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    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 based on the hd 2900 desktop architecture, rv600 and not rv630

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by notebookmario, Jul 19, 2007.

  1. notebookmario

    notebookmario Notebook Enthusiast

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    Desktop Retail Name Processor Mobile Retail Name Processor
    HD 2900 R600 HD 2600 M76
    HD 2600 RV630 HD 2400 M74 / M72
    HD 2400 RV610 HD 2300 M71




    maybe i wait a month or so and buy a new laptop with a hd 2600 instead of a 8600m gt. which is better ?

    any thoughts ?
     
    notebookmario, Jul 19, 2007
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  2. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    the 8700M? :p
     
    Kwakkel, Jul 19, 2007
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  3. atiesh

    atiesh Notebook Enthusiast

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    No one knows that yet... I think their performance will be very similar... However ATI card propably will be a little less powr hungry, due to 65nm production process.
     
    atiesh, Jul 19, 2007
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  4. ollibolli

    ollibolli Notebook Geek

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    Am I the only one reading that data as:

    Desktop Retail Name Processor
    HD 2900 R600
    HD 2600 RV630
    HD 2400 RV610

    Mobile Retail Name Processor
    HD 2600 M76
    HD 2400 M74/M72
    HD 2300 M71

    Both NVidia and ATi usually have different part numbers (processor names) for desktop and mobile GPUs. It wouldn't surprise me if M76 is based on RV630 or RV610, since those are lower power parts.
     
    ollibolli, Jul 19, 2007
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i agree with you. they are not comparing desktop parts to laptop parts, they just have one column matching desktop parts to their processor model number, and then another column doing the same for the mobility parts.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 19, 2007
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