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    Radeon 1400 vs Nvidia Go 7300 GS

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xuor, Mar 15, 2007.

  1. xuor

    xuor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've read that 1400 was superior to 7300?

    How can this be true if 7300 got twice memory as 1400?

    chheerrss
     
    xuor, Mar 15, 2007
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    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    True in many ways. Check out meaker's sticky, it's very useful. The 1400 has 128mb worth of memory with hypermemory upto 512. I think the 7300 has only 64mb with turbo cache upto 256.
     
    MYK, Mar 15, 2007
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Also, it's the core that matters...the memory doesn't affect performance nearly as much at all. Some vendors (cough...Dell...cough) just don't play it straight in pricing.
     
    Greg, Mar 15, 2007
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    I thought the 7300 came with a 128mb dedicated version, no? But yes, the X1400 is superior to Nvidia's 7300 notwithstanding the higher price tag in Dell's XPS1210
     
    jujube, Mar 15, 2007
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    I just got my answer there:

     
    xuor, Mar 15, 2007
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    The 64-bit version is not as bad as that article makes it out. In fact, due to limitations of the architecture and core speeds of the card, the 64-bit wouldn't make much of a difference to the X1400. The main difference in 64-bit and 128-bit would show up running at high resolutions, or with AA or AF and high details, that sort of thing - something which the X1400 cannot do anything in anything recent so it's not really relevant.

    That is why the 64-bit Nvidia 7400 performs more or less the same as a 128-bit Ati X1400.
     
    HavoK, Mar 16, 2007
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