Which graphic card 4 my laptop?

[ali786]

OK, so guys im not a techy so i know nothing about computers,

the problem im having is i want a laptop which can play decent games, ive found 2 Similar laptops with similar specs, the main difference is the graphics card, one uses a nividia 9600M GT 1GB card and the other uses ATI Radeon HD 4570 512 MB.

To complicate things the one with the ATI graphics also has a slightly higher cocked CPU – so im stuck guys which laptop would give me better gaming performance out of these two.

Here are the laptops:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/catalogId/1500001801/partNumber/5070664.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/catalogId/1500001801/partNumber/5081471.htm

here is the data I for the nividia card http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GT.9449.0.html

and here is info on the ATI card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4570.13885.0.html

ive also noticed that the ATI card supports direct X 10.1 and pixel shader 4.1 and the nividia card supports direct X 10 and pixel shader 4.0 what ever that is.

none of the above info really makes any sense for me so if anyone here can please help me ill be very grateful.

Thanks in advance

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Easy, go with the one with the first one with the GF9600M GT, the difference between it and the HD4570 is much larger than that of the two CPUs which is only 100mhz difference.

The pixel shader model improvement while handy will either not be very usable by the HD4570 (where it's an image changer) or else not provide much of a boost to be notable (the improvement in performance will take it from very low to low, and may do little to improve it versus the competition). For entry level cards the benefit isn't as attractive as for mid-range cards which have a better chance of using the features for greater benefit.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

If you want to play games, don't buy a laptop...

That's a pretty generalized statement, especially when there are a bunch of laptops can outperform many desktops. It would be like saying don't by a desktop based on the fact that DELL desktops suck, thus all desktops suck. In this case it's more of a question 'if gaming is your focus, you would likely need a more powerful laptop or be better served by a desktop', but that's far different than 'don't buy a laptop'.

Usually people ask about gaming when they've already figured out their other need for a laptop, and just want to add the gaming component.

As for the resolution, personally I'm a fan of 1920x1200, because it gives you alot of desktop space and then allows solid 4:1 pixel scaling @ 960x600 for tough games, but unfortunately in this case with the other being 1600x900, that scales to 800x450 which is not as creat an experience, but actually might be better for performance on tougher games.

It's all a question of balance.

 

[ali786]

thanks for the replys,

im not really looking to play alot of games, im more of a casual gamer.