3650 Mobility - desktop equivalent?

I have a Radeon HD3650 Mobility in my laptop. With the latest games coming out, all seem to have Radeon X1800s as their recommended spec.

My question is this: does my 3650 measure up to the 1800 in terms of power? If not, what does it measure up to in terms of a desktop video card?

 

Looks like both are class2 , but x1800 is better.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Grafic-Cards.130.0.html

 

Raw performance may tip on X1800, but 3650 is two generations a head.

X1800 is on 90nm, where as 3650 is on 55/65nm, so will use less power; newer video decording technology allower more codec decoding on 3650, while supporting DirectX 10.1 standard. If you get X1800, the chances are- wont be anymore new drivers, cos its pretty much discontinued model.

 

It's like HD 2600 Pro in desktops checking the 3Dmark`06 results (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

It dosent use less power because of the lower NM for say. Because it uses less power and runs cooler they make it run faster so more a less they can make things faster without increasing heat or power. Im not really sure what GPU is better i would get the 3650 first though more up to date.

 

Your HD3650 should roughly match up to the X1800. Since you're talking about recommended specifications and not minimum, you've got nothing to worry about anyway. If anything, you might have to drop back the post-processing settings due to reduced memory bandwidth.

 

You should be fine with the 3650M. It can play most current games at WXGA+ at medium to high settings at playable settings, depending on the game.

I can play Bioshock with max settings at WXGA+, Mass Effect with all graphics features enabled at WXGA+, Halo PC maxed, Age of Empires 3 maxed at WSXGA+ as well as a few other old FPS's maxed.

 

Thanks for all your replies, I really do appreciate it

I've noticed GTAIV requires an X1900 as it's minimum. Seeing as how a mobility X1800 is better than my 3650, it's a wonder I can play the game with decent FPS on medium settings.

Dammit, I wish ATI and Nvidia would just use a sane naming scheme for their cards.

How many more years do you think I've got left in my 3650?

 

For GTAIV I'd be a lot more concerned about the CPU!

 

for gaming, less than a year

 

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At least a couple of years. Especially if its DDR3. I think the HD3650 is on par with the nvidia 8600M GT so a still pretty decent mid range card. You will just have to turn the graphics settings down more and more on the latest games.