What 15in laptops can be customized with a 8600GT?

I want to buy a laptop that is 15in that has a 8600GT in it for gaming or maybe a very light 17in under 7.5 punds

 

Dell Inspiron 1520 or Vostro 1500.

 

Isnt the GPU the T61p use the business version of the 8600GT

 

15" (with 8600m GT DDR2): Inspiron 1520, Vostro 1500, Asus V1S, Asus C90S, Asus VX2S, Compal IFL90/Sager NP2090
15" (with 8600m GT GDDR3): Asus C90S, Asus G1S, MacbookPro
17" (with 8600m GT GDDR3): Asus G2S (over 7.5lbs), MacbookPro (under 7.5lbs)

 

Yes, it's the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M. Although it is essentially the same card, it isn't optimized for gaming.

 

The 8600m GT's are mid-range GPU's, quite a bit past "entry level". The 8700m GT's start the high-end.

You can easily install gaming drivers on it and make it perform exactly like the 8600m GT.

 

But I have a Quadro (Nvs 320m) and it is the same core as the 8700gt, how is it that a Quadro (if we're talking in terms of mobile gpus) is so much better if it is essentially the same card?

 

It's not. I have no idea what Mr. Eurocom is saying. The only Quadros that are equal or better than the 8700m GT is NVS 320m, NVS 510M, and all the FX Quadros except the 460m and 460m. There is a bunch of Quadro NVS' that are worse than the 8700m GT

Nevertheless, the 8700m GT is most definitely a high performance GPU geared towards gaming.

 

Not according to these and many other articels Mr. Eurocom, where do you get your information from?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html


The 8600GT is a very decent card, especially with gddr3 memory. Let alone the 8700GT witch is the top off the line Nvidia DX-10 model for notebooks at the moment.

I see nobody has mentioned the top of the line 17" Sony AR models, it also has a 8600GT with 256Mb GDDR3, and weighs around 7 pounds if i calculate it correctly (i'm on the metric system myself). It isn't cheap though.

 

Sager NP2090.

 

If you're referring to the AR48C I saw it myself last month and wasn't impressed with its maximum RAM capacity. Unlike my new Vostro the machine can only have 2GB max and only came with 1GB retail. Note that this machine is the configuration being sold in mainland China.

 

But my NVS 320m is better (or equal to) a 8700m GT?

 

Mr Eurorcom's information is somewhat suspect.

In notebook land IGPs are low level graphics cards, basically integrated stuff like the Intel X3100 and ATi X1250.

Mid-range cards are things like the X2300, geforce go 7300, 8400M GS, HD2400 etc.

High end cards are HD2600, 8600M GT, 8700M GT.



The 8600M GT is about as good as you can get in a 15.4" laptop. The cheapest way to pick one up would probably be in a Dell Vostro 1500.

 

I'm not sure if it's the same one. In Holland and most of Europe you can get a lot of different configurations on the Vaio AR51XX, and the higher end models come with 3Gb. Sony uses different model nr's on different continents, so it's a bit hard to tell witch one is witch, you'd have to compare all the hardware to identify them. I know it says a maximum of 2 Gb's of ram on the Sony for a lot of models with the Intel 965 chipset, but the truth is that it will support a maximum of 4 Gb's of ram icw a 64bit OS. I think it's 3 or 3.5 if you have a 32bit OS.

 

I think it was a 2GB physical limit on the chinese model, I'm not able to confirm either way though.

 

I guess it completely depends on who you ask, and what their expectations are for a GPU, but when comparing nVidia's dedicated GPU's, they usually name them 1-4 as low-end, 5-6 as mid-range, and 7-9 as high-end.

 

Try to stay on topic people.

emporiumboutique's first post answers the question pretty clearly, and while I suggest doing your own research beyond this thread, the Vostro 1500 and Inspiron 1520 (whichever is cheaper after customizing and using coupons, getting the lowest price can be pretty tricky with dell so you might wanna stop by the dell forum here and do some research) are going to be good choices if you want to get a lot of bang for your buck at the lower price ranges, while the Asus notebooks with the GDDR3 cards are a nice step up if you are willing to spend more or find a great deal.

For a 17 inch notebook, you should consider notebooks with video cards that are more powerful than the 8600m GT, seeing as one of the advantages of having a 17 inch notebook is that they can handle better (bigger and hotter) video cards due to their size. Though the 8600m GT is still equally awesome when it's in a 17 inch notebook, so if it fits your price range and the higher end ones don't then go for it. And of course the weight is a big factor here too, though I'm not sure how hard it is to find 17 inch notebooks under 7.5lbs.

 

It doesn't matter, all Vaio's (and other notebook's for that matter) witch use the Intel 965 chipset support a maximum of 4Gb combined with a 64bit OS. If the manufacturers or resales website says otherwise there simply wrong. The designer and manufacturer of this chipset is Intel, and i'm sure they know best what their stuff is capable of.

 

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