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Svenn
05-06-2003, 08:23 AM
I'm thinking of asking for a laptop for my birthday. I was fooling around with some Alienware configurations and the best and only video card they have is the Radeon 9000 Pro. Is it possible to get anything better than that on a laptop yet? I want like a 9500 or 9700 Pro, eheh.
GVCryan
05-06-2003, 08:28 AM
AFAIK the best out is the 9kpro. I saw rumors of a 9500 mobility, but I haven't seen anything.
I have a buddy with a Dell with that 9kpro. It gets around 8k in 3d2k1. About the same as a g3ti200.
www.sagernotebooks.com is the best for laptops at a good price.
Svenn
05-06-2003, 08:31 AM
Price isn't a huge deal since it will be a gift, eheh. Also, I can get a discount on Alienware since I work at Best Buy.
theres a GF-FX mobile out soon but we all know how crap the GF-FX is
Svenn
05-06-2003, 08:34 AM
I'd rather have a Radeon. Ever since I upgraded from 4600 to 9700, I can't go back to nvidia image quality.
yeah, well the GF-FX sucks anyways! ive tried one, borrowed it from work and was not impressed......prob with laptops is getting that hardware in there and then keeping it cool :(
stilllife
05-06-2003, 09:23 AM
WOW GF-FX in a laptop must be be a cool looking laptop exhust pipes and all lol
felix88
05-06-2003, 09:42 AM
8k in 3dmark is pretty impressive for a laptop. i can't wait to see what the 9500 mobility can do.
Svenn
05-06-2003, 10:22 AM
Any idea when the 9500 Mobility is supposed to be out? My birthday is less than 2 months and I'd like to have it ordered a month before then...
felix88
05-06-2003, 10:27 AM
google + "radeon 9500 mobility" = answer (http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.cfm?ArticleID=1255)
from AMDZone:
We now will preview the M10 whose official name is Mobility Radeon 9600 which will be shipping into laptops this May
Originally posted by stilllife
WOW GF-FX in a laptop must be be a cool looking laptop exhust pipes and all lol
heh, only the 5200s and maybe ultra verisons will be going in laptops, 5200 is same spoeed as mx440 gf4. the 5600 wil lbe going in aswell, albeit, a cut down version
JupiterSSJ4
05-06-2003, 12:19 PM
Originally posted by GVCryan
www.sagernotebooks.com is the best for laptops at a good price.
Don't get an Alienware, all they are, are Sager or Prostar laptops (few other brands too) that are fit up with pretty colours and cost a lot more.
:DCheck out ryan's site and this one: www.pro-star.com for some really sweet laptops with the Radeon 9000.:D
Most of these have like standard coax input (TV), USB 2.0, SPDIF, Firewire, some even have built in detachable mp3 players.
Radeon 9500 or something would rock in a laptop, but they are fighting heat and battery power. Thats why most of these computers have vents on all sides and 2 fans on the bottom. HOT!
Firelord-OCHW
05-11-2003, 05:20 AM
My dads laptop (fortune technology same as the Alienware cases but in grey :)) has an PIV 2.4 533, 512MB ram, 40GB HDD, Mobility Radeon 9000 Pro and I'm totally impressed :)
It runs Rallisport challenge fine @ 1024, NFS6HP2, Ghost Recon, NFS PU etc etc at acceptable frame rates on a lovely LCD :)
Only prob is trying to get drivers for it :rolleyes: