ATI Mobility 7500 vs ATI Mobility 9000

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How much of a speed difference do you think there is? The reviews I see are usually the desktop versions.

Also, given that they're 100% pin-compatible, how much would an existing 7500 mobo need to change to use the 9000, if at all? ie. Would a mobo manufacturer just have to swap the GPU and the BIOS etc, or is there a lot more that would need to be altered?
 

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More memory bandwidth would've essentially killed any GeForce4 Go460 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 argument in favor of ATI. It's still a good solution though. Here's a review.
 

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Thanks. It does seem however, that the ATI does very well with battery test, esp. with this DVD playback test.

Anyways, the reason I'm asking is because I'm considering a Mac Titanium Powerbook, and the rumours have it that the new version supposedly out this week won't have the 9000. Too bad because it would seem that having a 9000 might give a battery boost for every day type stuff. However, for 3D gaming, the Mac is probably a lost cause anyway, so the comparison might just be moot.
 

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Anyways, the reason I'm asking is because I'm considering a Mac Titanium Powerbook, and the rumours have it that the new version supposedly out this week won't have the 9000. Too bad because it would seem that having a 9000 might give a battery boost for every day type stuff. However, for 3D gaming, the Mac is probably a lost cause anyway, so the comparison might just be moot.
Agreed. Scanning apple's website it does indeed contain a ATI Mobility 7500. Find it interesting that they specifically mentioned Warcraft III as a title to use with the PowerBook G4. One would be a target of envy, sporting a PowerBook running Warcraft III on an airplane and such.:cool:
 

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Originally posted by: halkebul
Anyways, the reason I'm asking is because I'm considering a Mac Titanium Powerbook, and the rumours have it that the new version supposedly out this week won't have the 9000. Too bad because it would seem that having a 9000 might give a battery boost for every day type stuff. However, for 3D gaming, the Mac is probably a lost cause anyway, so the comparison might just be moot.
Agreed. Scanning apple's website it does indeed contain a ATI Mobility 7500. Find it interesting that they specifically mentioned Warcraft III as a title to use with the PowerBook G4. One would be a target of envy, sporting a PowerBook running Warcraft III on an airplane and such.:cool:
Well, it turns out the new TiBook sports the Mobility 9000. Thread here.

Guess what I bought... ;)
 

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Lots of OEMs are slow to bring out the mobility 9000 to their notebooks for some reason. The only major OEMs to have them are Apple, dell, and HP/Compaq, and to a lesser extent Alienware/Sagar. I am eagerly awaiting IBM and Gateway to have the mobility 9000 in their notebooks soon. I really don't get why Apple had to wait to release theirs in such a long period and while others are still not producing the chips in their notebooks.
 

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IBM seems to be quite slow in putting the latest and greatest ATI Mobility 9000 in their laptops. I'm patiently waiting. That TiBook sure is attractive tho!
 

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Originally posted by: Gibson486
Lots of OEMs are slow to bring out the mobility 9000 to their notebooks for some reason. The only major OEMs to have them are Apple, dell, and HP/Compaq, and to a lesser extent Alienware/Sagar. I am eagerly awaiting IBM and Gateway to have the mobility 9000 in their notebooks soon. I really don't get why Apple had to wait to release theirs in such a long period and while others are still not producing the chips in their notebooks.
I think Apple waited was because they tend not to do upgrades often on their laptops, at least not often by PC laptop standards. Also, I'm guessing they probably wanted to do the 1 GHz, SuperDrive, and Radeon 9000 all together. If that's the case, it worked. The Mac geeks are much more impressed with this TiBook than previous versions.

Despite the card though, I don't think gaming is going to be that great on it.