07-21-2009, 06:33 PM
Ok, I'm updating my laptop (not upgrading components, but selling it and gettin a new one).
Spec-wise, the new one isn't "much more" powerful, I mainly update because my actual laptop supports 1280x800 and this one 1920x1080, wich is way better for my 3D designs projects.
Anyways, my actual laptop has an 8400GT GDDR3, 128bit bus, 256vRAM;
the new one has an ATI 4650 with 1GB vRAM (I know 1GB is equal or even slower than 512MB but I had to choose that option to get the 1080p res screen).
What I wanted to know is, how well does ATI cards behave today for the emulator and PC games (i'm just a casual gamer, so 4650 is enough for me, actually 8400GT is xDD), I've heard some nasty things about driver issues and stuff.
I think PCSX2 will be a bit faster (actual proc C2D 2.4Ghz T8300; new is C2D 2.53Ghz P8700) but I don't know about the ati card...
Can anyone give me any insights on what could I expect from this card?
Thanks!!
Spec-wise, the new one isn't "much more" powerful, I mainly update because my actual laptop supports 1280x800 and this one 1920x1080, wich is way better for my 3D designs projects.
Anyways, my actual laptop has an 8400GT GDDR3, 128bit bus, 256vRAM;
the new one has an ATI 4650 with 1GB vRAM (I know 1GB is equal or even slower than 512MB but I had to choose that option to get the 1080p res screen).
What I wanted to know is, how well does ATI cards behave today for the emulator and PC games (i'm just a casual gamer, so 4650 is enough for me, actually 8400GT is xDD), I've heard some nasty things about driver issues and stuff.
I think PCSX2 will be a bit faster (actual proc C2D 2.4Ghz T8300; new is C2D 2.53Ghz P8700) but I don't know about the ati card...
Can anyone give me any insights on what could I expect from this card?
Thanks!!
SAGER NP8690 | i7-620M 2.66Ghz | 6GB RAM | ATI 5870M 1GB GDDR5 | FullHD 1080p 15.6'' | 500GB HDD 7200RPM | WINDOWS 7