but then again his system cost 3k+ but he can upgrade any piece of his hardware. processor video card. anything. it weighs in at 10 pounds and has bad battery life, so its good lan party computer but unless u have a outlet it wont last long

 

Well I have a Dell Insperon 9400 / 1705. I just ordered a 7900 GS 256 MB Card from them for my laptop. Under 300 USD delivered to my door. Here's the catch on being able to upgrade the video. You must have at least an x1400 ATI currently, as the onboard Intel based system does not have the internal connector for the upgradable cards.

However, if you do plan on upgrading the card yourself. Please have some idea on what you are doing as it invloves disassembling most of the laptop, I have included a link to dells site with instructions.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/sm/video.htm#wp1006368

7-10 days for my new card to be delived. I really wated the 7900 GTX 512 MB, but that is not available through Dell in Canada yet. And I am not buying one on Ebay for 600 USD.

 

Hello.
Alright, first of all thanks for all the useful info I've found here.

BUT, can you guys please write more specifically? Because I don't really know what you mean when you say "go with T23300" -

I'm buying a laptop, and i was gonna get is for gaming, but the performance I want will make it like 4-5 grand,

So I think I'm gonna get one just for stuff like photo/video/music/flash editing,

What's the difference between "Core Duo", "Code 2 Duo" and "Dual-core"?

I was gonna get it with nVidia vc but dell doesn't offer it anymore with e1505. So Can you please tell me what's the best (I mean something I need, not the most expensive) mobo for ATI mobiliri radeon (256mb) video card?

Thanks very much.

 

Pentium Dual-Cores are low-budget processors aimed at budget consumers. Core Duo is a dual core processor, and it was Intel's first foray into that area. Core 2 Duo is basically a revision of the same processor that is about 20% faster and has 64-bit support. If you're going to be doing photo or video editing, the processor is pretty important, and the Core 2 Duo is the best right now, so that's probably what you'll want to look at.

The T2300 that was referred to in this thread was the name for the Core Duo clocked at 1.66GHz. The newer Core 2 Duo clocked at 1.66GHz is called a T5500. The 1.83GHz version is called a T5600, the 2.0GHz version is T7200 and so on.

The best graphics solution for the Dell E1505 is the ATi Mobility Radeon x1400. You don't need to worry about the motherboard, as Dell just worries about that. Just pick your processor and your graphics card and you'll be fine. As I said, you'll likely want a Core 2 Duo.

And a gaming laptop does not have to cost you $4-5k. I got mine for under $2k, and it has provided lots of enjoyment. You'll just have to do some looking around. I suggest you ask in our "What notebook should I buy?" forum.

 

If I remember correctly, the Intel Pentium Ds came out before the Core Duos. They were based on the old Pentium design only with gimped speeds so your computer wouldn't go supernova.

Core Duo came from the Pentium M line of chips, which used less power, put out less heat and were more efficient than the desktop pentiums. Intel used this design as the basis for Core Duo. They fiddled around and basically stuck two of these cores into the same processor package while making a few adjustments. These cores are called Yonah.

Core 2 Duo was the less tacked on version of the Banias Cores. These cores are named Merom cores. One of the features of processors is that they have their own memory that is extremely fast called cache. The old Yonah cores gave each processor its own cache, and each core communicated with each other through the front side bus. It's like two houses next to each other. To talk to each other, someone has to open the door and go through the sidewalk to get to the other house. The Merom cores in core 2 duo basically had the cpus communicating through cache, the high speed memory and also had one gigantic shared cache instead of separate caches. This is an advantage because then a program that only uses one core is able to access the entire cache rather than just the amount allocated to the core. In the T7200, there is 4 MB of L2 cache. This is shared between both cores.

Follow ftw's advice and ask advice in the recommendation forum. The notebook I'm typing on now is great for games and it cost me 900 bucks.

 

Pentium D was a desktop processor. Some of the Pentium D's were psuedo-dual core.

Core Duo was Intel's real first stab at dual core processing in a notebook. Interesting to note that there was no "Core Duo" for desktops - the Pentium D took care of that until Core 2 Duo for both laptops and desktops was released seven months after Core Duo.

 

Thanks a BUNCH guys,
As notebook_ftw said, I'm looking around - I've been looking around for 2 or so weeks,

It is indeed important because I once bought a E1501 from DELL and had to return it because the video card was integrated (somehow, I did not notice it, believe it or not)

But anyway, what I was looking for was either a laptop for gaming or a "lightweight traveler" - so I was thinking weather to buy a good gaming laptop like E1705, or just go with a really really small and light SONY VAIO SZ - It is amazingly small and light, although you can't really "edit" anything but "text" that easy I suppose.

Though I'm still looking; haven't decided what to get yet,

As "LadyBlu" (from another forum) said,:

I'm in the same situation,

I'll check out the "What Notebook Should I Buy?" forum,

Thanks again.