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    A good choice?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by creysson, Jul 15, 2004.

  1. creysson

    creysson Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the A70S256 P4 3.06/512/60/Combo a good choice to buy?I use for gaming and internet but I am live in Brazil and can't found other notebook with a good video card.Can I upgrade with a pci video card?thanks
     
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    unfortunately you cannot upgrade the video card on this notebook, i think it uses shared video memory and an ATI 9000 if i recall correctly so it won't be that fantastic for gaming...but could be worse. it's certainly not a gaming notebook though.
     
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    I have more theses options...what you think is better to me?I really confused.
    Toshiba P25-S507 P42.8HT/512/60
    Toshiba P25-S5092 P42.8/512/60/DVD/CDR
    HP 3140 AMD 3.0/512/60/DVD+RW Wireless
    HP NX9010 P4 3.06/512/60/DVD-CDRW


    I Know all these have a bad video card.But How these is the "better"?
     
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    The Toshiba P25 models have the NVidia chipset with dedicated video and the HP 3140 has the ATI 9200 with dedicated memory. These three models are the ones you should be looking at. The ATI 9200 will work with most games except the latest DirectX 9.0 games. They may work, but will not play properly. The same goes with the NVidia cards unless they're the 5600/5700 or above chipsets. But I think the ATI 9200 is about on par with the NVidia 5200 chipsets.

    -Vb-
     
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    the saler says the Hp 3140 has the gf4 go =/ ... I only between the ati 9000 64mb and gf fx 5200
     
    creysson, Jul 16, 2004
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    Ok, I know which model you're talking about now. I thought you were talking about the HP ZT3000 series. But it looks like you were talking about the Compaq (not HP, same company, but completely different models) R3140. Yes, this unit has the 440 Go which is inferior compared to all the chipsets listed. So the best options would be the Toshiba P25 series.

    -Vb-
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Venombite
     
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    It's difficult to say. I did a search in Google and found mixed info regarding the performance of the ATI Mobility 9000 and the Nvidia Go 5200 chips. From the different info I've read, some indicate that the new NVidia FX Go 5200 is DirectX 9.0 compliant and others say it's not. The tests I saw compared an ATI 9000 chip to an NVidia 5200 (desktop models for both) and the ATI was WAY faster. With these conflicting results, I don't really know what to say. Usually on this site, people say the units with dedicated video is the better choice to go. I'll see if I can find more info first.

    This is the link for the tests I was talking about:

    http://www.digital-daily.com/video/nvidia-nv34/index03.htm

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jul 16, 2004
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