GeForce = Ultimate gaming laptop?

[Mavicator]

Who in the market for a new laptop can overlook the new GeForce chip? Not me! It looks awesome though it only has 16 megs memory. Has anyone used one yet? I'm torn between the Toshiba 2805-S402 and the Sager NP2260V, which while built mostly from Toshiba parts seems to be less of a machine. Where I'm torn is the video cards. Is the GeForce 16 meg really worth that much extra cash over the 32 meg SIS630s onboard video? I've never used either one.

The Sager has more features and comes in a not-so-monsterous size as the Toshiba (14" vs. 15") and has a better price tag, but I'd love to be able to play an Open GL game here and there when I'm stuck on the road. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

 

[mpjesse]

Yes- that SiS chip performs horribly. It can barely do 17fps in quake at 1024 768 "fast" mode. Tom did a review on that chipset. It's as slow as a Vanta.

-MP Jesse

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[Guest]

Ultimate gaming laptop is almost a contradiction in terms. Yes, the GO may be the fastest laptop graphics solution, but it doesn't perform as well as the desktop MX, especially not with 16MB of memory. It also consumes a fair whack of power. I suppose if you want to play the occasional game of Quake 3 on the road though, it is the best solution.

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[Mavicator]

Thanks. Sounds like it isn't worth upgrading to either, really. My current laptop's Ati 8mb Rage LT sucks, but it runs Unreal (barely!) Maybe I'll wait for the next generation.

 

[Grizely1]

Geforce2 GO comes mostly in 32MB versoins, you can get 16MB if you're short on cash.

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[Guest]

Don't let me put you off upgrading! The GO is great for the occasional game of quake 3 (remember, most modern games can still be played on a TNT2). Also remember you won't be going any higher than 1024x768, so the GO is a viable option.

You'll always be dissapointed with laptop graphics, cos they always lag their desktop equivilents. It's just at the moment, the lag is a bit less than usual.

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[rcf84]

s3 Supersavage(little faster then savage4) or Mobile Radeon(Radeon VE but little slower) there good choices to beside nvidia is evil like i told you all

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[Mavicator]

I haven't seen the 32mb GeForce in a laptop yet. Is someone offering it? The Toshiba Satellite is the only machine I've seen with the GeForce chip at all. What I really want is a 14" (good) screen and a 750-1ghz processor. I'm open to suggestions. Thanks for the input.

 

[Grizely1]

Dell has a 1GHz laptop with the 32MB version of the GeForce2 GO.

From now on when someone asks you how fast your computer is, tell them your benchmark scores.

 

[Mavicator]

On that note, what would be a good benchmark program to run if I wanted to see how fast these things are for myself?