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    Question on Graphics

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ctresc89, Jun 28, 2007.

  1. ctresc89

    ctresc89 Notebook Consultant

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    What graphics card is better, and what if anything is known about the ATI card.

    The Nvidia 8400GS 128MB or the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD 256MB GDDR2 ( up to 512 Hypermemory)

    This is on a gateway computer E-265M (my college education site)

    Chassis w/ ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X2300 HD 512MB PCI Express Graphics (256MB GDDR2 Dedicated Memory with up to 512MB using HyperMemory™ Technology), Intel® 965PM chipset (+31.50)
     
    ctresc89, Jun 28, 2007
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  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the nvidia card is better.

    first off- neither card is fast enough to utilize more than 128 megs of vram, so the fact that the ati card has 256 megs and will take 256 more from your system is not going to benefit you at all.

    second- the ati card is just a renamed version of the x1300. its actually not a part of the new "ati hd" series (it has none of the features, its not even built on the same manufacturing process, and it does not support direct x 10)

    the nvidia card is one generation above the ati card. it will perform much better.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 28, 2007
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  3. someone777

    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    yes nvidia is faster, but i dunno about ati.....
     
    someone777, Jun 29, 2007
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  4. Phritz

    Phritz Space Artist

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    The nVidia is much better, why is the ATi more expensive? Yeah, that ATi card is a joke, its last ditch attempt to con people since into buying ATi
     
    Phritz, Jun 29, 2007
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  5. Apollo13

    Apollo13 100% 16:10 Screens

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    Here's some info on the ATI.

    It's similar to the nVIDIA GeForce Go 7300, but with possible DX 10 support (which the nVIDIA definitely has).

    According to the same site's benchmark list, the X2300 scored 1571 on the 3dmark05 and the 8400M GS scored 1456 on the 3dmark06 (neither were listed for a 3dmark of the same year). As 3dmark05 scores were at least 50% higher than 3dmark06 scores for cards tested in both, I think it's safe to say the 8400M GS is a significantly better card, even accounting for the inaccuracies of synthetic benchmarks.
     
    Apollo13, Jun 29, 2007
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