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    Laptop graphics card comparison

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Jdogg71190, Jun 15, 2008.

  1. Jdogg71190

    Jdogg71190 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which laptop graphics card will give me better performance?

    The ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2600 HT or the Nvidia 8800M GTS ?
     
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    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    The 8800M GTS will eat the HD2600 alive.
     
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    Jdogg71190 Notebook Enthusiast

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    is there really that much of a difference?
     
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    It will eat it alive.

    The 8800M GTX is roughly 2.5 - 3x the 8600M GT.

    The 8800M GTS is about 10-20% slower than the 8800M GTX.

    The HD2600 is slightly slower than the 8600M GT.

    Does that answer your question?
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    No joke.

    But you wont find a 8800 GTX in 15 inch unless you pay 2000+
    You can find a HD Radeon 2600 in a 15 inch, the cheapest i know of, for 899.

    If you are looking for 17 inch, then you wont have that much problem as a 15 inch.
     
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    [​IMG]

    i was being generous using an XT since the HD2600 scores we're lower. and he said HT so i used the XT. thought he also might have made a typo.

    edit: here go the hd2600
    and it sits right where it's suppose to sit being a 128 bit card, now if it we're a 256 bit card...then it would be up somewhere with the 8800m gts. (speculation of course)

    http://service.futuremark.com/searc...ltering_displayed_=All&softwarefiltering=-100
     
    Johnksss, Jun 15, 2008
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