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    Help me! Im confused!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by artgoi, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. artgoi

    artgoi Notebook Consultant

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    Before this last line of laptops, I knew HP had bad video cards in their laptops (most with 8400 GS at most I believe). But now theyve changed, and im not sure if they are good for games or not! Im not really going to buy an HP but I would really like if someone could clarify this to me. THanks!
     
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  2. iph03n1xi

    iph03n1xi Notebook Evangelist

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    The 9600M GT (found in the 15.4" dv5t and 17" dv7t) is a big jump up from the 8400M GS. The 9600M GT is a bit below the 8700M GT in terms of power, and can easily run modern games at mid-high.
     
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    K1LL4J0L0K14 Notebook Consultant

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    i have ran COD4 at max settings and FSX at max settings and both games were very playable. I just wish there was a way to overclock the 9600m gt. But it is a good card.
     
    K1LL4J0L0K14, Aug 25, 2008
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    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    I think it was just a bad batch of video cards Nvidia sent to Dell and HP, not sure all the details, but this was related to the 8800 gtx as for as I know, might of been 8800gts, hmmm not sure, but I wouldn't buy an HP for gaming, and if I bought a dell for Gaming it would be their 17in gaiming XPS notebook.
     
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    iph03n1xi Notebook Evangelist

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    They were the NVidia GeForce 8 Series (8400M and 8600M specifically), not the 9 Series, so the 9600M GT should be fine.
     
    iph03n1xi, Aug 25, 2008
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    Infamous22 Notebook Deity

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    The 9600m GT is excellent for gaming. It handled Vegas 2 at 50-60 FPS. On the 8600m GS (notch better than the 8400m GS) it only got 15-20 FPS.

    GS = budget version
    GT = better version
    GTX = awesome
    GX2 = ORGASMIC!!!!
     
    Infamous22, Aug 26, 2008
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