Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
Originally posted by: Raduque
My laptop's MR X300, when OCed (which it does, like crazy), is faster then a 9700Pro. I'd say a MR x1400 is the minimum for a mobile GPU faster then your 9800Pro. An MR x1600 should blow it out of the water.
How? A 9800xt has double the amount of pipelines of the MR x1400. The MR x1600 however, has 12 pipelines, as opposed to the XT's 8, so to see a performance gain from your desktop to a laptop the bare minimum will be either a MR x1600 or a 7600 go.
The Acer is an excellent deal for what it's configured with, but those things run HOT! And I have yet to hear a good thing about Acer's support for their laptops. But all the negatives aside, you won't find a better laptop (graphics-wise) for that price.
OK, according to Wikipedia, an x1400 is a slightly overclocked x1300, which is slower then an x1600, so throw the x1400 out. Also according to wikipedia, the MR9800 is based on the x800 core!
The x1600 , as long as you don't get a Hypermemory version, should perform on-par or faster then your 9800xt. It has more pipelines (12 vs 8), but the XT has more memory bandwith. Best thing you can do is get and bench it, if it's not fast enough, return it.