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Turk4n   06-12-2009 at 05:03:35 PM

Hey everyone :)
I am glad to join here and I have a question regarding one term...
Which one of these cards will be good for light gaming?
I am not asking for anything upgrades or downgrades etc, I just want to know which one will give me the best entertainment.
I was at a electronic store and saw two identical laptops, each one with same spec; however one thing differ, it was the graphic card.
The first one had a Geforce 9200m GS, the second one had HD Radeon Mobility 4530. Both equipped with 512MB dedicated memory expandable to 1790MB shared.
Now I am wondering...
Which one will operate better with lets say Left 4 Dead?
I have one picture from a friend who has one of these laptops using the Geforce 9200m GS.

Geforce 9200m GS settings
Min FPS - 12(Horde and lots of fire)
Max FPS - 47(on walls and looking at the floor or skybox
Average FPS - 36
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2219/sej7290tmp.jpg

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ct1615   06-12-2009 at 05:37:21 PM
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the 9200GS is geared to more video playback then gaming. I would go with the 4530 which should be slightly better. See the link.

http://compreviews.about.com/od/vi [...] idSpec.htm

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Turk4n   06-12-2009 at 05:48:55 PM
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ct1615 wrote :

the 9200GS is geared to more video playback then gaming. I would go with the 4530 which should be slightly better. See the link.

http://compreviews.about.com/od/vi [...] idSpec.htm


I read, and asking the list is it of how fast or good they are in gaming or video playback?

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ct1615   06-12-2009 at 05:52:54 PM
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both
all the cards listed are fine for video playback. The ones higher on the list also give you the benefit of better gaming.

So the 9200 and 4530 will both give you quality video playback but the 4530 will give you better gaming performance then the 9200.

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Turk4n   06-12-2009 at 05:55:23 PM
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ct1615 wrote :

both
all the cards listed are fine for video playback. The ones higher on the list also give you the benefit of better gaming.

So the 9200 and 4530 will both give you quality video playback but the 4530 will give you better gaming performance then the 9200.


Do you mean by gaming terms or certain games?
I mean I know ATI cards perform better with DX10 games than DX9, which nVidia clearly does; full support on DX9.

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ct1615   06-12-2009 at 06:03:23 PM
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....as in the 4530 is a better card then the 9200GS which is a crap card for gaming

the 4530 will perform better in all games, be they on DirectX10 or 9.

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Turk4n   06-12-2009 at 06:22:16 PM
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ct1615 wrote :

....as in the 4530 is a better card then the 9200GS which is a crap card for gaming

the 4530 will perform better in all games, be they on DirectX10 or 9.


Still not 100% convinced, do you have any benchmark charts or fps ratings while testing both cards?

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ct1615   06-12-2009 at 06:23:17 PM
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lol and stop wasting people's time
just get the 9200gs, its the card you want

here's Toms hierarchy chart, once again listing the 9200GS at the bottom and the 4530 two levels above it.
no one benchmarks basic laptop video cards.


http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 323-6.html

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Turk4n   06-12-2009 at 06:58:32 PM
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ct1615 wrote :

lol and stop wasting people's time
just get the 9200gs, its the card you want

here's Toms hierarchy chart, once again listing the 9200GS at the bottom and the 4530 two levels above it.
no one benchmarks basic laptop video cards.


http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 323-6.html


I couldn't find HD 4530, and I am not wasting anyones time than my own. First of all you can choice to help me out or flame me and etc. Stop complaining over your own choices :(
If you find it bothersome to help out don't do it then, rather than complaining it to others.

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ct1615   06-12-2009 at 07:34:14 PM
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bechmarks including games and 3Dmark 05 scores
9200GS 3600
M4530 6217

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A [...] 972.0.html

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