3 Questions about 8/9xxx series

How much does the 9700m gt compare with a 9650m gs?
And how much could one gain improvement with an 9600m gt to a 8600m gt for eg Crysis?
Ive also noticed some 15 inch laptops with an 9650m gs and 9600m gt, wouldnt that get really hot during games?
Thx

 

- they are all limited by their 128bit memory bus width (which limits higher resolutions and textures)
- most of them are limited by their relatively low amount of shader units & slower 'shader clock' (which limits shader & shadow quality).

With that said, they can all run Crysis V1.21 at medium settings, the 9700M GT will do much better because it's shader speed is clocked higher. With that said, none of these cards will achieve high settings (high shaders and shadows really) in Crysis.

Check out notebookcheck for the specs, and some benchmarks.

- also, add 9700 m, 9650 m gs, so we know you're talking about the mobile card

 

9700m GT = 32 shaders, 128-bit memory interface
625 core
1550 shaders
800 memory (assuming DDR3)
The 9700 is built under the newer process and thus cooler.


9650m GS = 32 shaders, 128-bit memory interface
625 core
1250 shaders
800 memory (assuming DDR3)
The 9650GS is the rebranded 8700m.


Note that theoretically you could OC the 9650m GS to 9700m GT speeds (my 8700m was always clocked at 9700 speeds) but then again you could always try to OC the 9700m as well.

Realistically the 9700 is likely about 10-15% better overall.


Honestly, given the nice low-price/high-value 9700m GTS, 9800m GS, 8800m GTS and 9800m GTS offerings from Toshiba, ASUS, Gateway, and entry-level Custom laptops I'd say you should go that route instead of even bothering with the 9600-9700 range... especially if you want to play Crysis.

 

i use my gf 9800 gtx, my dear old friendo bought it to me... and, i played crysis full spec's and there wasn't any lag, previously i had ati hd 3850 graphics card and played on medium spec's, i think you should buy gf 9800 gtx, unless you afraid to loose some cash...

 

HD4850 is a much better choice, or HD4870 Crossfire for ultra high res/8XAA gaming

 

Are you talking about desktop cards?