mobile gfx card: which is better?

kj · 18th May 2005, 08:44 PM

7700 NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6800 with 256MB of DDR3 memory

or

7700 ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 with 256MB of DDR 3 memory

?

i'm speccing a new laptop finally.

if there is better cards then let me know

Rebelius · 18th May 2005, 09:01 PM

I'd go with the cheaper one, they're both ridiculously good. I think the nVidia probably has the edge.

kj · 18th May 2005, 10:05 PM

ok man cool. Both are the same price too. lol. i think i'm gonna have to see if any of the mags have comparissons of the two.

TNF · 18th May 2005, 10:14 PM

i put an old ATI in my old pc about 3 of years ago, certainly did make a hella difference. Then again this PC's on A NVIDA GeForce FX 5200 - 128mb and its been running fantastically for a couple of years now. (not much help really!)

alien_syndm · 19th May 2005, 01:26 AM

You should check out tom's hardware guides for comparing gfx cards and alot of other hardware. If you go here and scroll to the bottom, then you can click on various games and compare the performance of various gfx cards. A rather jolly site in many respects

Rebelius · 19th May 2005, 12:34 PM

beware though, Tomshardware is a biased site and has been for awhile. they are known to favor Intel and Nvidia over the competition, whether or not they are being paid or just like those companies I don't know.

Anandtech and Hardocp are other good review sites.

Hardocp in particular will point out where they think other sites have been biased.

I find the best place to get opinions from is customer reviews and user comments on forums as they tend not to be so biased, any site with ads is receiving money from the hardware manufacturers for advertising and who knows what else.

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18th May 2005, 09:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,213	I'd go with the cheaper one, they're both ridiculously good. I think the nVidia probably has the edge.

18th May 2005, 10:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
TNF Schmako as funk! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bilston Posts: 1,139 Band: High School Anal	i put an old ATI in my old pc about 3 of years ago, certainly did make a hella difference. Then again this PC's on A NVIDA GeForce FX 5200 - 128mb and its been running fantastically for a couple of years now. (not much help really!)

19th May 2005, 01:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
alien_syndm Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: dundee Posts: 1,435	You should check out tom's hardware guides for comparing gfx cards and alot of other hardware. If you go here and scroll to the bottom, then you can click on various games and compare the performance of various gfx cards. A rather jolly site in many respects

19th May 2005, 12:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,213	beware though, Tomshardware is a biased site and has been for awhile. they are known to favor Intel and Nvidia over the competition, whether or not they are being paid or just like those companies I don't know. Anandtech and Hardocp are other good review sites. Hardocp in particular will point out where they think other sites have been biased. I find the best place to get opinions from is customer reviews and user comments on forums as they tend not to be so biased, any site with ads is receiving money from the hardware manufacturers for advertising and who knows what else.