Ati 5730 Versus Nvidia 230m Gt

I was wondering if there was a huge difference in the performance/overclockability of these two cards. Is it enough to exchange laptops? I have a DV6t Quad Edition with a 230m GT card in it, but I've been unsatisfied with the squeaky build quality and the high gloss fingerprint magnet surfaces of this laptop. Is it worth it to return this laptop and get the Asus N61JQ-A1 that is coming out in the next few weeks? It has a ATI Radeon 5730 card in it, which ranks higher on notebookcheck.com's gpu benchmark list. Otherwise the specs are the same.

 

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Probably worth it to return it if you want. Certainly do so if you want to.

 

Definitely get the Asus. The 5730 should have a decent amount of OC headroom, not to mention much more capable than the GT 240M, assuming they both are DDR3 or GDDR3. The previous Radeon 46xx series cards with DDR3/GDDR3 were already better than the GT 240, considering that the 5730 has 400 stream processors as compared to the 46xx series 320, the potential per clock cycle is another 25%, not considering architecture improvements. However, be it noted, that it's going to be starved for memory bandwidth. The 800 MHz design spec for DDR3 and the 5730 isn't enough to allow it to reach it's true potential unfortunately. Only real downside to the Asus is it's relatively low resolution monitor of 1366 x 768, but at that format, that card should have a dandy old time. Even at 1080p it should still be kicking butt and taking names. I had a 4670 1 GB DDR3 in my desktop, and it was a great card. Since it's so similar to the mobile versions in terms of speed (desktop version is 750 MHz core) I can compare it quite easily to notebook GPUs. While my the 9800M GS in my Asus G51 beat it in 3DMark06 quite handily (probably due to memory bandwidth), in actual games, the 4670 tore the 9800M apart. It also made a jump from 6800 Marks in 3DMark06 to 8000 when OCed to 800 MHz Core and 950 MHz Memory. The 5730 should be able to top that quite easily. If not, I bet getting the memory speed up would easily have it equal my desktop 4670. If the cooling is proper, the OC potential is quite significant.

Also, you should get the Asus for the superior build quality (can't believe I almost forgot this!), probably better price, and more importantly, the 2 year parts/labor limited warranty and free 1 year accidental warranty coverage. That's pretty ****ing awesome. Asus N61X1-JQ on Newegg Looks pretty good too I must add.

 

thanks!

 

Thanks!!!! Great answer!!!