DirectX 10/ R600 / GeForce 8000 Information Booth

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General DirectX 10 demos, benchmarks and games discussion.

R600 (Radeon 2000 HD) series :
The official announcement for the low-end to performance class ATI.AMD Radeon R600 (a.k.a. Radeon 2000 HD) mobile GPUs - excluding the 2900 HD

All the R600 mobile and desktop discussion goes here.

GeForce 8000M series :

The official announcement for the low-end to performance class GeForce 8000M mobile GPUs - excluding the 8800

All the nVidia GeForce 8000 mobile and desktop discussion goes here.

 

Good call, this is a much better solution.

Umm, the DX10 link gives me an invalid thread specified error message.

 

Are there any laptops availiable right now with santa rosa+dx10 gfx cards?

 

Yes, a Sony Vaio model and some ASUS models on pre-order and a Zepto laptop.

 

I'm waiting for these notebooks to be released a reviewed! I want to get an Asus C90 but heat issues and battery life are preventing me from doing so. I'm waiting for someone to review it so I can see how long it lasts and how hot it gets. I mean, after all, it does have four fans.

 

From what I saw in the review, despite the number of it's fans it's a very silent machine.

 

The first Asus machines with these specs is due to be released quite possibly this week!

 

That's what I figured because they could just have 4 fans that each running at a low RPM so that they'd be quiet but they'd still be cooling everything down. Well that just leaves battery life...

 

I,ve gotta a Question:
If i buy a Clevo M570RU or a Asus G2S or a HP dv9500t whenever it comes out with the NVidia 8600 GT .
I've never upgraded a laptop before .
Will i be able to upgrade it later with the 8700 gt or a 8800 GT my self ?
If yes on wich ? , all 3 ?

Do yal have any ideia when the Clevo M570RU comes out ?
i couldnt find a date on the links i have :/

or do yal know which one 570ru and g2s will come out first ?

I think thats it for now

thanks .

 

HP dv9500t will have an 8600M GS.

You cannot upgrade graphics cards. You're stuck with what you have, unless you buy a laptop that supports MXM graphics cards (most laptops don't, so the chances that you buy one that does support MXM is very slim).

 

Its supposed to be pretty standard like 90-120min on "average" (windows, internet ect) but in gaming mode its much much shorter. If you do the full blown gaming mode where it overclocks the cpu and you have the video card doing a 3d gaming session they said the battery can die in like 15 mintues (I think it was slighly sarcastic/over exagerated, probably more like 20-25 min)

However its designed to be pluged in to do gaming.

 

Ditto on that link.

 

can i just have a yes or no answer to my question plz? (no links)
Is a ati x2500 a dx10 card or not?

 

No, it's not. It's a re-branded X1700 (or X1600) with no DirectX10 capabilities.