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    Compaq 2000z - Ati Radeon(r) Xpress 200m

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MuSti, Jul 14, 2005.

  1. MuSti

    MuSti Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I want to buy Compaq V2000Z notebook with a graphic card of ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M. I read many article about this graphic card, everbody says it is special product for notebooks and give very high performance, but I want only to learn a technical detail which is the capacity of tha card. I mean that can we say the card is 64MB or some other. So, I want to learn some information which is the type that I can understand.

    Thank you for now...
     
    MuSti, Jul 14, 2005
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I don't fully understand your question, but this is not a high end card by any means, it's the second weakest on the market, performing better than Intel's integrated card, but that's about it.
     
    Brian, Jul 14, 2005
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  3. ot14

    ot14 Notebook Enthusiast

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    200m comes in two flavors - with shared VRAM or dedicated VRAM. This is something certainly to pay attention to. My understanding is that 200m is very similar to X300, except that it lives on the mainboard, while X300 is a separate PCB.
     
    ot14, Jul 14, 2005
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah I think that you should rephrase your question...little but hard to understand your question. The 200m is the best integrated graphics solution in the market but that still does not match up to the performance of dedicated graphics.

    This is how I would stack them up...(ATi's newer PCIe graphics cards)
    200m < X300 < X600 < X700 < X800
     
    miner, Jul 14, 2005
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