Mobile Graphics confusion - so many numbers

Discussion in 'Graphics Cards & Displays' started by richard_confused, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. Hi, hope someone can help me here, i've been looking at laptops and seen these graphics cards;

    Nvidia GeForce 8400M G - 128MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT - 128MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS - 256MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 8400S - 256MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS - 256MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 9000 - 256MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 9200M GS - 256MB Dedicated
    Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS - 256MB Dedicated

    ATI Mobility Radeon HD3470 - 128MB Dedicated
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD3470 - 256MB Dedicated
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 - 256MB Dedicated
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD3430 - 256MB Dedicated
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 - 512MB Dedicated

    Im assuming that the HD3650 would be the best out of the lot, but was wondering how the others would stack up.
    I don't know much about graphics and reading up on each one has just confused me totally. What are the top few cards in the list?

    thankyou
     
  2. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    from those list, ATI 3650 will be the winner :D
    if want other alternative with similar power, would be Nvidia 9600M-GT

    with more budget to spend, can look one with 9800M-GTX :whistle:
    and do avoid Nvidia 8-series :D
     
    Last edited: Feb 17, 2009
  3. thanks, if only i had a bigger budget lol :boohoo:

    whats wrong with the Nvidia 8 series?

    from what i've been reading, i figure the HD2600 would be second best, do you agree?
     
  4. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    yes, HD2600 would be the second best

    as for the 8-series, the chip are bad and in a lot of cases, the card will die.
     
  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    This should interest you - http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=581&pgno=0 :thumb:
     
  6. Thanks, i think i'll avoid the Nvidia cards.
    Does anyone know of any issues with the ATI range?
     
  7. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Well, it only affects those NVIDIA chips mentioned and generally only if you power it up and down all the time, like a notebook does.

    AFAIK, the ATI mobile GPUs have no outstanding issues....
     
  8. Earnhardt09

    Earnhardt09 Newbie

    Check out tom's hardware graphics card heirarchy chart. Just google it. Last months article included mobile graphics cards.
     

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