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| smontanaro |
 Jan 20 2008, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I'm looking for a new Mac laptop. Once you get off the Apple website the various options available become mind boggling what with closeouts, refurbs, open boxes, slight variation in CPU specs, memory, disk and graphics cards.
I understand the difference between various CPU, RAM and disk options pretty well. I'm no graphics card expert though. Should I care one way or the other about an Nvidia GeForce 8600 vs. an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600? I don't have full specs available, though I believe both have 128MB of video RAM. They are in slightly different spec MacBook Pro 15" models. Thanks, Skip Montanaro |
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| brownaar |
Jan 21 2008, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Gate City, VA Member No.: 2,813 Region Association: None |
Nvidia all the way. I'm no expert, but I've never had gameplay issues with Nvidia like I have had with cards from various other manufacturers.
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| stateofidleness |
Jan 21 2008, 12:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 810 Joined: 1-September 07 From: Canyon Lake, Texas! Member No.: 8,065 Region Association: None |
nVidia IS the way to go, but the 8600's are notorious for running very hot.. ATI on laptops aint so bad... only issues id have with ATI is their drivers, but since combining with AMD, they are looking more attractive
if it wasn't a 8600, id say nVidia ALL THE WAY, but in this case, i wouldn't say no to the ATI... if you arent gaming on the laptop (and i suspect you arent), either one will do what you want with plenty of ease read this: http://forums.macnn.com/77/gaming/338096/8600m-gt-vs-x1600/ we'll make a nVidia fanboi out of you! green is prettier than red (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| smontanaro |
Jan 21 2008, 01:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Thanks for the responses. New MBP on order...
Skip |
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| akellym |
Jan 21 2008, 02:23 PM
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Eyes Of The Deep Battle Group: Members Posts: 597 Joined: 25-July 04 From: Annandale, MN Member No.: 2,395 Region Association: Northstar Region |
I would go with a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT GDDR3. If your not planning on doing any gaming then you could go with that 128 card. If your into gaming nothing less than a 512 card.
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