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Why no Nvidia laptops?

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elias4444

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I've just been really curious if anyone knew the answer to this: Why is it that 99.9% of all the laptops out there only have the options of using ATI graphic chips? I've been trying to a find a good Nvidia-based laptop for a while. Is it a driver issue (e.g., ATI writes drivers to laptops, but Nvidia makes the reseller do it)? A hardware issue (e.g., compatibility)?

Just wondering.

 
I have a GeForce FX 5200Go in my PowerBookG4. It works great for laptop stuff, and I've even had it hooked up to my Dell 2005FPW. It certainly isn't a gaming laptop though.
 
dell xps 2 has a 7800go in it,

theres a few more out there with 7800go's, alot of sonys laptops employ the 6200TC, theyre there....you just not looking hard enough
 
LOL. Here's ones I know of:

Dell Inspiron 9300: GeForce Go 6800 (what I have, or GeForce Go 7800GTX with upgrade)
Dell Inspiron XPS-Gen2: GeForce Go 6800 Ultra (or GeForce Go 7800GTX with upgrade)
Dell Inspiron XPS-M170: GeForce Go 6800 Ultra\GeForce Go 7800GTX

Alienware, Clevo, Sager, Sony, etc. All have GeForce Go 6x00\7800-based laptops, you need to look harder 😉 .
 
It seems ATi & Intel get along better.

Also, regardless of what people here may own, in the integrated video market for desktops & laptops, ATi pwns nVidia (though both get pwned by Intel's integrated crap)
 
Have a 5200 Go (Toshiba), 5700 Go (Toshiba), 6800 Go (Clevo D900T), 6800 Go Ultra (XPS Gen2), and a 7800 Go GTX on it's way (to swap out the Go Ultra with).
 
I think the poster of this thread has been living in a cave!! There are a great many Nvidia graphics choices on the market. My Dell 9300 for one with the go 6800 graphics is excellent.
 
Originally posted by: GeForceTony
LOL. Here's ones I know of:

Dell Inspiron 9300: GeForce Go 6800 (what I have, or GeForce Go 7800GTX with upgrade)
Dell Inspiron XPS-Gen2: GeForce Go 6800 Ultra (or GeForce Go 7800GTX with upgrade)
Dell Inspiron XPS-M170: GeForce Go 6800 Ultra\GeForce Go 7800GTX
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Those are the reasons I haven't upgraded yet from my Dell i9200 with ATi mr9700.
Must have great TV out, so until Dell drops in a high end ATi again, stuck with i9200.
Thought they were supposed to offer you the option of ATi or nvidia. Guess not.
 
Most NVIDIA based notebooks (Go 6800 Ultra/Go 7800GTX) are for gamers.

Most ATI based notebooks (Mobility X300/Mobility X600/Mobility X600) are for lamers.

Hence the NVIDIA based notebooks are quite limited 😛
 
It all depends what platform you're looking at. If its AMD, you'll be hard pressed to find NVIDIA on it (don't ask me why, LOL). If its Intel, you'll see a fair mix between the two but a LOT more ATI.

ATI is really leading the mobile market right now, as NVIDIA doesn't have a mobile IGP (and Intel's sucks) and their X600/X700 offer great performance per watt and bang for your buck. NVIDIA has the high end with Go7800GTX of course, but the high end makes up for 1-2% of the whole market. Mainstream GPU's are where the $$$ is at and that is where ATI is dominating.

For those who care, look for an article from me evaluating as many mobile GPU's as we can get (including ATI's new MR X1600 12-pipe) sometime before January. FEAR, COD2, HL2, D3, Q4 and maybe even more all benched out the wazoo
 
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