Laptop- Graphics...?

[ghepetto]

At this point in time is the 9800m GTX the best laptop graphics card? And is there anything coming out soon should make me wait on buying one?

 

[customisbetter]

nope. They probably won't use the GTX200 in laptops as the dies are enormous.

 

[ghepetto]

so nope as in its no the best or nope I should not wait and go ahead and buy one?

 

[frozenlead]

The 9800m GTX is the best...not that it improved over its previous cards a lot.


Thanks nvidia.

Go ahead and buy it. But, if you find a machine with an 8800m GTX or so in it, and it's a fair bit cheaper, you likely won't be able to tell the difference between the two.

 

[ghepetto]

Is there a benchmark for these cards?

 

[ghepetto]

And what about the 9600 is it better than the 8800?

 

[frozenlead]

There's plenty. Did you try google?


http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

The 9600 is a midrange card. The 8800 is a high end card. you do the math.

 

[ghepetto]

I tried google, but I'm new to the whole graphics card mobile benchmark stuff didnt know which link to choose...

8800... 9600 ... i figured the higher the number the better it is
Math wise 9600>8800 i did the math

 

[ghepetto]

how was i supposed to know 9600 is midrange

 

[frozenlead]

Sorry. I suppose I assumed you were a little more knowledgeable at tech then you actually are.

Anyway, pretty much any card name with a 6 in it is midrange, wheras 9's and 8's are high end - in nvidia world.

 

[ghepetto]

oh ok that explains a lot