Mobility card competition thickens..

[paulix]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20080108132508_ATI_Mobility_Radeon_Lineup_Gets_Upd ate_with_Radeon_HD_3000_Technology.html

[wyz135]

I really hate Mobile Technology, they really sux, I've never seen a Mobile Technology achieve a 4.0 in Vista Experience Index. Even my Pentium 4 HT can perform much better than Centrino Duo

[Radiator]

I really hate Mobile Technology, they really sux, I've never seen a Mobile Technology achieve a 4.0 in Vista Experience Index. Even my Pentium 4 HT can perform much better than Centrino Duo

Nope , it can't , actually... there is no way in hell your Pentium 4 can outperform a C2D laptop CPU , or even a Pentium M 1.73 Ghz... well your CPU is prettymuch as powerful as the Pentium M , but as for outperforming dual core CPUs , your CPU can't .

Mobile technology is geared towards using low electricity , rather than computing power / graphics power anyway . Who would want a powerful laptop , with a battery life of 5 minutes ?

[wyz135]

and also who would want a very powerful laptop that produce damn hell lots of heat

[Sunny]

Dang I wish I had a super powerful laptop. Some of the newer laptops seem pretty good. Where they have Core 2 extreme processor's, SLI, dual hard drives and physX I don't think those would be that bad. Although It would cost a pretty penny to purchase.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1730?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab

This one does not have a core 2 extreme just core 2 duo but still SLI

http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/area-51_m9750/area-51m_specs.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M9750&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav

[Sunny]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8m.html

@paulix
This is the nvidia side as I see your link is the ATI/AMD side of it.
The 8800M GTX and GTS

[Radiator]

Dang I wish I had a super powerful laptop. Some of the newer laptops seem pretty good. Where they have Core 2 extreme processor's, SLI, dual hard drives and physX I don't think those would be that bad. Although It would cost a pretty penny to purchase.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1730?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab

This one does not have a core 2 extreme just core 2 duo but still SLI

http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/area-51_m9750/area-51m_specs.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M9750&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav

They also require you to always have a power outlet available , so battery = useless . So why not get a cheaper and more powerful desktop instead ?

[Sunny]

They also require you to always have a power outlet available , so battery = useless . So why not get a cheaper and more powerful desktop instead ?

Not really depending on what you are doing with it. I mean if you planned to game with it for extended periods of time you would need an outlet connection but I don't think it would be the same if you were searching the internet away somewhere else. Unless you actually want to carry your desktop when you travel. I mean the laptop battery has also evolved then what it used to be aswell.

I have a super old laptop and it only lasts like two hours without a power connection.

True that desktops are way more powerful but laptops are better for someone on the go if they want to game still. When I travel I don't want to take my super huge desktop that weighs like 80 pounds.

[Radiator]

My 1.5 year old laptop (around that) , that doesn't have a dedicated GPU in it , it's battery lasts for about 4 hours .

A dedicated highend video card eats a LOT of power.. even when on non-gaming mode . A laptop without a video card eats considerably less power even when browsing sites .

[wyz135]

Why have a powerful laptop which cost damn hell lots. Having a very powerful laptop isn't very worth, unless you want to bring around to show off, which is pretty dumb. It is so much better that you get a powerful gaming desktop which cost so much less and much more powerful, sit in your comfortablr chair, have a glass of nice juice and under a air-con enjoying the latest games rather than playing your powerful laptop outside....

[Sunny]

Well little bit of show off factor:D and hey if you have the money go for it. But if your a budget gamer then that wouldn't be the best choice.

LOL I like how you make that visualization of playing a desktop so good(sit in your comfortable chair,have a glass of juice, and under air conditioning) and playing on a laptop is just outside. Ha ha ha!;)

[-RK]

Make it a glass of gin and it's perfect.

[wyz135]

cannot be gin, it will make you drunk and you lose concentration

[Radiator]

A bottle of rum , rather .

[paulix]

I only wish more notebook companies would embrace MXM... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXM

A desktop may be far more superior, but when I'm on a buisness trip, I like to be able to fire up some games. Lugging around a desktop is not an option.

..and definatly rum, with coke.

[wyz135]

Mr.Paulix, no wonder I seldom see you posting threads around here. You convinced me something, if you are really always out for business trip, get a good gaming laptop so you won't be bored in plane etc.