[Solved] In general what graphics card performes better - Mobile vs desktop

Hi,

Might be an odd question but I am trying to figure out what graphics card out of these two is better.

Nividia GeForce 8600 GTS - Desktop
Ati Mobil Radeon HD 5470 - Laptop

As you can see one is for a desktop and one is for a laptop. The 8600 is what I have in my home computer and I am trying to match performance on a laptop I am going to buy soon.

Thanks

Chad

Hello and welcome to the forums
HD 5470 performs like a 9600MGT( a little slower),so its slower(not a huge difference though)than a 8600GTS desktop

I really like the GTX 285M in SLI mode on my X8100, its a nice card. I can't wait to test the GTX 480M.

Desktop GPU's still out perform and out class mobile gpus however.

Well you compare a high end Mobile (the 480M), a Desktop 285 still beats it

Indeed but when it comes to high end (which is what I specialize in for my business) Desktop still outperforms the mobile desktop replacements. But I do agree with you on the point that you are making.

That performs like HD 4670M AFAIK,so its a faster than a HD 5650M and therefor a little faster than a 8600GTS.

Yes

oops sorry,for a second i thought you wrote "Are you saying that 4670 is faster than 5650",
Check this
HD 4670M
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A [...] 881.0.html
HD 5650M
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-M [...] 697.0.html
"In our benchmarks with the HD 5650, the GPU is performing on a level with the previous Mobility Radeon HD 4670 or the Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M (with DDR3 graphics memory). This means the performance is sufficient for high details in nearly all DirectX 10 games (only Crysis and GTA4 are not fluently playable in high details - see gaming list below). Upcoming and current DirectX 11 games (like DIRT2) may not run in full detail settings. That means some of the new DirectX 11 features (Tesselation e.g.) may not run fluently on this gaming graphics adapter. Currently the HD 5650 is a good gaming pick for well priced laptops with a 15 inch screen and a resolution of about 1366x768."
4670M is slightly faster(the difference isn't noticeable though)

I got another question

Do you feel as if there is a noticeable difference between the 5730M and the 565vM? Would I actually be able to tell a difference or would it be all in my head.

Thanks

Chad