HP Argh

[jlfirehawk]

Cannot believe they swapped my motherboard in my NW8000 and I now have a ATI 9600 vs the FireGL T2 128mb that I had. Now have to wait 3 more days for them to come back out and fix it.

 

[mickles]

probably not a big difference anyway... but ya i'd want the firegl card

 

[jlfirehawk]

Yeah been trying to find some real spec differences and can't really find a big difference but I believe I lost my built in bluetooth as well, which I do use with my phone to sync.

 

[jlfirehawk]

Found out by running the diags from Compaq they replaced my board with a nc8000 instead of the nw8000 which is a totally different platform far as I can tell.

 

[mickles]

Give 'em hell

 

[bearxor]

yep. If they don't make your paticualr board anymore, they need to replace it with something comparable. The video card is probably comparable, but no bluetooth is bad.

I would take a USB bluetooth dongle as a substitute. It would be far more handy in the future than built into the board.

 

[BladeVenom]

The video cards may have comparable hardware, but the FireGL is optimised for 3d content creation. Big difference if the computer is for work, and not play.

 

[DaFinn]

Dudes, the Ati mobility 9600 is NOTHING like the FireGL T2 card. FireGL has 8 pipes vs. 4 in the 9600. FireGL is also clocked higher. 9600 can have 64 OR 128-bit memory. FireGL is quaranteed to have 128-bits.
Make sure you get the FireGL!!!

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Dudes, the Ati mobility 9600 is NOTHING like the FireGL T2 card. FireGL has 8 pipes vs. 4 in the 9600. FireGL is also clocked higher. 9600 can have 64 OR 128-bit memory. FireGL is quaranteed to have 128-bits.
Make sure you get the FireGL!!!

Actually, they are both based on the 9600 chipset, and thus have 4 pixel pipelines (I don't know about clock speeds). But at any rate, you would definitely want the T2 since it is a workstation class card.

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: modedepe

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Dudes, the Ati mobility 9600 is NOTHING like the FireGL T2 card. FireGL has 8 pipes vs. 4 in the 9600. FireGL is also clocked higher. 9600 can have 64 OR 128-bit memory. FireGL is quaranteed to have 128-bits.
Make sure you get the FireGL!!!

Actually, they are both based on the 9600 chipset, and thus have 4 pixel pipelines (I don't know about clock speeds). But at any rate, you would definitely want the T2 since it is a workstation class card.

The main difference in workstation vs gaming/regular tasks are the drivers. The t2 would be worse at gaming, but better at cad/graphic design.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
The main difference in workstation vs gaming/regular tasks are the drivers. The t2 would be worse at gaming, but better at cad/graphic design.

true, but the fireGL is artificially priced higher, so that gives you the right to complain if they didnt give you your fireGL back.

 

[AmigaMan]

sigh...I miss my NC8000, it was the best laptop I'd ever owned. Had to give it back when I left the last company I worked for. Other than that I have nothing to contribute to this thread besides a bump which really doesn't mean much since it's already at the top...sorry

 

[jlfirehawk]

They finally got it right on the 3rd time. Compaq/HP is odd, all the motherboards they kept swapping had the exact same spare part number so I have no clue how they tell the difference between the two.

 

[jlfirehawk]

Dont ask me how it posted twice, lol