Mobile Radeon..

[Vegito]

I'm looking at the dell notebooks and they have it vs the g2go 32mb... should I get it ? It's Radeon 64mb.. i think the review were in favor of ati for notebooks chips... someone confirm this for me?

 

[mdXtreme3d]

It's well worth the upgrade to the Mobility Radeon 7500 if you plan to use your laptop for any kind of gaming. It's _much_ faster than the G2Go, and at this point has better drivers. I have one in my new Inspiron 8100 and it rocks

 

[AmdInside]

The Geforce 4mx mobile should be coming out soon. Toshiba already has their model on display from their online store. I would wait for that before making a decision.

 

[vec]

People have been experiencing a lot of problems with the Geforce2go video card and WinXp in their inspiron 8100 notebooks (check the delltalk forums). I would opt for the ATI for the gaming features and stability. Of course YMMV. I'm still deciding if I should pick up the 8100 w/ATI Radeon 7500 or wait until it makes its way to a smaller notebook.

The new nvidia gpu (nv17m) has found it's way to toshiba's lineup, but its the 64bit 32M version. It's also almost $3k.

Hey forcesho - any luck on finding cheap ide->scsi adapters? Cheapest I found was $70, but it was unclear if it supported cdrws nicely.

 

[AmdInside]

I am not necessarily saying its better. I am just saying wait before making a decision. Its after all a laptop purchase, not a desktop purchase. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and no problems for me. I am going to wait until IBM comes with an NVIDIA chip before upgrading my laptop. By the time that happens, it should be time to upgrade my laptop. I love my Dell notebook but it is just to darn heavy.

 

[Vegito]

I have the old 8000 with g2go, had no problem except the sleep mode..

nope, still haven't found decent ide / scsi adapters.. think cheapest was what we found last time.. too

i'm gonna hold off on that...

it's too bad, i gotta buy one today to get it here next week before my trip.. else i wait for g4 mx maybe..