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    !!Whats the difference??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by BoneCrusher, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. BoneCrusher

    BoneCrusher Notebook Geek

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    hey, i have been checking out some hp and dell laptops lately and have come acroos 256mb video cards that some of thier laptops offer..
    Hp ofers 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS whilst dell offers 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600m Gt
    could every one tell me which graphics card is better and why?pls

    thxs in advance
     
    BoneCrusher, Jan 7, 2008
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    Blitz181 Notebook Consultant

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    The 8600m kills the 8400m. Memory is not what you should judge a GPU on.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jan 7, 2008
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  4. BoneCrusher

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    thxs alot, will a 1.6ghz procesor play games well with it?
     
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    mines is pretty good specs below
     
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    any core 2 duo out there will easily handle the latest games and games to come.
     
    surfasb, Jan 7, 2008
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    that is y i moved away from amd
     
    dondadah88, Jan 7, 2008
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    Just for the record, any AMD dual core will work just fine for the question asked.

    OK 8400m GS vs 8600m GT, where to start? 8600 is a class above 8400 so that is a tip off. 8400 is GS 8600 is GT sort of a level above.

    Here is a link for 8600m GT.

    Here is a link for 8400m GS.

    So the two series (86/84) plus level (GT/GS) it is a big difference but other than games might not matter.

    For games the GPU is what matters not Intel vs AMD for almost all games.
     
    powerpack, Jan 8, 2008
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    When talking about DELL 8600M GT cards, remember that Vostro and Inspirons have DDR2 version, only XPS M1530 has the true DDR3 version (difference in performance is roughly 25%). But still, even the DDR2 version of 8600M GT is much faster than DDR3 version of 8400M GS.

    Generally: 8600M GT > 8600M GS >> 8400M GS > 8400M G
     
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    okay thxs guys, hope im not disappionted when i get a 1.6ghz intel dual core with the 256mb 8600m GT
     
    BoneCrusher, Jan 8, 2008
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    You won't be!
     
    powerpack, Jan 8, 2008
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  12. BoneCrusher

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    okkkkkaay, thxxxxxxxxxxs
     
    BoneCrusher, Jan 20, 2008
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