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    POLL - NVIDIA, ATI or INTEL main Graphics in your Notebook

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jan 23, 2010.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Just out of interest , this is your most powerful gpu , in case you have a hybrid system. :)

    If you have more than one notebook, post your newest.
     
  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    9800GT here
     
  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    8800GT in my desktop, and ION in my netbook. ;)
     
  4. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Thats a nice netbook , the 330 and the ION should work great together.

     
  5. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    NVDIA 9600M GT... my desktop runs on intel integrated graphics...
     
  6. lvnatic

    lvnatic Notebook Evangelist

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    nvidia all the way, can't wait for the fermi to kick ati's !
     
  7. foosa123

    foosa123 adsfjldsajflkajsdfa

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    Ati Mr Hd3470
     
  8. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I don't care if it`s ATI or Nvidia , there performance is very similar , I do like Nvidia control panel layout better though.
     
  9. mystery905

    mystery905 Notebook Deity

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    I'm wary of Nvidia since I got burned in their 8xxx debacle when I had an XPS M1330.

    I currently use an ATI 4670 :)
     
  10. icecubez189

    icecubez189 Notebook Deity

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    8600m GT here
     
  11. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Hehe ;)

    ATI Mobility Radeon 3650M, 256MB GDDR3, although 95% of the time I am using the Intel GMA 4500MHD.

    My old Averatec 2155 has the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M.

    Brother has an Nvidia GTX275 768MB GDDR3 in his Dell Studio XPS 435MT desktop and Intel GMA 950 in his netbook.
     
  12. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Nobody got an INTEL only notebook :confused: , most cheap notebooks in the UK have an INTEL 4500MHD GPU.
     
  13. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    yay. One more for ATi. I got the HD3870 512Mb.
     
  14. WankelRotor

    WankelRotor Notebook Consultant

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    9800m GTX SLI!!!

    Nvidia FTW!!

    nvidia > Ati

    Ferrari > Hyundai
     
  15. Terminal42

    Terminal42 Notebook Evangelist

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    nvidia :D 280M in SLI. Best graphics cards I've ever seen!
     
  16. jenesuispasbavard

    jenesuispasbavard Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^ Jealous!!

    Chugging along with a lowly GTX 260M...
     
  17. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am wary of nVidia laptop GPUs because I have not had good luck with them.
     
  18. ryzeki

    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    GTX 260M here, though I am an ATi fan.

    I wanted the Mobility HD5870 but I can't afford it right now lol.

    ATi>>>Nvidia!

    But to be honest, I like both haha. :D
     
  19. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    INTEL only notebook here! have a desktop at home with an ATI Radeon X1550 512MB card.
     
  20. key001

    key001 Notebook Evangelist

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    ATI x1400, 5750
     
  21. 5482741

    5482741 5482741

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    One of the few 15.4" laptops with a QX9300 and a GTX 280M. :D
     
  22. computerstriker

    computerstriker Notebook Evangelist

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    GT 230m on my notebook
    and GeForce 7500LE on my desktop =D
    nvidia everywhere over here!
     
  23. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Come to think of it I have always had ATI graphics in my laptops.


    mobility 7500
    x1400
    moblile 2400
    HD4570 now
     
  24. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    oh yeah Nvidia still pwns ATI, 9600m gt
     
  25. randykiyoshi

    randykiyoshi Newbie

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    Notebook: Intel GMA 4500MHD
    Desktop: GeForce 6150SE

    Both integrated, but 4500MHD is actually decent.
     
  26. Ryan 02

    Ryan 02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    130m gt on a y550

    if i waited a month woulda had a 240 m :(
     
  27. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    8800M Gts here, but i voted for ati as that is what i will be getting in my next laptop.
     
  28. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    Hers the timeline of my mobile graphics:

    Geforce 2 Go 16MB DDR? VRAM (2000)
    Geforce Go 6800 with 256MB DDR3 VRAM (2005)
    Geforce Go 7300 128MB DDR2 VRAM (2007)
    ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 DDR2 256MB VRAM (2007)
    Geforce 9500M GS 512MB DDR2 VRAM (2008)
    Geforce 9800M GS/GTS 512MB DDR3 VRAM (2009)
    Geforce GTX 260M 1GB GDDR3 VRAM (present)
     
  29. Biosci3c

    Biosci3c Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Ati x1400 on my E1505.

    +1 Ati!

    Really not picky about which, as long as it performs well.

    As for intel...
     
  30. mobius1aic

    mobius1aic Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Nvidia 9800M GS 512 MB in my lappy (which is monitor-less right now)
    ATi 5850 1 GB in my desktop

    Not really a proprietor of either, but I'm loving ATi's products right now. The 4670 I used to have in my desktop was an awesome card for the 5 months I had it. Brutally fast and efficient for what it was capable of. The 5850, though unneeded yet for most of my games with the exception of a few, is doing a great job of continuing that legacy. I like ATi's push for innovation, though I have no problem admitting how complacent they seem to be with drivers. Nvidia has good driver support, and better GPGPU support too for PhysX (though this isn't something I would judge a purchase decision on, unless it revolutionized gameplay, which of course, has yet to do) and more importantly, desktop and video acceleration. In the laptop market, I'm very glad ATi has done much better with the 4 series this time around. While Nvidia seems to have a relatively even spread of all their products in all the performance classes, ATi pretty much has Nvidia beat in the mid range market as far as availability, power and value goes. The 4570, 4650 and 4670 (assuming all to be DDR3 or GDDR3) are all incredibly great graphics solutions. I'm not surprised to see the 4650 in so many laptops. I am disappointed in ATi for pulling an Nvidia and revising and older generation to meet new needs, however, I can forgive them since Nvidia is doing the same thing the 4th of 5th time in a row. I have a feeling that Fermi is somewhat of a paper tiger, and even if it is as good as Nvidia says it'll be, no doubt it will be very expensive, much like the GTX 2xx cards in comparison to the Radeon 4xxxs.
     
  31. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    ATi 3650! got rid of my intel POS.
     
  32. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Nvidia 8400M GT in my Vaio FZ, ticking time bomb....
     
  33. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    nVidia G210m. Great GPU even with a 64bit bus!
     
  34. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    I have a GeForce 9600M GT (256MB GDDR3) and 4500MHD. I use the 4500MHD, except when gaming and when watching movies laptop-> VGA :p-> LCD TV.
     
  35. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Well, NBR is full of laptop enthusiasts with upper-end systems, so that's not too surprising.
     
  36. lidowxx

    lidowxx Notebook Deity

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    Nvidia 9800M GS in my ASUS G50VT, has served me well for almost one year, even capable of pulling off many games at 1920x1080.
     
  37. lidowxx

    lidowxx Notebook Deity

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    Na, I don't think that's the truth, it's just people with integrated INTEL cards wouldn't show up in a somewhat "bragging your hardware" thread like this.
     
  38. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Where's the option for all 3?
     
  39. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    This. And I approached this thread with slight embarrassment, but had to show up for my Intel only brethren! :D

    That said, I liked getting around 5.5 hours out of my D630 with Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics when the battery was new. I don't game much (if at all-have the portal demo, fired it up once and then never touched it :p) so the optional nVidia Quadro solution available for my machine would have been overkill. That and the fact that it was a member of the 8XXX family means that I definitely dodged a bullet, as having my computer die at any point except summer break is NOT an option. ;) :D
     
  40. StealthTH

    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    ATi and Intel ;)

    Selecting both wasn't an option so I chose ATi
     
  41. satan194p

    satan194p Notebook Guru

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    8400m gs here.
     
  42. Harleyquin07

    Harleyquin07 エミヤ

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    8600m GT DDR2 here, once the warranty on current system expires I'll be ordering a 15" Clevo with the best possible GPU that's out at the time.
     
  43. Ferrari

    Ferrari Notebook Evangelist

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    Ive got a sytem comming in the mail with dual 1gb ATI 4870's crossfire.
     
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    Amnesiac 404

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    Mobility Radeon HD 3650 DDR2 512MB here, but I'm hopeful for a new system containing the Mobility 5870 soon. (Asus G73JH-A1)
     
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    GeForce GT 240m 1GB dedicated.

    I don't have a preference for one faceless business organisation over another, I just go for whatever product offers me the best 'bang for buck' at the price range I have in mind. That was the GT 240m for me, but ATi might have something more interesting in that price range these days.
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Intel X4500MHD IGP in my notebook. I play all my games on my desktop.
     
  47. gizmodian

    gizmodian Notebook Evangelist

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    ATI 4330. Pretty decent for an ultraportable i guess.
     
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    nvidia GT 230m in laptop and nvidia GTX 260 in my desktop.
     
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    stefanp67 Notebook Consultant

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    Radeon HD4650 in my notebook. I don't have the guts to try nvidia until they proven their gpu's does not fail. Almost everyone i know who bought an nvidia notebook the last 3 years have had their gpu's replaced or notebooks in the trashcan.
     
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    Papa Midnight Notebook Consultant

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    My preference has been NVIDIA GPUs. As of present, my laptop has a 9700M GT.
     
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