IBM R50p & T41p will have M10 (FireGL T2 = 9600)

[firtol88]

Even IBM will be ahead of Dell...LMFAO

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/26/HNthinkibm_1.html

If you've seen it cool...

 

[777php]

WooHoo I was waiting for this!!!!!

 

[Biggs]

IBM T41P........droooooooooooooooooooool.

 

[dnuggett]

Very nice machines indeed.

 

[replicator]

Ouch.. Wish i had waited for an R50p.

But then again, if i had, i'd be saying the same thing about the next dothan models that will inevitably follow.

 

[firtol88]

The T41ps are already on IBMs website

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=2049168&storeId=1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1

 

[randytho]

Woah... 128 MB 9600! Sweet... now if they'd just knock about a grand off the price.

 

[firtol88]

buy a share of their stock and take 15% off, that should help...

 

[bbq1023]

Hi, I just ordered a T41p by phone and got a discount(-200us) plus special offer items. Does any one know the FireGL-T2 performance compare to 9600pro? Any 3dmark score or can this card do gaming as 9600pro?

 

[BargainSeeker]

Originally posted by: bbq1023

can this card do gaming as 9600pro?

Yes. It is the same GPU (M10) as the 9600 Pro. It just offers workstation certified drivers (for CAD, DCC, etc.) in addition to the "gaming" drivers provided with the 9600.

 

[BargainSeeker]

duplicate

 

[ceo2b]

The R50p is indeed a beauty. Wonderful portable, looks to have an awesome touchpad, EXCELLENT BATTERY LIFE, great graphics card and UXGA. Only if it were a wide screen, but that might be asking for a bit too much. I wonder how good are the college/student discounts. Hell, I'd buy a share of stock to get 15%, well depending how cheap it's priced at.

 

[777php]

Originally posted by: bbq1023
Hi, I just ordered a T41p by phone and got a discount(-200us) plus special offer items. Does any one know the FireGL-T2 performance compare to 9600pro? Any 3dmark score or can this card do gaming as 9600pro?

How much was it?

 

[bbq1023]

I ordered the top model T41p by phone, it cost 3200us+Tax(original 3400us).

 

[Frightcrawler]

i just checked out ATI's stats for FireGL t2 and 9600.
turns out, 9600 is BETTER.
i dont think firegl will be good in games..since its supposedly designed for graphics designers.
the core may have the same speed, but the features are different.

http://ati.com/products/mobilityfgl9000/index.html <- FireGL
http://ati.com/products/mobilityradeon9600/index.html <-MR9600.

The first thing i noticed was that 9600 has a higher Smoothvision version that the GL.

 

[Frightcrawler]

hmm..scratch that.
it's fireGL 9000, but I cant seem to find FireGL t-2 on their site..

edit: yay! found it. http://mirror.ati.com/products/fireglt2-128/index.html
it's in workstation section, though.

 

[ceo2b]

Hmmm no, it uses the FireGL T2 not the fireGL 9000.

ATI T2 128 Description and furthermore a rep of ATI states that the 9600 and FireGL T2 are "dentical, but FGL is workstation certified as well. Games are equally good on both"

 

[ceo2b]

dbl post

 

[randytho]

!!! Does IBM have a student discount? That would be sweet.

Hmmm.. how much is their stock right now.... *going to msnbc......

So if you call by phone, they will sometimes give you a better deal?

 

[bbq1023]

Originally posted by: randytho
!!! Does IBM have a student discount? That would be sweet.

Hmmm.. how much is their stock right now.... *going to msnbc......

So if you call by phone, they will sometimes give you a better deal?

The discount I said is "Tax exempt discount", it will only offer if u order by phone. Everytime a sale get commission from your order, they can deicide whether give u a discount or not plus plus promotion item such as free USB key. If they don't help u, just tell them u will find another sale and they end up nothing(they surely will help u in this case). By the way, the IBM's stock gonna cost u a lot, why bother?

Hey ceo2b, where did u get the information about FireGL-T2 and 9600 are "dentical, but FGL is workstation certified as well. Games are equally good on both" ? I really want to find out if the Mobility FireGL-T2 come with GDDR-2 memory or not, this type of memory offer in "m9600-pro" but not in regular "m9600". So if u have any information, please share.

 

[ceo2b]

ATI says its 128 MB DDR so I suppose it is not this GDDR-2 memory you are looking for.

 

[bookman]

Intersting - I also think the T41 is an awesome machine. How do you qualify for the IBM stockholder discount? Where can I find out more about that? I did a quick Google search but found nothing on this. Thanks for the help.

 

[BargainSeeker]

Originally posted by: bookman
How do you qualify for the IBM stockholder discount?

I don't know the answer, but I expect that you can get the answer from:

IBM Stockholder Relations
IBM Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
(914) 499-7777

Perhaps you can then post what you find out.