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oymd

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Aloha to all!!!


I'm looking around for a notebook...I'm no hardcore gamer, but i like to play the latest that make a buzz, even if just the first few levels...

Anyhow...can someone put all those mobile chips in perspective...as in from lowest to best performance??

Over at CNET i read this: "In 3D graphics tests, the Presario X1000 easily outperformed the Acer TravelMate 800, but it failed to challenge the Dell Latitude D800, which houses an Nvidia GeForce4 4200 Go with 64MB of video memory. Still, the Presario X1000 will satisfy everyone but the pickiest gamers."

http://reviews.cnet.com/Compaq_Presario_X1000/4505-3121_7-30422516-4.html?tag=review

I'm seriously considering the ZT3000 or the X1000 and both have the 9200, but I'm really surprised that the GF4 Go420 is FASTER??
and why is the X1000 so much faster than the Acer TravelMate 800 which uses the mobility radeon 9000 while the X1000 uses the mobility radeon 9200? arent they both the same except for the AGP8x interface?

So someone enlighten me...

which is faster....
ATI 9000(9200), GFX 5200, GF4 Go 420 and what kind of performance would i expect of these...

And i noticed this in an article on Tom's hardware:
The NVIDIA GeForce4 Go440 & NVIDIA GeForce4 Go460 ??!!! I NEVER saw them in a notebook configuration??!!
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20020829/radeon9000-02.html

BTW..the 9600, 9700, 5600 and the 5700s are not found in ANY sub 6 lb notebooks, so they're not an option.

Thanks


 
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oymd

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I see...mmmm....i did some researching...

It seems there's the GF4 4200 Go based on the Ti 4200, and there's the GF4 420 based on the MX series....

And it seems the GF4 Go 4200 kicks the 9200 but...but i cant find ANY laptop using it??
 
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vexingv

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the only laptops i know that used the 4200 were the dell 8500s, but theyve stopped offerring it. i think the new 9700 mobile is the best out, but i dont know if there are any laptops on the market yet. so wait or get the 9600 mobile (i think its offerred in a pro and non pro variant)
 
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MercenaryForHire

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The Mobile R9200 should have a fair leg up on the FX5200, and even more so on the gF4MX-based Go420.

Far as "What kinda of performance to expect" - the raw video performance numbers should be relatively close to their respective desktop counterparts. There's reviews out there - I think Anandtech has one on the last generation of mobile Radeons in the "Mobile" section. Search for it. :)

- M4H
 
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Abhi

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Originally posted by: Hoplon
Originally posted by: Abhi
I have a 8500 with the 4200 :D
Click to expand...

Me too. Have you found any good drivers for yours?
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Using the crappy dell drivers...

I tried these third party drivers.... dont remember the name....

It was a disaster for me. The installation was smooth, but the screen refused to work at native resolution!! Went back to the dell drivers.

 
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