Which notebook GPU is the best?

NoIdea

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So which is the best GPU for notebooks?

The GeForce 8700M GT, GeForce Go 7950 GT or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT.

There is a comparison chart at notebookcheck.net but I have no idea what the numbers mean.

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ArchAngel777

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The 7950 is by far the fastest and always will be in DX9 games. There is no Mobility 2600 currently and I can assure you, it will also be inferior to the 7950. You will have to wait a few months before the DX10 high-end mobile GPU's come out... I wouldn't expect much improvement over the 7950 with the exception of DX10 support and maybe a 20% speed increase over the 7950.

Power and Heat is catching up with the notebook segment... You can't just dump a power hungry card into a laptop - battery life is killed and even if one still did it, how are you going to cool it? The laptop would be a monster... So, they neuter the card by lowering clock speeds and vertex shaders along with a host of other options...