laptop agian

by de4 • 15 Jul 2008, 09:28 • Journals
is the nVidea Quadro NVS 140M or 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS (64-bits)any good for gaming?

Dell Vostro or Dell Latitude E6500 any1 know anything about these laptops, are they any good?
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fredd 15 Jul 2008, 10:29
not really.. you'll be able to play older games like quake3 (thus you can also play ET) though
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de4 15 Jul 2008, 10:35
you talking about the nVidea Quadro NVS 140M
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fredd 15 Jul 2008, 10:36
no im talking about 8400gs, no idea about that quadro card, but quadros aren't for gaming usually, desgined for graphics work

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"Based on the GeForce 8400M G or GS for notebooks, the Quadro NVS 140 was designed for the business sector providing enhanced compatibility and stability. Regarding performance it should be comparable to a 8400 G or GS, but, might rate a little lower, because of a "more stable" driver. So, the NVS 140M provides entry-level 3D performance."
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de4 15 Jul 2008, 10:44
ow ye I can order these ones via my school so that explains but gonig to buy another one do you think the nVidia GeForce 8600M GS met 512MB GDDR2 is better?
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plekter 15 Jul 2008, 10:50
Try to get one with 256mb GDDR3 instead. GDDR3 > GDDR2.
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de4 15 Jul 2008, 10:52
aint the 512 mb better?
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plekter 15 Jul 2008, 10:55
No, because the GDDR2 bandwidth is the bottleneck, not the size of the memory. Actually, having more memory won't give you any performance boost at all when it comes to rendering. It's only when you encounter a game that actually uses more than 256 mb of the texture memory.
I've never seen that yet, but I haven't been looking hard either. You're better off with 256 fast megabytes then with 512 half-empty slow megabytes.
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de4 15 Jul 2008, 10:57
k mate thanks
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plekter 15 Jul 2008, 11:08
But be careful though, don't buy the cheapest stuff you can find with that GFX card. Then you're likely to run into a lot of overheating troubles and stuff and generally bad quality.

I was really lucky when I bought mine.. I have one of the heftyest Thinkpad T61ps available, 14inch with Quadro 570M (= GF8600GT) and the heftyest Core 2 Duo available. Normally there's no wai i could afford it, but the non-widescreen models were going out of production so they sold them at way under half price :p

But top-specced laptop which never overheats and has 5hrs battery life, built like a tank and still comes at a relatively handy size... <3<3<3
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de4 15 Jul 2008, 11:59
lucky you ;) hehe
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de4 16 Jul 2008, 09:56
can you game with a 15''? beause those are cheaper and already equiped with the nine series of nvidea?
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plekter 16 Jul 2008, 10:53
Well you can, and I would buy a 15 inch, or even 14 inch(which I did) over a 17 inch any time. The portability of a 15 inch > the screen size of a 17 inch. 17 inch laptops are often crap when it comes to qualities like mobility, battery life, etc.
And besides, I have a 19" widescreen TFT that I use for gaming :)
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de4 16 Jul 2008, 12:36
the nine series of nvidea says more to me:p but with the 8 series I can also play any game that I want not?
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plekter 16 Jul 2008, 12:38
hm.. What card in the 9-series and what card in the 8-series is the options?
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de4 16 Jul 2008, 12:43
wait I'll give you the site. http://www.xxodd.nl/
check the 17'' and the 15''
I got another lil question, I know the GDDR3 is better then the two but on the site you'll see that I don't have the ption of GDDR3. Isn't it well able to play games with GDDR2?
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plekter 16 Jul 2008, 12:46
uhm.. even tho i don't know dutch i see that there are more of both the 17 and 15 inches.. Which models in particular?
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de4 16 Jul 2008, 12:54
http://www.xxodd.nl/index.php?p=artikel&ID=202&e=2
http://www.xxodd.nl/index.php?p=artikel&ID=333&e=2
can you check the vid cards for me :$
I think I can build the rest so that it's a fine computer
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plekter 16 Jul 2008, 12:56
I think 8600GS will have better performance than 9300, although 9300 may support more standards. I don't know.

Both will kick ass at ET anyways :P
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de4 16 Jul 2008, 12:57
k :p got alot of information now tnx man!
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plekter 16 Jul 2008, 13:03
np <3
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de4 19 Jul 2008, 12:59
this'll be the one :p

Aspire 6920G-814G32BN
Windows Vista® Home Premium, Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T8100 (2.1GHz/FSB: 800MHz/3MB L2 cache), Works™ 8.5 + Office™ Home & Student 2007 Trial (60 days), 16" TFT WXGA+ High Definition CineCrystal, 4GB DDR II RAM (2x 2GB), 320GB HDD (1x 320GB) (5400rpm), Blu-ray read (DVD Dual Layer write), 6-cell Li-ion, 56K modem, Gigabit & Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth®, HDMI, NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M-GS 512MB/1280MB TC, FingerPrint, 0.3MP CrystalEye, 6-in-1 card reader, CineDash Media Console, Tuba CineBass Booster, Gemstone Blue, AZB
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plekter 19 Jul 2008, 13:44
Sounds nice! Grats!
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fredd 15 Jul 2008, 11:01
crysis easily uses over 256, most newer games do.. but you're right though. probably won't be playing crysis with slower bandwidth 512mb 8600GT or a faster 256mb 8600GT anyway.
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plekter 15 Jul 2008, 10:49
I have a quadro 570 M, which is basically the same chip as GF8600M GT
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Fisz 15 Jul 2008, 10:32
I heared that 8400M GS & 8600M GT are damaged or smhtn and it can overheat :|
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Dylon 15 Jul 2008, 10:33
duno but i heared in england they have tea time now
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jonas 15 Jul 2008, 10:35
:D

bio pwner!
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Dylon 15 Jul 2008, 10:39
:o hi2you Jonas :) how is weather in Love island ? :D i hop is suny day
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jonas 15 Jul 2008, 10:40
its nice and sunny right now :~> guess it will be a nice day ;D how's the weather in pink paradise then? :p
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bettina 15 Jul 2008, 10:44
WET WET WET
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Dylon 15 Jul 2008, 10:51
its not that bad ? isent it ? you coulent have snow there !
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bettina 15 Jul 2008, 10:54
snow<3
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Dylon 15 Jul 2008, 10:58
bleh ,always have red nose -.- and i look like alkocholic
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Dylon 15 Jul 2008, 10:44
gud gud :D sunny like fuk :D,have a nice day :)
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jonas 15 Jul 2008, 10:46
thanks, i wish you the same :)
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hastaf 15 Jul 2008, 11:44
Dell for the win btw im playing with Dell Latitude D600 = stable 100fps
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KAMA3 15 Jul 2008, 12:04
Buy an eeepc 701! The best for ET with 7" lcd...:DDD
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Jesse 15 Jul 2008, 12:38
quadro is a designercard, don't even think about plaing with it
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