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    Laptop performance (8400 GS)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fdr, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. fdr

    fdr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I'm doing some research on some laptops and I wanna know how will this laptop perform game-wise compared to my current desktop.

    Here are the specs:

    Desktop
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ (2.41 GHz)
    2 GB RAM
    Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
    Windows XP Media Center 32bit

    Laptop
    Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1 GHz)
    4 GB RAM
    Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS
    Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit

    Thanks
     
    fdr, Aug 6, 2008
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  2. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    I will guestimate it'll be about half as powerful (i.e. need to drop settings from "high" to "medium" or lower in order to get some close framerates in newer games.)
     
    Arquis, Aug 6, 2008
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  3. Shroomy

    Shroomy Notebook Consultant

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    I reckon your desktop will be a good bit superior, as the GTS would be a lot better card than a lower end GS.

    4GB RAM with a 32bit OS?! :confused:

    I'd imagine it could run source games decently enough, COD4 on medium I think, Crysis Low-Medium for a stable FPS.
     
    Shroomy, Aug 6, 2008
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  4. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    An 8400GS has approximately 1/3 the fill rate of your 8600GTS. It also has a 64 bit memory bus versus the 8600 GTS' 128 bit memory bus.

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Aug 6, 2008
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  5. Vash the Stampede

    Vash the Stampede Notebook Consultant

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    not to mention your desktop is on windows xp which frees up alot more potential
     
    Vash the Stampede, Aug 6, 2008
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  6. KrieGLoCK

    KrieGLoCK Notebook Evangelist

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    half true :p
     
    KrieGLoCK, Aug 6, 2008
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  7. Charr

    Charr Notebook Deity

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    How much RAM is on the card? With 128MB the card is weakish compared to a desktop 8600GTS, but with only 64MB of RAM, the card is really going to get hammered.
     
    Charr, Aug 6, 2008
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  8. fdr

    fdr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dunno, that's all the info I've got. It's an HP just in case.


    Yeah, I think I should start looking for other options because even my desktop is somewhat crappy at gaming.
     
    fdr, Aug 6, 2008
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    johnny13oi Notebook Evangelist

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    I have this card and it perform alright. I thought it was going to be pretty bad but I can play Source games maxed out at native 1280 x 800. Other games like Quake Wars and COD4 and Unreal Tournament 3 I can play at slightly lower resolution and average about 30-40fps. Oh and I have 4GB ram and 32Bit OS as well and it is great, even though I can't use the last 1GB.
     
    johnny13oi, Aug 6, 2008
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  10. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    What's your budget, fdr?
     
    Kevin, Aug 7, 2008
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  11. pan.droid

    pan.droid Newbie

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    The laptop specs you provided aren't for the M70VM-C2 - was that your intention?
     
    pan.droid, Aug 31, 2008
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  12. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Why not just slap a 9800 GX2, GTX 280, GTX 260, 9800 GTX, or 8800 GTX into your desktop? Then your gaming performance increases dramatically. Price wise you're looking at $200-$700 extra.
     
    fred2028, Sep 1, 2008
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  13. HavoK

    HavoK Registered User

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    Desktop 8600GTS is infinitely better then Go8400 - to say it's about half as fast is still very wrong, it's much slower then that. 8600GTS is same as, or little faster then, desktop 7900GS/GT class cards. It scores about 5.5k in 3dmark06, what does the 8400 get? 1.5k maybe?
     
    HavoK, Sep 1, 2008
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  14. ic3

    ic3 Notebook Guru

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    Thats system would get about 1800 or so on 3dmark06.
    I Play CSS and DODS on High Settings bout 60fps avg, not a great card would only recommenced if you only game occasionally like me.
    I'm estimating it could play newer games on low settings reasonabley but its certainley not for a Regular gamer.
     
    ic3, Sep 1, 2008
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