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    Face Off: 8600m GT 256 GDDR3 vs 8600m GT 512 DDR2

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by theschwartz, Dec 14, 2007.

  1. theschwartz

    theschwartz Notebook Consultant

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    Specifically looking at Sager 2090 vs Dell m1530

    Either would have 2.2 GHZ core 2 duo, 160GB 7200rpm SATA HD, 3GBs RAM DDR2 667, 15.4 inch screen, running XP Pro.

    What do you guys think??? what is the real difference between:
    nVidia 8600m GT 256mb GDDR3 and 8600m GT 512 DDR2??? Purpose of laptop would be to multi-task applications at work, running recent latest games at decent settings would be a nice bonus.

    Thanks
     
    theschwartz, Dec 14, 2007
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  2. A Led Rock

    A Led Rock Notebook Evangelist

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    512 ram is kinda useless unless ur running it at ultra high res...go with the M1530...its better in every way
     
    A Led Rock, Dec 14, 2007
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  3. swoley2k

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    If these two cards were run at the same clocks the performance would be the same. However, the gddr3 not only has a higher memory clock by default but you can also overclock it. The max I can get from my gddr2 is 575 and thats with a house fan blowing directly on the gpu under the notebook. In short, the gddr3 has more headroom for overclocking and already has the gddr2 beat at stock.
     
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  4. theschwartz

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    Even with the memory differnence???

    It's 512mb DDR2 vs 256mb GDDR3. I had guessed that the 512 would make up for the better performance with the GDDR3, I have been told that DDR2 will perform approx 20% less than that of GDDR3.

    Thank you for your replies Swoley and Rock
     
    theschwartz, Dec 14, 2007
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  5. Mimino

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    nope, man. go for 256 gddr3 like everyone else said. u won't notice a big of a difference with 512mb. gddr3 is faster than ddr2
     
    Mimino, Dec 14, 2007
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  6. theschwartz

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    Thanks, you guys are awesome.

    Leaning towards the m1530...hate to say it, Had a horrible experience when Dell first released XPS desktops several years ago.
     
    theschwartz, Dec 14, 2007
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  7. Mimino

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    hold on, doesn't 1530 have a ddr2 version? btw, i think it'd be a waste getting xps m1530...imho
     
    Mimino, Dec 14, 2007
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    Mimino, Dec 14, 2007
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