256mb vs 512mb in Video Card

[night87]

The fact that it is a laptop graphics card implies it's even weaker than its desktop counterpart, as it's designed with power efficiency and less heat production in mind, not pure gaming performance.

Just because it's not a relatively weak card for a laptop graphics card, doesn't change the fact that it's a relatively weak card overall (since all laptop graphics cards are weaker) and therefore you won't be able to run at higher resolutions to use up the extra RAM anyway.

ah~ ok ok. that pretty much sums up what kind of laptop i need than haha. than i should actually go for a P8600 processor instead of a T6600? the graphic card is both 256mb for the ATi

[night87]

ok so here's the thing and i need help to decide what to get b/c i'm gonna get one today.
processor choices:
T6600(2.2ghz) w/ ATI 4750 (256mb)
T8300(2.4ghz) w/ NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT (256mb)
P8600(2.4ghz) w/ ATI 4750 (256mb)

[boogerthe2nd]

Did you change the GPU? Or is it a typo between 4570 and 4750? Because if it's the 4750, then I would definitely get that over the 8600GT. Obviously the best of those would be the P8600 with the 4750 (if it is indeed a 4750).

[night87]

Did you change the GPU? Or is it a typo between 4570 and 4750? Because if it's the 4750, then I would definitely get that over the 8600GT. Obviously the best of those would be the P8600 with the 4750 (if it is indeed a 4750).

oops! sorry sorry. OK! got ya~ than the deal is P8600 w/ the 4750 haha.

[night87]

Ok. back to the graphics question
this is the graphic card that I found for one of the laptops:
NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 256MB Dedicated DDR3 graphics memory
will this out-perform
the ATI radeon mobility 4750 256mb?

[bkwegoharder]

A 4750 is your best bet The 8600mgt will be spanked up and down the street by it

[night87]

A 4750 is your best bet The 8600mgt will be spanked up and down the street by it

awesome.
ok man. set wit my laptop

[rex1825]

...if it's shared memory, you won't get any advantages even if you have 1GB of it, because it uses System memory, aka RAM, ...if you get graphic card with it's own memory, even the one with 128MB is much better then one with 1GB shared...

Cheers...

[night87]

...if it's shared memory, you won't get any advantages even if you have 1GB of it, because it uses System memory, aka RAM, ...if you get graphic card with it's own memory, even the one with 128MB is much better then one with 1GB shared...

Cheers...

icic so it seems like the processor needs to be considered first before the graphics. thx