Best Notebook Graphics?

[MoneyMike]

I know this problem has been adressed many times already...but im still not clear. Best notebook graphics card is...??? What are the 3 best right now and which is best?

Thanks,
Mike

Everything Changes...Everything stays the same

 

[Crashman]

ATI Fire GL Mobility (what is that, 7800), followed by ATI Radeon Mobility 7500, followed distantly by GeForce whatever.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[rcf84]

what crashman said...

THGC, saving 1 pc user from buying a GeForce4 MX at a time.

 

[AMD_Man]

I'm surprised nVidia doesn't care about their notebook graphics market as their desktop graphics market. They're losing money by making slow chips for notebooks. Yes, not horribly so, but the simple fact that ATI is beating them in performance will evenutally hurt them, at least in the notebook market.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[rcf84]

Hence the Mobile 8500 coming in fall maybe ?

THGC, saving 1 pc user from buying a GeForce4 MX at a time.

 

[Crashman]

Funny thing is, these systems are usually sold to busines men, not gamers or even designers. Businessmen don't give to hoots about video performance, at most they only require a VGA port for the projector!

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[AMD_Man]

Hey, what about college/university jocks?

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Crashman]

Large ompanies account for the largest purchases.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[AMD_Man]

Yeah, you're right actually, that would explain why Notebook performance is always 6 months to 1 year behind desktop PC performance.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Crashman]

All a business user wants is reliability, power (IE can run several piddly-assed programs at once) and service. Most of them only buy or lease new in order to get more service, and could get away with two year old laptops, if they were still being made today.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[Guest]

Is there any difference between the ATI Mobility Fire GL 7800 and the ATI Mobility Radeon 7500? (besides the name and the price of course)

 

[Mavicator]

Since this thread has been revived, I'll add that I've been using the Radeon Mobility 8500 64mb for a couple months now and it is absolutely fantastic! But keep in mind that no matter how good the video card is, it only looks as good as the screen it's sending the image to. I returned a $2,500 Dell with the same video card (8500M) because the screen was terrible. Much worse than my old laptop was. The system I settled on is a Sager with P4 1.8ghz, 512mb DDR ram, Radeon 8500M 64mb, blah blah blah 15" TFT LCD. The performance is better than 90% of the desktops I use! 3D is incredible, as is color and sharpness. I get suprisingly good framerates in 3D games at 1024x768x32. So I think it's safe to say this is the best notebook card.

-- Ah sh*t! sys64738 --

 

[williamc]

There's a bloody huge difference man, The FireGL is a profession 3d Studio design card. The Radeon 7x00 and 8x00's are comsumer gaming cards. If you want to game, do not buy the fireGL and vice versa.

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