Mobility FireGL 7800

[rcf84]

Now where talking. 3d Studio Max on the road !!!! Well this sound really cool now.

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ATI's part is the Mobility FireGL 7800, a high-end mobile workstation-oriented chip (hence the FireGL branding) which supports up to 64MB of 128-bit DDR SDRAM.

The chip is clocked at 270MHz, but the chip's PowerPlay power management technology should ensure the part does not impact on a notebook's battery life too heavily and can "extend DVD playback" by 25 per cent more than "competing solutions". It supports resolutions up to 2048 X 1536 pixels in 32-bit colour.

PowerPlay appears to work like Intel's SpeedStep technology: the chip adjusts its core voltage and clock speed depending on whether the user is running off the mains or on battery. Users can choose to select their preferred voltage and speed parameters depending on how they themselves want to balance performance and battery life. The chip groups its voltage/clock speed settings into three modes: DVD, 2D and 3D.

PowerPlay also reduces a notebook's LCD refresh rate to further cut battery power in instances when it can get away with doing so. PowerPlay also reduces a notebook's LCD refresh rate to further cut battery power in instances when it can get away with doing so.
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<A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/22797.html" target="_new">http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/22797.html</A>

Nice Nvidia and ATi users get a Cookie.... Yummy

 

[Intel_inside]

sounds expensive to me, the only thing this would be useful for would be presentations

AMD = Anger Management Disorder

 

[bront]

Actualy, several companies are moving towards laptops as a complete desktop solution for many people. It's a company perk to have a laptop, and can sway some people to sign up or stay. With these new graphics chips, you can now have a complete and compitent workstation in a laptop. Plus, with hydravision, you can set the displays differently, so, like you said, when giving presentations, you can have the powerpoint display in one display, and the actualy presentation in another.

Besides, now you can play all sorts of fun games on them too.

Chesnuts roasting on an open CPU
Bill Gates nipping at your wallet

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

actually it would be useful for people who do 3d animation modeling etc. While on the road. they can finish up there work now that they have a decent mobile video card on the road.

as for price. Price is no object in the 3d modeling business.

a 500 dollar mobile video can save the company thousands.

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