Now with the dv5000 avail with AMD or Intel

Now with the dv5000 avail with AMD or Intel processor, does anyone have an opinion on which one to get?

It seems that to me the Intel route has the edge since this configuration offers STA drives, and perhaps a better GPU.

But AMD with it's 64bit proc is interesting. Moving on up from an old T20 so either would be a big bump up for me.

Thoughts before I take the plunge?

 

lf you don't really plan on using Vista extensively then l would go for the Intel.

 

No I do plan on running Vista. The AMD system with it's ATI 200M worries me with Vista. It seems to be supported but everyone claims it sooo slow.

I dabble with OSes and currently run XP, SuSE Linux via dual-boot. I also would like to run Windows server 2003 and the likes with in VMs (VMware) as I do on my desktop system.

If this helps, not too many games but some.

 

Your in a bit of a bind here...You have a couple choices though:

Wait until Pentium M is 64-bit (if ever)

Or buy a different laptop that has a Turion + dedicated GPU

 

Just how bad is the ATI 200M matted to the AMD? That 'seems' to be the big difference.

 

I'm pretty sure the 200M can run all the bells & whistles on Vista but how well l don't know.

AMD is not at fault here though; HP just neglects AMD users with integrated graphics

The 200M is the best integrated graphics solution out, but even a bottom of the barrel dedicated card can (usually) outperform any integrated graphics.

 

You only need a decent GPU to take advantage of Vistas graphicals abilties, which to me, were completely unimpressive and they didn't look like they even needed a video card to render them, I was very dissapointed.

 

So which is better down the road...... a 64 bit processor and a so/so GPU, or a 32 bit process and a great GPU.

Decisions, decisions.

I mean Vista will run on the Intel chip, and perhaps 64 bit is overkill on a notebook. Well nothing is overkill LOL.

I'd like to act sometime soon as Costco is offer $200 off and have a nice 6 month return policy, hence an HP device.

 

The 200M will be fine for Vista. Just don't expect it to play Doom3 very well. If you're going to run Vista at all it'll probably be the 64-bit version IMHO.

Check out the MSI forum here. MSI has 15.4" and 17" Turion notebooks with ATI X700 GPUs and soon X1600 GPUs. They're more expensive than HP but they look pretty nice to me.

 

Hi All,
I'm new to this board but not to comupters. I have just purchased an HP dv5030 and I can run Doom 3 in the second highest screen setting with no problems, stutters or freezes what so ever. I realize that the 200m is limited but I dont see the issue in Doom 3. I tried the Omega drivers and using the UMA option both of which had no positive impact on the performance of the graphics sub-system. I haven't tried overclocking but the dedicated memry is faster than the UMA with an addtional 128 meg set aside for graphics. My 3D mark 05 scores are at the default 1024 x 768 in 32 bit color and while they aren't exactly mind boggling they are atleast in mid 700's. Still this is a decent laptop and has the ability to run Doom 3 and resurrection Evil with no hicups

 

I have yet to try out Doom 3...I will tonight (demo version)....

 

Go to www.rawpowerpc.com and check out the MSI offerings, particularly the MSI-1029 and the MSI-1039. These are nice AMD Turion notebooks with an ATI x700 GPU. Nice!

 

So the dv5000z, does this mean that Quickplay has finally crossed-over to the AMD platform?

 

Actually, IIRC, the MS-1039 has an X1600. However, the other model that MSI offers with an X700 is the MS-1036 (17"). The MS-1029 is basically the same, except with a 15.4" display.

 

That happened a while ago, with the DV8000Z.