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    Ati x2600, ati hd2600 and 8600gt

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by KillWonder, Dec 30, 2007.

  1. KillWonder

    KillWonder Notebook Evangelist

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    Whats the best buy of these 3 cards?

    Ive seen a laptop which had a x2600 in it, but what is it compared to the normal hd2600?
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    There is no x2600, There's only a HD2600. Anyone who writes x2600 means HD.

    Performance depends on if the GPU has DDR2 or GDDR3 memory. If they both have the same type of memory, the 8600M GT will be slightly faster. If one has GDDR3 memory and the other DDR2, the one with GDDR3 will be faster.

    What laptops are you looking at?
     
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    KillWonder Notebook Evangelist

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    These ones:

    Toshiba Satellite A200-1H2 (T5450)
    or the
    Asus F3KA-AP039C (TL-60)

    ive also noticed that one has a hd2600 512mb but with a VRAM memory and no shared memory, how is that?
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Hmm, Gpu performace is the same on those (both have ddr2 and are slower than a 8600M GT). However, the Toshiba has Core 2 duo vs the Asus Turion, and the intel is faster. Got detailed specs and price?
     
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    KillWonder, Dec 30, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Hmm, performance is equal. Batterylife is better on the toshiba (Asus has crap batterylife, and AMD's have worse batterylives than comparable Intels), build is a bit better on the toshiba. The Asus is cheaper. Your call. I'd go for the Toshiba.
     
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    oops the 8600gt has higher benchmarks than the hd2600 just...
    however hd2600xt has higher benchmarks..

    I would go for the asus, even though the turion has worse battery life, the performance difference would show... turion TL60 has a 2ghz processor whilst the Intel is 1.5ghz i believe.



    If you are going to do gaming go for the Asus as the difference between the GFX is so minimal , but the difference between the processors is enormous , and it also has an extra 50gb hard disk.
    however if you want more mobility go for the Toshiba
     
    boyciejunior, Dec 30, 2007
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    ZeyOrk Notebook Enthusiast

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    the 8600 gt has much unused potenial. You can clock it upp very much, its the best card of thoose thre you asked for. I would go for the 8600 gt, but keep in mind that ATI cards is more futureproof than nvidia, because the AMD ppl really know how to develop software, so the ati is much better optimized, but if you're pro software developer, then you should go for the 8600 gt, because the components inside the card is much better than the 2600 series
     
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    Games are pretty much optimised for Nvidia so I'd the 8600 is a bit more futureproof but both should stop playing games at the same time. The TL60 should perform about the same as the intel one
     
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    The drivers for nvidia is really crappy, but since a lot games uses opengl, then it would be rather smarter to get yourself the 8600 gt.

    But the ati has something called Catalyst A.I, wich like improves the drivers and does the best out of it. I got a x1800, well it does handle everything i play on it, thats because I tweak a lot. But ati has always been better on support and customer services, you would be more satisfied with ati, no doubt.

    There has been none of thosose firms, wich has combined quality with good support.
     
    ZeyOrk, Jan 5, 2008
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