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    NVIDIA GT 130M vs. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 vs. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Kain, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. Kain

    Kain Notebook Evangelist

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    How do these graphics cards compare? How would you rank them from best to worst?
     
    Kain, Apr 19, 2009
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  2. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    Try looking around, there's a thread to ask and compare GPUs together right here

    To be blunt, the GT130M should be more or less similar to the HD4650(the difference will be seen depending on the game) and the HD2600 is the weakest by a large margin.
     
    Melody, Apr 19, 2009
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  3. Kevin

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    4650 has essentially twice the shader count of the 130M, as many as the 9800M GTS or 3870. I'll roll with the newer tech.
     
    Kevin, Apr 19, 2009
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  4. Melody

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    Aren't ATI shaders different from Nvidia though? Or was that stream processors I forgot >.<
     
    Melody, Apr 19, 2009
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  5. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    Yep, the shaders on ATi cards are different from Nvidia cards so that's not a valid way of comparing the two. The HD 4650 is more along the lines to of a Geforce 9700M GT/GTS.
     
    Cheeseman, Apr 19, 2009
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    ichime Notebook Elder

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    it still does as 320/5 = 64 equivalent shaders
     
    ichime, Apr 19, 2009
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  7. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    The HD 4650 still has lower clocks, memory bandwidth, raster operator, and most importantly a lower 128-bit memory bus in comparison to both the Geforce 9700M GTS and 9800M GTS.
     
    Cheeseman, Apr 20, 2009
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  8. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The HD 4650 performs slightly above the high end 128-bit card, the 9700M GT, while the GT 130M is a bit below (lower clocks than the 9700M GT). The HD 2600 is not even in the same universe as the other two. It's like 10 levels below...
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 20, 2009
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  9. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    I just took a look at the new Nvidia line up. Looks like they toned it down a bit with their massive selection of GPUs, it's a lot more feasible now.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Apr 20, 2009
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  10. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Please continue discussion in the GPU Guide. Thanks.
     
    crash, Apr 20, 2009
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