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    Rank these notebook video cards

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jumper76, Jan 4, 2007.

  1. jumper76

    jumper76 Notebook Consultant

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    I obviously have some idea, but I am uncertain to a large degree.

    I am going to be buying a notebook soon, and I still am having trouble figuring out the differences between these mobile cards. Can anyone shed light on how these rank up to each other and how much of a difference I would see between the cards.

    I am a light gamer. CS/DOD source, stuff like that.

    Thanks in advance.

    The 5 cards-


    ATI Mobility Radeon X600 128MB HyperMemory (64MB Dedicated + 64MB Shared)

    ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 w/ 256 MB VRAM GPU (512 MB Hypermemory)

    NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 128MB VRAM w/ Turbo Cache 256MB

    ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 256MB


    NVIDIA Geforce Go 7600 512MB
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    ranked from slowest to fastest

    1. ATI Mobility Radeon X600 128MB HyperMemory (64MB Dedicated + 64MB Shared)

    2. NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 128MB VRAM w/ Turbo Cache 256MB

    3. NVIDIA Geforce Go 7600 512MB

    4. ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 w/ 256 MB VRAM GPU (512 MB Hypermemory)

    5. ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 256MB

    The difference between the final 3 is fairly small however.
     
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  4. jumper76

    jumper76 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks a lot.
     
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  5. jumper76

    jumper76 Notebook Consultant

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    One other question. My brother has a -

    GeForce 6800XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 8X Video Card

    in his desktop, and I am very impressed with the card.

    How much better is this card than the top 2 ATI cards mentioned above?
     
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  6. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It won't be.
     
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  7. jumper76

    jumper76 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow, the two ATI cards are better than the 6800XT?

    Sounds great.
     
    jumper76, Jan 5, 2007
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Whoops, my bad, I misread it.

    I meant neither cards will be better then the 6800XT.
     
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  9. RefinedPower

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    Yea the closest to a 6800XT you will get in a notebook smaller than 15.4 inches is the Go7700 in the Asus G1 or Asus A8js.
     
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    The 6800XT is currently the lowest end "high-end" video card w/ 256-bit memory interface.

    It has 8 pipelines!!!!

    You can get a regular Geforce 6800 (which has 12 pipes) and it would be much better.

    The nVidia 7700 and ATI X1700 are as good as a 128-bit interface videocard is going to get.
     
    Gophn, Jan 5, 2007
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  11. stamar

    stamar Notebook Prophet

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    even though the 7700 go has higher 3dmark scores than a 6800 gt, actual gaming is going to be faster in the 6800 gt.
    Dont ask me to explain why its an actual side by side test i did.

    You can call these cards a similar level. the 7700 go is a faster gpu but a slower memory interface. The 6800 gt is a slower card with a faster interface.

    Its faster though. This is sort of the grey line but the 6800 gt is faster.
     
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  12. chrisyano

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    The GPU guide is a great resource for the information you're looking for. Please post any further questions there.
     
    chrisyano, Jan 5, 2007
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