Radeon x1400 256MB VS GeForce 6000 series

I ask this because I've bought a Dell Inspiron with Radeon x1400 and my friends desktop has a GeForce in the 6000 series, but he doesn't remember which one. On his desktop, World of Warcraft runs without a hitch, and I'm wondering if my laptop will do the same. My laptop has 2 GB Ram 2 DIMM 533 Mhz, Duo Core 2 processor, 80 Gig 7200 RPM hard drive. I'm not sure of any of most of his specs, but he has 224 Gig hard drive and 1 GB RAM.

Ok, now that I've rambled all of the specs out of order into one paragraph, let me simplify.

My laptop - Dell

Duo Core 2 Processor
2 GB RAM 2 DIMM 533Mhz
80 GB 7200 RPM Harddrive
Radeon x1400
2.0 CPU Speed

His desktop - HP (Put together about 1 year ago)

224 Gig Harddrive, probably 7200 RPM
1 Gig RAM
6000 Series GeForce
He gets about 35-40 FPS indoor 30-35 outdoor
1.8 or 2.0 CPU Speed

Will my computer match/come close to his in performance on World of Warcraft and how does my video card compare to his?

 

you would have no problem playing world of warcraft, and maybe (i'm not sure) you can get around 50fps at high settings, probably 60

 

If the desktop was an HP, I'd guess that it is a 6600 series GPU if he got a higher end configuration, but I can't be positive about the designation (LE, GT . . . ). You're best off asking him what sort of graphics card he has.

As posted, you'll have no problem running WoW on that machine.

 

Thanks, that's a real nice peace of mind.

 

Also, I recently bought Battlefield 2, Age of Empires 3, and Call of Duty 2. How well will it fare against those?

 

Your X1400 is fine for playing WoW, AoE3,COD2, not sure about Battlefield2. Perhaps it's all about driver-related problem. I suggest you update your driver, dont use manufacturer's stock driver if possible. You could obtain newest driver from ATi's site or if you like you could opt for using 3rd party modified driver such as OmegaDriver.
In my opinion, your processor is way better than your friend as yours is today's most advanced mobile processor+dual core capability.
For your friend desktop as it is HP, I think the GPU must be GeForce 6600 - nonGT(could be 6600 ordinary / 6600LE)-not sure. HP didn't provide 6600GT for their desktop series.
My university has HP desktop with 6600 and when I asked to the seller, I mean HP Rep., he told me HP desktops don't have choice for 6600GT.

 

It can play BF2 on medium settings on SXGA resolution. BF2 isnt a very demanding the X1400 should be fine for it.

 

x1400 can play all games right now. Just make sure you got 6.12 or 7.1 drivers, they REALLY help performance (ATi's drivers were their downfall up until 6.10+). BF2 and CS: Source and Oblivion all were crashing for me with medium settings before the constant flow of updates.

 

My friend has the same specs as you except 1GB of ram and he gets 40-ish FPS with everything on high (AA off) in Alterac Valley! So with 2GB of ram, you can probably get 50 FPS with everything high in AV. Pretty darn good.

 

how bout the expansion bc? anyone no if thats gona be more demanding on gpu or shud it be about the same!?

 

you'll have no problem at all running it.. I have pretty much that same computer, and it works WoW amazingly.

 

jw wut resolution u play wow on cuz i ordered my laptop with only wxga and its 1280x800 max i think i alreadi rregret it after reading a few threads here lol. guess i shud ve read up here first before i ordered now the laptop is alreadi built and should be shipped in a few days lol o well.

 

It's simply a bigger file, with the extra land and so. I'm pretty sure it will be just about the same.

And thanks! I'm psyched about my laptop's arival today in about 45 minutes and love the fact that I will rape AV's lag as it raped my old laptop with about 3 fps in non action. Thank you all so much.