New graphics card guides!
This is a discussion on New graphics card guides! within the Tech Discussion forums, part of the General Chit-Chat category; As promised in overclocking guide/tips thread, I've redone the graphics card guide that has been sitting untouched in the tech ...
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July 17th, 2009
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 Graphics Card Guide (Updated 10/25/09) As promised in overclocking guide/tips thread, I've redone the graphics card guide that has been sitting untouched in the tech discussion master sticky since sometime way back in '06. All the missing and new cards have been added, and this time there is now even a mobile graphics guide to go along with the desktop version. Hopefully this will help with all the thread on people asking "which is better?" or "ATI or Nvidia?", and will be helpful just to see how things compare in general. Desktop Graphics Guide: Spoiler: Mobile Graphics Guide: Spoiler: This is still a work in progress, so please give your input on what you think.
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July 17th, 2009
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 Re: New graphics card guides! Is it just me, or is the mobile chart a little messed up at the high end? A 280M really isn't that much better than a 260M. Maybe: nVIDIA Geforce GTX 280M SLI ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4870 X2 nVIDIA Geforce GTX 260M SLI nVIDIA Geforce 9800M GTX SLI nVIDIA Geforce 9800M GT SLI nVIDIA Geforce GTX 280M nVIDIA Geforce 9800M GTS SLI ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3870 X2 nVIDIA Geforce GTX 260M nVIDIA Geforce 8800M GTX SLI ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3850 X2 ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4870 nVIDIA Geforce 9800M GTX ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4860 ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4850 But good work! It's about time that guide was updated.
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! I'd bump the 4770 to high-performance above the 3870x2. And you might want to switch the 275 and 280, then put the 4890 in the middle. You might also want to add: * All ATI Radeon HD 3000 series and up support DX 10.1
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! The 280 is more powerful than the 275... Edit: LOL, apologies kow! Just looked at the list.
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! Thank you, Doctor, for this lovely list. Quote:
EDIT: I've taken the liberty of adding kow's and Daed's suggestions into the list, and added to the SLI/Crossfire note. May I ask why the 8800GTS is in black? Last edited by Mr. Pedantic; July 17th, 2009 at 03:56 PM.. |
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! Quote:
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! In the Mobile list, the Mobility Radeon HD 4570 is NOT a low performance card; it's gotta be somewhere in the mid range. Considering it can play CoD4 on my laptop at native 1600x900 with everything but antialiasing on, it's certainly nothing to be trifled with.
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! Quote:
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I also just noticed i missed the 8400M G towards the bottom of the mobile list. That ones black as well. Quote:
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July 17th, 2009
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| Re: New graphics card guides! Quote:
Also, I would move the Intel GMA X3100, 950 and 900 down to an even lower category (Honorable mentions? ). The 4500 and 4700 series should stay, though, they're actually decent.You should check out forum.notebookreview.com, the guys there can offer you a lot of insight into the world of laptops.
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July 17th, 2009
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