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    Best mobile GPU for the money?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kvasefi, Apr 15, 2008.

  1. kvasefi

    kvasefi Notebook Guru

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    I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but I'm trying to find a concise explanation.
    I'm trying to figure out what upgrades to put on, and the graphics is probably the most important.
    ie.
    8600 GT or 9500 GS?
    ATI or nvidia as a general rule? I know they leap frog back and forth..what is it in mobile graphics right now? Specifically, 570m or 8600/8700GT?
    Is it worth $200 to go up from 8600GT to 8700GT?

    Thanks in advance for the help!
     
    kvasefi, Apr 15, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Nvidia geforce is more of a gaming range, and they are leading AFAIK.

    As for the prices of GPU, im not sure but $200 doesnt sound right for upgrading to a 8700GT
     
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  3. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    ATI or Nvidia??? If you pick either a ATI 3400 or Nvidia 8400 GS then you are getting almost the same performance. I think Nvidia is only leading in the Higher ranked card(8800 up) but if you pick lower end cards then you get almost the same performance.

    Also If you want stability in Drivers go for ATI(Nvidia's Drivers will give you problems sometimes)

    $200 is to much to upgrade from 8600GT to 8700GT(even Alienware does not charge that much)
     
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  4. kvasefi

    kvasefi Notebook Guru

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    Sorry for the misunderstanding. The $200 isn't just a direct upgrade to 8700M GT. It's that the base model that offers the 8700 is more expensive too. The base model that only offers the 8600M GT ends up being about $200 less with similar specs. That's the Sager at least.

    Maybe I can find a less expensive brand, but it used to be that Sager could undercut every other brand for the same specs - :D lol..that was about 5 years ago. Not sure any more.
     
    kvasefi, Apr 15, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I would check out XOTIC and RJTECH, they usually have the best prices on Clevo rebrands.
    The systems will have different names, cause they are all the same Clevo/Compal/MSI rebrands, so just match systems by picture or specs.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 15, 2008
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