Computer A vs. Computer B

I use two computers, a desktop and a notebook, each with very different hardware. I'd like to know which one you think runs games better (I personally don't know).

Computer A:
1.2GHz AMD Athlon
640MB RAM
ATI RADEON 9600SE with 128MB RAM

Computer B:
2.0GHz AMD Turion 64
1GB RAM
ATI Xpress 200M with 128MB RAM

The choice may be obvious, but what I'm wondering is if the processor and RAM of Computer B will outweigh its poor graphics card.

Am I right in assuming games will run much better on Computer B?

 

The chipset of the 200m is older but perhaps equal to the older 9600SE radeon series...if you were to upgrade the video on the desktop I would say that would run better (especially if you had a gig of ram)...but computer B looks better as the processor and ram are both higher and the gfx card has same amount of physical memory...though the 200m is older/lesser GPU which I have never used, so I am not sure how it would run certain games compared to the desktop.

I would say B is better, but I could be wrong.

 

The 9600SE is a limited card because it has a 64-bit memory bus as the SE designation donates . . that limits bandwidth and performance as a result. Although the processor doesn't make as much of a difference as the graphics card for gaming, the 1.2GHz Athlon will also hurt your framerates. Depends on the game for the RAM - newer ones, 1GB minimum, older ones, 512-768 is fine.

1.2GHz Athlon + 9600SE = slow combo. The X200M, 1GB of faster RAM, and Turion 64 is a better gaming platform, I'm inclined to agree with Chris.

Chaz

 

Thanks, guys.

 

I'm gunna go with that too