I have been away from hardware world awhile and I’m totally lost when it comes to graphics cards in laptops.
I’m currently looking for a laptop in the higher end, mainly for work (CAD programs, 3d rendering, graphic design), but I’m also thinking about being able to latest games with a reasonable performance and wondering how it will deal with Vista’s new graphic interface.
Right now I’m browsing laptops judging the graphic card from there name. I exclude all with an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator and those with shared RAM.
So I’m left with ATI and NVIDIA but I feel there are so many and I have no idea how they compare to each other. I assume that the ATI x1400 is better then the x1300 but I don’t really know what different cards are capable of, or if any of them can run the new Vista interface.
I don’t have time to look up every single card so I’m looking for some kind of a guide or a list with all the mobile cards on the marked where they are ordered by performance and what are the main things it supports. (I know performance is a relative term but such a list would help me getting op to date and then I could read some more on the cards who did well on that list.)
Do you know of any guide like that, if not, can you come with some points on what not to get and some recommendations.
Also, what are the latest standards mobile cards are now supporting, like directX 9?, 10?
Do I dare ask which graphic card maker have better mobile cards at the moment? ATI or NVIDIA.
All help is welcomed.
I’m currently looking for a laptop in the higher end, mainly for work (CAD programs, 3d rendering, graphic design), but I’m also thinking about being able to latest games with a reasonable performance and wondering how it will deal with Vista’s new graphic interface.
Right now I’m browsing laptops judging the graphic card from there name. I exclude all with an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator and those with shared RAM.
So I’m left with ATI and NVIDIA but I feel there are so many and I have no idea how they compare to each other. I assume that the ATI x1400 is better then the x1300 but I don’t really know what different cards are capable of, or if any of them can run the new Vista interface.
I don’t have time to look up every single card so I’m looking for some kind of a guide or a list with all the mobile cards on the marked where they are ordered by performance and what are the main things it supports. (I know performance is a relative term but such a list would help me getting op to date and then I could read some more on the cards who did well on that list.)
Do you know of any guide like that, if not, can you come with some points on what not to get and some recommendations.
Also, what are the latest standards mobile cards are now supporting, like directX 9?, 10?
Do I dare ask which graphic card maker have better mobile cards at the moment? ATI or NVIDIA.
All help is welcomed.