Might buy laptop for christmas; What video card is decent for these games?

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Hello, I might buy a laptop for myself this christmas, however I dont know what video card i need on the laptop to play the games i play the most, Return To Castle Wolfenstein and Quake 3, at acceptable framerates.

I have been looking around and on most "cheap" laptops ($1100 or less) I have found the following:
1. Radeon IGP
2. Radeon Mobility (is this one the same as #1??)
3. GeForce2 Go
4. ECS integrated video

Will adding extra Ram or getting a faster processor help a lot with the FPS on a laptop? Or does it depend more on the Video card?

Thanks!

 

[squirrel dog]

More like video chip.I would try those games on a demo at a local shop before I spent $1100 on a laptop.If you buy off the net,you will have a hard time returning the lappy with the excuse that your frame rates blow playing a vid game.

 

[corkyg]

Yep - lappies don't have cards. They put the video chips on a module that is proprietary to the lappy in question. But, in general, you would be looking for a lappy with an Nvidia or Radeon video system. There are several, but they are usually in the high end models.

 

[R3solve]

The Radeon Mobility 9000 just came out; that should do the trick. I can play those games fine with my 32meg Radeon and the 9000m is much better than my card. You'll be happy with one.

 

[Spicedaddy]

Radeon 7500 or 9000, Geforce 4 Go 440 or 460 are all pretty good.

Tom's Hardware has good benchmarks.

 

[MikeMike]

wait till nvidia releases their new mobile gpu(may be a fortune, and be released in a long time) but it blows away the highest radeon, and can keep up with the gf4 mx 420 sometimes the 440

preview sumwhere on anandtech
to lazy to look

 

[Serp86]

nourdmrolNMT1, i heard about a geforce 4ti 4200 for laptop - isn't that good enogh or is it still not launched?