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    Toshiba Video Card Change?

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

  1. whatisamegan

    whatisamegan Notebook Consultant

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    The Toshibas are now coming with Nvidia's instead of ATIs. Out of curiosity. I wanna know what Im missing out on. :p Which is better? The ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs the Nvidia GeForce GT 230M

    Also? What is the Nvidia equivalent to the 4650? The ATI equivalent to the 230M?
     
    whatisamegan, Oct 19, 2009
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    I think they are both about the same, with the 230M only a slight bit better. 230M is probably equivalent to the 4670, so it's only a tad better I think.
     
    Amnesiac, Oct 19, 2009
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    I think the GT240m is closer to the HD4650. The 230m is a little bit behind that.
     
    BobXX, Oct 19, 2009
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    In terms of performance ATI Mobility Radeon 4650 DDR3 is faster than both GT230 and GT240 (the same core and just 50MHz difference between these two). The difference is between some 5800 3D Mark06 for GT240 and some 6500 for 4650 however in games 4650 gets even more ahead especially in games like Crysis or Race Driver Grid
    Google translated German test of GT240 inside Acer Aspire 5739G compared to 4650 LINK
     
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  5. sean473

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    4650 owns GT230M and GT240M so you're looking at something like a GT250M or GT260M is more like a 4650..
     
    sean473, Oct 19, 2009
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    Yay! i was looking at it and was worried that since I bought it earlier, I had missed out on something spiffy. Yay. I got the better deal!
     
    whatisamegan, Oct 19, 2009
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    just a question.

    im deciding between 2 laps. one has hd4650 512 ddr3 and one has gt 230m 1gb gddr3.
    but ati in vaio is downclocked to 450/600.. is it still better then 230m or not?
     
    phyx182, Oct 19, 2009
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    Source? The HD 4650 doesn't own the GT 230/240M, it's better but not by much. The GTS 250/260M with GDDR5, destroy the HD 4650, even with GDDR3, they're still a decent amount better.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 19, 2009
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    Better is still own as far as i care..
     
    sean473, Oct 20, 2009
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    is downclocked (450/600) hd4650 512ddr3 weaker or stronger then normally clocked gt 230m 1gb gddr3?
     
    phyx182, Oct 20, 2009
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    Honestly, the difference between the cards isn't very much. It depends more on the games you play. If you read any review about any video card, some games play better with ATI, while others with nVidia.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 20, 2009
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    im deciding between 2 laps.
    toshiba has t7450,4gb ddr3,gt 230m 1gb gddr3
    sony has t6600,4gb ddr2, apparently downclocked hd4650 512ddr3.

    so for best gaming performance should choose toshiba?
     
    phyx182, Oct 20, 2009
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  13. sean473

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    downclocked 4650 not good.. can you consider some other laptops with these cards?
     
    sean473, Oct 21, 2009
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