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    Gamers - Help!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by 1000xZero, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. 1000xZero

    1000xZero Notebook Enthusiast

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    Currently I have an Nvidia 6800 in my desktop.

    If I bought a laptop with an Nvidia 8400GS, would I have similar performance?
     
    1000xZero, Jul 30, 2007
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  2. hlcc

    hlcc Notebook Evangelist

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    no its going to be worse with the 8400
     
    hlcc, Jul 30, 2007
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  3. 1000xZero

    1000xZero Notebook Enthusiast

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    How about with an 8600?

    I want portability but need to game a little.
     
    1000xZero, Jul 30, 2007
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  4. zkureeman

    zkureeman Notebook Geek

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    8600 is fine, easily better than 6800
     
    zkureeman, Jul 30, 2007
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  5. hlcc

    hlcc Notebook Evangelist

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    not that big of an improvement actually, 8600M GT(laptop version) is quite a bit slower than the desktop variant. I owned a desktop 6800 and now have a desktop 8600GT.
     
    hlcc, Jul 30, 2007
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  6. Romanian

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    Wait, what? Are you sure the 8400M is worse than the desktop 6800? I would think that the 8400M is on par with a 7400 desktop.
     
    Romanian, Jul 30, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    it might be. lets say an 8400m has the horsepower of the a desktop 7400 card.

    the 7400 isn't as strong as the 6800.

    logic: 1 / antilogic: 0
     
    masterchef341, Jul 30, 2007
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  8. hlcc

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    desktop 6800 performs slightly worse than a desktop 7600GT.
     
    hlcc, Jul 30, 2007
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  9. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    There is no desktop 7400. That's exclusively a laptop card. The closest one is either one of the stronger 7300 (not gt) or 7500 LS (which is likely very weak).
     
    fabarati, Jul 30, 2007
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  10. Agent CoolBlue

    Agent CoolBlue Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    what is the 7950gtx go desktop counterpart?
     
    Agent CoolBlue, Jul 30, 2007
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  11. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    geforce 7950GT
     
    fabarati, Jul 30, 2007
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