New Dell Studio XPS notebook graphics chip

I'm very satisfied with the specs offered in Dell's new Studio XPS laptop which includes 2.4 GHz 3MB L2 as the lowest possible option!

The old XPs notebooks had the nvidia 8600 GT cards which are admittedly old. While I am up to date on nvidia's stuff, I'm not very knowledgable about ATI.

The new Studio XPs notebook features the 512MB3 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670. I was wondering about the quality of this. All the other features of that notebook are brilliant. Can someone advise me on this, as I intend to purchase it next month? This is the only point holding me back. If possible, can someone compare it to an nvidia card?

Thank you very much for taking the time to read and answer.

ETA: I'm making the purchase in Malaysia. I see that the US DELL site is offering ATI Mobility RADEON® M86XT - 512MB for the Studio XPS.

I personally favor ASUS as a gaming laptop. I'm not a real fan of Dell in that area. They get more expensive than they need to be. You can get an Asus notebook with an NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS card.

+1 for an ASUS for gaming. Or if you got the money a Falcon Northwest. Can't beat their support (100x better than Dell/HP).

Actually, Dell XPS support is an absolute model of perfect customer support. Unlike their standard support, which sucks, the XPS support line (available 24/7) is actually a reason I would recommend a Dell XPS to someone looking for a laptop or prebuilt. It probably isn't quite up to Falcon Northwest standards, but it is excellent nonetheless. For example, my XPS M1710 had a battery life problem after about 10 months of owning it, and Dell shipped me a replacement battery, no questions asked. It arrived via airmail the day after I called, even though I called at 6PM. There is a price premium compared to Asus though, although Dell XPS are cheaper than Alienware at least.

you may want to consider SAGER notebooks too,they have a very good spec/price and their support is good too.

www.xoticpc.com

The ATI card on the Studio 16XPS is not very good at all, probably on par or worse than the 9600 offered on the new 13. I was waiting to buy a new laptop until I got the final specs on both models. The 9600 is not to bad but I was looking for something in a 9800 class and was hoping these new models had it.

Needless to say I just ordered an Alienware m15x with 9800 instead.

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I've seen a few Gateways like this that looked sweet. It's nice to see Gateway hasn't completely gone down the tubes. Their current stuff is WAY better than the Gateway 2000 crap from years ago.

I've seen some Toshiba's that are nice as well.