Performance of the new nvidia cards

Hello everyone,

I finally got the funds for the new dv9500t. I have the dv8000t, which is just over a year old, yet feels sooooo outdated.

I am waiting to pull the trigger on it. I am waiting for some good coupon to pop-up (like the $350 off of dv9500t that was around last week) or the price to go down, which has thankfully gone down quite a bit in the last couple of days.

My question is about the graphics cards. How good are the 8400/8600 babies? How much better, if at all, are they then 7400/7600? Can I expect a hardware upgrade anytime soon?

Thanks for your input guys!

 

the 8400 isn't any faster at games than the 7400 at the moment.

different people say different things, but this basically has to be driver issues. its "going" to be faster, i am convinced.

the 8600m gs is somewhat faster than the 7600, the 8600m gt is considerably faster (equivalent in performance to the go 7900 gs).

 

Can we expect hp to put in the 8400gt? That would be the only reason for me to hold out, since I am pretty good at doing purchases right before some good upgrade comes in, and then its too late. On the other hand, I am not overly optimistic about hp putting in a better card into the lappy knowing their history of being fond of having merely average graphics cards in their "multimedia powerhouses."

 

i dont know. i definitely would not buy a whole new laptop just to move a 7400 to an 8400, and i DEFINITELY would not move a 7600 to an 8400. the first just doesn't merit buying a new machine, and the second would decrease your performance (maybe just short term, long term might equate a 7600)

 

my current lappy has a 7400. At first I was thinking that going to 8600 would be a huge step, but after doing some more research it seems that it may not be much bigger then going from 7400 to 7600. A bit shameful indeed

 

Masterchef, I believe the performance of the 8400M GS is higher than the GeForce Go 7400 and lower than that of the 7600.

 

The 8600m GS in the 9500t is GDDR2, which means the memory is clocked at 400 mhz, instead of 700 mhz. In 3dmark06, this means a difference of about 500 points when compared to the GDDR3 version. What real world difference it makes is still unknown at this moment.