Nvidia 8600 GS (512) or ATI 2600 HD (256)?

Hello everyone

So here's the problem:

I have choise for those two laptops

The Toshiba p200 1jc with an ATI HD 2600 hypermemory (256 ram)
The Hp Pavilion dv9725e with an Nvidia 8600 GS (512 ram)

Those two have exactly the same specs (250 Go 2Go Ram T5420 @1.6ghz) and where i live are at the same price.

My needs are to play latest games like Oblivion , Stalker, Witcher, FEAR etc... at a good frame rate in 1024*768 (i prefer lesser resolution but great frame rate) and if possible high graphic quality.

My question is simple : What GPU is better?

P.S: i have a little inclination towards the Nvidia but according to that forum it is way under the ATI 2600 which is close to the 8600 GT not GS. On the other hand lot of people around me have problems with their ATI for compatibility driver update graphic errors ingame etc... So i m little sceptic towards ATI... do I have to?


Thannnnk you very much for helping me!

thks

No both are DDR2. I know laptop gaming isn t the best choice but since a must have a laptop for my new job...

Where i live there aren't better choices in terms of laptop's GPU = no GT no XT !!! Nothing those two are the best in the market so that s why i'm asking which is the best to choose...

As lightbody mentions the GS is crippled, the HD 2600 is better in general.

Even when it's GDDR3 , the GS doesn't stack up.

The GT is the competitor to the HD2600 and there it does matter GDDR2 vs GDDR3 as to which to pick, the GF8700MGT is usually the best in class.

In general; GF8700M>HD2600XT>HD2600GDDR3>GF8600MGTGDDR3>HD2600GDDR2>GF8600GTGDDR2>GF8600MGSGDDR3/2

However it does also depend on the apppliction, and also overclocking moves around the goal posts for the middle solutions.