Laptop Video Cards .......

[Boney]

I am looking into getting a laptop and I cannot search or really find anywhere that gives a breakdown on the good laptop video cards.

First and formost the laptop is for school / work / and for its portibality. Therefor i would like to have a video card that doesnt chew up the battery when I am not plugged into the wall and outside running basic application. But i would still like to play games (when plugged into the wall mainly) reasonably well such as CS, B&W2, and any other new game that becomes available. What would be some good options because I really dont even know whats out there.


as a note: I know that while playing games is when the battery gets chewed up the fastest but I dont know how bad a high end video card drains a battery during normal applications. If they all drain a battery reasonably the same during normal use then i suppose a 7800go would be the best since it is the best. but really i have no idea.

thanks.

 

[Boney]

bump for myself

 

[Rock Hydra]

Check out this article:
"Mobile GPU Slap-Down"

 

[fbrdphreak]

I would post this in the Notebook forum, but here is a basic breakdown:

17" laptops: Go 6800, Go 7800GTX, ATI MR X800(XT) (RARE); found in Dell 9300/XPS, Sager, Voodoo, Rock Direct, etc; usually expensive, Dell 9300 is cheapest

15-15.4" laptops: Go 6600 (8 pipes), ATI MR X700 (8 pipes), ATI MR X600 (high clocked 4 pipes) (6600 & X700 are best bet in this size)

14" laptops: ATI MR X600, ATI MR X300 (4 pipes, slow clocks, will not run modern games)

Check out http://www.laptoplogic.com, we have a review on a laptop with almost every GPU. Also AT did a review on the Go7800GTX; I have a P4 Sager here w/the Go7800GTX but I haven't had time to do an article on it.