The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    9300M GS 512 MB...How will this run World of Warcraft?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by notebooknoob, Mar 20, 2009.

  1. notebooknoob

    notebooknoob Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Looking at a dv3510nr as possible small notebook. How is the 9300M GS 512 IN terms of performance for world of warcraft? The last Mobile GPU i tried was an X1700 and it ran..horribly. So i am a bit out of touch.
     
    notebooknoob, Mar 20, 2009
    #1
  2. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

    Reputations:
    451
    Messages:
    1,630
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    unknown555525, Mar 20, 2009
    #2
  3. notebooknoob

    notebooknoob Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Noted. And thanks saved me 999$.
     
    notebooknoob, Mar 20, 2009
    #3
  4. AppleUsr

    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    347
    Messages:
    1,011
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    999 is alot to spend on a notebook with only a 9300m graphics. the asus g50 is 950.00 and has a gforce 9800 in it. which plays pretty much every game that is out on high except 2 which require medium settings. (GTA and Crysis)
     
    AppleUsr, Mar 20, 2009
    #4
  5. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

    Reputations:
    365
    Messages:
    1,296
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    If you're going to spend $999 then go for the ASUS G50Vt-X1 at bestbuy. You'll get a powerful Geforce 9800M GS in a package at $949.99 USD

    The 9800M GS is around 3 times more powerful than the 9300M GS.
     
    Cheeseman, Mar 20, 2009
    #5
  6. notebooknoob

    notebooknoob Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Right.the general idea though was to Stick to 13 inches and smaller. I had already filled out a FAQ earlier and was not looking for a 15.
     
    notebooknoob, Mar 20, 2009
    #6
  7. joshthor

    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

    Reputations:
    163
    Messages:
    1,119
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    then it'll be hard to find one with a better graphics card honestly. :p. you should note though the 9300 gs should be able to run it fine, i can (note, CAN, i dont actually played the game. i installed the trial to see if it could run it) run WoW on my EEE PC with the gma 950 graphics and i get 20 - 25 fps, the 9300 is much better than that. however, you wont probably be able to run it at full settings.
     
    joshthor, Mar 21, 2009
    #7
  8. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

    Reputations:
    1,279
    Messages:
    2,870
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The 9800M GS is around 4.5 times better.

    Two 13.3in laptops with GPUs better than 9300Ms are the Dell Studio XPS 13 and LG P310. The latter has a 9600m GT.
     
    plasma., Mar 21, 2009
    #8
  9. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    738
    Messages:
    3,811
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    106
    and don't forget the older LG P300 which can be found for ~$800 refurbished on ebay.

    P.S. I thought the 9600m version of the P310 wasn't coming state/canada side?
     
    aan310, Mar 21, 2009
    #9
  10. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    22,339
    Messages:
    36,639
    Likes Received:
    5,082
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Charles P. Jefferies, Mar 21, 2009
    #10