ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Mobile GPU Review!

[SAMSAMHA]

Originally Posted by darkhorse

hi im new here and i wish to share my knowledge
yes i agree that the reason why nvidia and ati dont provide generic drivers is because firstly, each manufacturer will set a certain standards towards thier machine. i have an acer aspire 2012 notebook powered by the 9700 series gpu and one thing i realised is, having one in a notebook is draining my battery off. and its much hotter whenever i play games. i tried a friends dell machine which was a 9600pro powered machine and the performance delivered was almost the same. albiet his processor was a 1.6 ghz and mine was 1.5ghz. but his was much cooler and it lasted way ahead of mine. i dont know wether its the right way to see things but i have certain regrets in getting this. but nevertheless, games run preety smooth on it so its a plus point and secondly, the look on people's face when im gaming in library is PRICELESS

Although you also have to consider the build of the system. I read somewhere that even if 2 exactly spec of the system, the battery life can vary drastically. I think these graphic card do drain a lot of batterires but havin them on laptop is great as you can do much more with it than the old integrated laptop

[dude007]

i'm gettin a notebook with the mobility radeon 9700 64MB.
the review seemed 2 show that doom 3 is playable even at 1024 x 768 .Do u ppl think that this is truu even though the card is just 64MB.
How long do u reckon that the card will last-i mean it is already kinda outdated but how long will it be able to play the latest games at acceptable FPS.
will i be able 2 play halo ,far cry n stuff with a smooth FPS on my lappy.the reeview seems to tell so but i'd like to hear experiences from ppl who have actually used it.

system-
1.6 dothan 2MB cache
ati mobility radeon 9700 64MB
60 GB 5400 rpm
15.4" wXGA

[dude007]

wanted to ask another thing.graphics cards r not upgradable.but can i upgrade my mobility 9700 64 MB to 256MB.i mean how much of a difference could there be in the same card with different memory.Is it possibble to do this without screwing up u r comp.
has nebody heard of he nvidia geforce go6600(64MB).Is this card better than mobility 9700(64MB).lastly how big of a difference does memory make in the same card -like mobility 9700 with 64MB and 256MB.

[antlvk]

yesterday i saw x600 in asus notebook wow

[zy]

Originally Posted by dude007

wanted to ask another thing.graphics cards r not upgradable.but can i upgrade my mobility 9700 64 MB to 256MB.i mean how much of a difference could there be in the same card with different memory.Is it possibble to do this without screwing up u r comp.
has nebody heard of he nvidia geforce go6600(64MB).Is this card better than mobility 9700(64MB).lastly how big of a difference does memory make in the same card -like mobility 9700 with 64MB and 256MB.

nah .. not upgradable

more graphic mem ?
usually higher resolution & higher AF

[Olle P]

Fairly interesting but somewhat "stumped" review, IMO.

Some questions arise:
1) What hardware and drivers were used for the other GPUs in the test? (The very same computer with other graphics circuits?)

2) What's the performance compared to stationary computers?

To anwer #2 I made a comparison search at Futuremark to see what other setups that gave the same 3DMark03 score.
Seems most of them were made with Radeon Mobility 9600, but also the standard Radeon 9600, 9700 and GeForceFX 5600 Ultra.
It doesn't seem to matter wether it's a standard P4 or the M version. With an Athlon XP at the same clock speed only 512MB RAM is required to get the same performance.

Cheers
Olle

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by dude007

i'm gettin a notebook with the mobility radeon 9700 64MB.
the review seemed 2 show that doom 3 is playable even at 1024 x 768 .Do u ppl think that this is truu even though the card is just 64MB.
How long do u reckon that the card will last-i mean it is already kinda outdated but how long will it be able to play the latest games at acceptable FPS.
will i be able 2 play halo ,far cry n stuff with a smooth FPS on my lappy.the reeview seems to tell so but i'd like to hear experiences from ppl who have actually used it.

system-
1.6 dothan 2MB cache
ati mobility radeon 9700 64MB
60 GB 5400 rpm
15.4" wXGA

Well, to be frank, you should not consider it to be a real powerful workhorse when it comes to 3D games. It's more or less comparable to a desktop Radeon 9600 Pro.

Doom 3 is really playable at 800x600. But of course, it all depends on what graphics settings you choose, etc.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by dude007

wanted to ask another thing.graphics cards r not upgradable.but can i upgrade my mobility 9700 64 MB to 256MB.i mean how much of a difference could there be in the same card with different memory.Is it possibble to do this without screwing up u r comp.
has nebody heard of he nvidia geforce go6600(64MB).Is this card better than mobility 9700(64MB).lastly how big of a difference does memory make in the same card -like mobility 9700 with 64MB and 256MB.

Nope, not upgradable. UNLESS the notebook manufacturer has specifically designed the notebook to accept memory upgrades for the GPU.

Even then, you can expect only slight improvements in performance unless it's really heavy on textures.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Olle P

Fairly interesting but somewhat "stumped" review, IMO.

Some questions arise:
1) What hardware and drivers were used for the other GPUs in the test? (The very same computer with other graphics circuits?)

2) What's the performance compared to stationary computers?

To anwer #2 I made a comparison search at Futuremark to see what other setups that gave the same 3DMark03 score.
Seems most of them were made with Radeon Mobility 9600, but also the standard Radeon 9600, 9700 and GeForceFX 5600 Ultra.
It doesn't seem to matter wether it's a standard P4 or the M version. With an Athlon XP at the same clock speed only 512MB RAM is required to get the same performance.

Cheers
Olle

Hello Olle P,

The comparisons were made with notebooks using the same processor - Pentium M, running at the same clock speed.

Stationary computers?? You mean desktop computers? Well, that would be hard, wouldn't it? I mean, we don't have a desktop Pentium M system...