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    Desktop & Laptop Performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by TomYonicer, May 19, 2011.

  1. TomYonicer

    TomYonicer Newbie

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    If a laptop has the same Graphics Card, Processor, Speed, Ram, ETC as a desktop will it perform the same way as it? Will the game play & look the same?
     
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    You realize that that's a very rare situation that almost never happens? Most high-end laptops with the best GPU configurations are at best comparable to mid-range desktop builds, the high-end desktop GPUs and CPUS are physically impossible to match on any laptop.

    If the theoretical and physical limits can be removed, then yes performance is identical.
     
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  3. TomYonicer

    TomYonicer Newbie

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    Ya your right lets just say the Graphics Card & the Processor is the same. Would they both perform the same? Also I have a Graphics Card that's higher then a desktop I'm looking into & I'm hearing that the lower Graphics Card is performing better then the High End Graphics Card on my laptop. Is that possible?
     
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    More details on exactly what cards and processors you're looking at would greatly assist others in giving a fuller answer.
     
    Harleyquin07, May 19, 2011
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  5. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    I dont think youre getting it; desktop and laptop nomenclature while similar, are difference in specification. For example, if you have the GTX 460M, and the weaker card you are referring to is the GTS 450, then yes the GTS 450 is faster.
     
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  6. TomYonicer

    TomYonicer Newbie

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    Ya sure

    Laptop Processor: Intel Core I7-720QM
    Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR3

    Desktop Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad-Core
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce HD N450 GTS 1GB GDDR5

    I just realized that the Laptop Graphics Card is actually a Mobility & it's a DDR3 so I'm guessing the Desktops Card is much better. I should have realized this earlier.
     
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    Yes the desktop card i better.
     
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    If that ATI got regular DDR3 instead of GDDR3, then that would make the card even slower.

    My gpu is a AMD Radeon HD 6970m.
    Closest desktop brother is the AMD Radeon HD 6850m.
    But i must then also overclock my gpu to reference clocks of the desktop card.
     
    DEagleson, May 20, 2011
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