difference between ATI and INTEL

[new031005]

Hi everybody
I m in the process of buying an acer laptop and i came across the same configuration but the video card is different. one has ATI radeon 9700 and the other Intel extreme graphics 2. The one with intel has a 8 cell battery and the one with ATI has only 4 cell.
I really would like to have a battery that stays longer but meantime i m cocerned about the video card.
Your help is much appreciated

 

[Alex]

the ATI graphics will be infinitely superior... the intel is just an integrated solution and sure its more than adequate for avg use but it cant touch the ATI

 

[JBT]

If you plan on gaming at all get the ATI. If you don't get the Intel. The Intel will maybe be able to play less than nothing.

 

[crazyeddie]

If the only thing about the notebook with the ATI graphics that you don't like is the battery, just get an aftermarket battery for it with the 8-cell config you like or whatever. If you need extended battery life, you're going to want a spare anyway. Getting one with better-than-OEM specs would just be icing on the cake.

 

[Dman877]

I have a mobo with intel extreme graphics 2 and they suck very badly. I can't play games on it most of the time because it crashes even playing older stuff like Q3.

 

[Fenuxx]

The "Intel Extreme Graphics" line of chips are meant for pedestrian work, you know, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, maybe Photoshop (or is that Photo-Chop ?). As far as games go, those things are great at accelerating Solitaire, Minesweeper, Freecell, and Hearts. If you you get the new "Extreme Graphics 2" version, you may even be able to play Doom for DOS!

Nah, I'm just being a smart ass. The Intel chip, in all truthfulness, sucks monkey balls. It is really bad, unless, of course, you only want to do the above (Freecell, etc.). Get the ATI chip. I'm not an "ATI-person", but I won't argue that it is a damn good mobile GPU.

 

[new031005]

MANY thanks to all of you. You're help is much appreciated