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    ATI 9200 32MB vs Intel Integrated Graphics 64MB

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bcs732, Sep 19, 2004.

  1. bcs732

    bcs732 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am planning to buy a laptop that is fairly portable, widescreen, enhanced screen (brightview),and long battery life.

    I plan to use this mostly for net surfing and accessing office documents. I am currently eyeing the Sony VAIO S-series and the HP Presario DV1000.

    On one hand, HP has an integrated shared graphics chip that can go up to 64MB. On the other hand, Sony has an ATI 9200 dedicated chip with 32MB. (I dont know if the ATI 9200 is too outdated.) If I get the HP, I will get 768MB of RAM to compensate for the shared video. If I get the Sony, I will just get 512MB RAM.

    What do you guys think I should get? Will the integrated graphics chip of hp affect refresh rate of screen and dvd playback quality? Or should i go for the sony with dedicated graphics chip?
     
    bcs732, Sep 19, 2004
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    bokingwen Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you plan on play games on your laptop get the sony, the intergrate video suck big time on game. Personlly I hate integrated video first it use up part of the system memory. If you have 256 MB in your laptop and you set 32mb for your video. Your system will only have 224MB of memory to use for apps and other stuff. I think the intergrated video will be find for DVDs too. This is the reason I am not getting the HP and Compaq and think of getting the S-series.
     
    bokingwen, Sep 20, 2004
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