DX10 laptop Graphic Card!!!

HI!

Ive been waiting since Novemeber for a dx10 compatible laptop video card, but still havent heard anything.... is there any thing upcoming ?? because these 4 months have been wasted then.

thanks

 

Laptop cards almost always lag the desktop ones. As it stands, there are still very few desktop DX10 GPU's out there, even for desktops. I wouldn't have waited if I were you. But then again, I just don't have any use for DX10 or Microsoft any more.

 

Well, it has been rcently announced that DX10 cards from nVidia will be intime for Santa Rosa, which is expected to be released in the next few months. These cards range from the lower end, like the Go 8400 to the well performing Go 8600. However, it will take time before manufacturers can actually get these cards into notebook, as some design changes may need to be made. Not to mention, that they the cost will be quite high for a while.

 

nVidia should have a DX10 card or two out when Santa Rosa is released...two months top is my guess.

 

not to mention that they might only be avaiable in high end big 17 inch laptops initially till the finally fit it into 15.4 and 14 inch ones

 

you can buy a 14"'er with x2300 ( dx10 ati) low end gaming around the same as nvidias go 7300 7400 area.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220136

can you smell that its getting closer

 

read this:
CeBIT 2007: Clevo Shows off Two NVidia 8800 Laptops (pics)

These 2 beasts will be the best of the best in terms of gaming and performance/cost ratios for 2007-2008.

Clevo FTW.... as always for new high-end notebooks.

 

Those are some fat laptops.

 

the x2300 IS NOT DX10.

 

According to the latest reports, the launch date for the mobile GeForce 8 is April 17th. Don't forget to check the "News Bits" articles that appear on the front of the site three times a week.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3610

 

The Toshiba G40 will reportedly have a 8600GT 512mb.

I imagine the Asus C90 will as have that card as well.

 

I thought it was the desktop chips that are due on April 17th. Aren't the mobile variants going to be released alongside Santa Rosa, taking place in May?

 

Is the Toshiba G40 a 15.4 inch laptop? Coz C90 is 15.4 inch and if a 8600GT can fit in a 15.4 inch laptop then it will be good news for me...

 

check this cutie: http://www.presence-pc.com/image/Gamme-PC-portable-Toshiba-2007-18,0101-12842-320-2-3-1-jpg-.html

 

Zepto is releasing a 15.4" laptop but only in the European market, there's some information about it in their subforum here. They've also got a 14.1'' but theres not as much info on that yet.

 

Honestly, I don't see why people are waiting for DX10 laptops. 1st generation products are always sub-par and 2nd gen stuff blows them out of the water. Need I remind people of the 1st gen DX9 card from nVidia, the Geforce 5800 Ultra?

Because in the gaming world no laptop lasts 2 years, buying a DX10 laptop to "futureproof" yourself is rather foolish, especially if you have been waiting more than 3 months. Reason I say that (not to make you mad but):

1) As of today, there are no DX10 games. The first expected game, Crysis, is not due for another 5 months.
2) As of today, DX10 driver support has not been tested on a wide scale
3) 1st generation hardware has a history of being quickly outpaced by it's revision, if not, 2nd generation hardware. The Radeon 9700 was overshadowed by the Radeon 9800 and the Geforce 5800 was only viably replaced by the Geforce 6800.
4) Expensive cards that get astronomically cheaper when time passes (so I'm suggesting buy cheap stuff, don't wait for something to become cheap).

Sorry for my rant, but I feel that I should help people out. Playing the waiting game with computers is aching for me to watch. If it were some other field that didn't have constant updates every 6 months, I'd understand, but otherwise, compromise is often best.

 

I have to say I completely agree. I don't exactly know what people's expectations are for DX10 or DX10 availability, but the truth of the matter is most of the manufacturers are taking a wait and see approach. First there are few DX10 GPU, then there are no DX10 games, and even if there were DX10 games, the market is largely irrelevent since it would only be for people that not only had Vista but also DX10 GPUs.

DX10 may have once been highly anticipated and all the rage, but Vista's delay largely killed that. nVidia has released DX10 GPUs, but they are only high-end models and they've been having problems releasing DX10 drivers making the whole thing moot. In fact, nVidia has publicly stated that they aren't planning on pushing hard in DX10 and won't actually have DX10 formally replace DX9 across their product line as their premier product until late 2007. For them to dampen expectations like that makes me interprete it as they basically couldn't care less about DX10 right now. That's not to say that the the GeForce 8x00 series isn't important, it's just that they are probably targeting it as pushing the fastest possible DX9 performance rather than pushing for people to go DX10 and Vista.

I'm not sure what ATI's intentions or strategy is, but regardless, they aren't executing anything, and have been pushed around by nVidia for that last while. I'm sure a large part of that has been the AMD merger messing up all the schedule, which is exactly what nVidia said would happen. (Which is why nVidia was publicly quite happy with the merger, although I'm sure they were worried internally). ATI seems to be holding out as long as possible to release a solid and full DX10 product line, so perhaps there is hope for DX10 yet, but they really have to make a decision and just release already. nVidia and ATI are probably waiting on each other to launch, especially their mainstream parts, which means we are all waiting.

I think the central thing is that between all the delays, the point of DX10 switchover and dominance has definitely been pushed back. Probably by a year, giving DX9 renewed life. A certainly don't see the majority of games requiring DX10 hardware with no DX9 support until 2009, given the requirement for people to have both Vista and DX10 hardware. That was my justification anyways for buying my MacBook Pro in January. By 2009, I would probably be buying a new laptop anyways and would have saved myself the grief of playing the waiting game for DX10 GPUs.