graphics card question

[Te Kaha]

Offense? No way man, why should I

[CollateralDamage]

It has 512MB of GDDR3 memory unless I'm reading this specs sheet wrong. And it has 767MB reserved from main RAM if needed(Total 3GB).

I've played Medieval II: Total War, EVE Online Premium and Supreme Commander also with this and they run nicely enough for me. And I haven't had any crashes or other anomalies so far.

I've actually had a nice heated "nerdrage" (No offense meant) discussions about the TurboCache causing performance loss because it's hijacking system memory. But from my own experience I won't sign that argument. Perhaps with laptops that have 1GB or 2GB RAM that argument might be plausible but when you have 3GB or more RAM I really have hard time even in believing that.

Oh and I dont play 3DMark. I find it a rather boring game.
Bloody hell the cat puked on the carpet AGAIN... *sigh*

Originally Posted by CollateralDamage

It has 512MB of GDDR3 memory unless I'm reading this specs sheet wrong. And it has 767MB reserved from main RAM if needed(Total 3GB).

I've played Medieval II: Total War, EVE Online Premium and Supreme Commander also with this and they run nicely enough for me. And I haven't had any crashes or other anomalies so far.

I've actually had a nice heated "nerdrage" (No offense meant) discussions about the TurboCache causing performance loss because it's hijacking system memory. But from my own experience I won't sign that argument. Perhaps with laptops that have 1GB or 2GB RAM that argument might be plausible but when you have 3GB or more RAM I really have hard time even in believing that.

Oh and I dont play 3DMark. I find it a rather boring game.
Bloody hell the cat puked on the carpet AGAIN... *sigh*

First off, I'm glad to see there are intelligent people capable of discussing things without seeming like a 3 year old with a load in his diaper

First off 3dmark is VERY boring....and really of no use unless your trying to find your therma throttle when overclocking.

And I totally agree on the turbocache not causing a problem if you have 3gb of memory, even if it used a whole gig, i don't think you'd see anything noticable (maybe in 3dmark, but again...BORING).

I was talking with a co-worker today about laptop performance and we've came to the conclussion that laptop graphics have made huge strides in the last few years, especially from a quality manufactorer such as HP, Sony or Apple.

Nerdrage..I have a feeling that I'll use that at work very soon....:rotfl:

[CollateralDamage]

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

First off, I'm glad to see there are intelligent people capable of discussing things without seeming like a 3 year old with a load in his diaper

Indeed. Surprised I am hence Yoda speak I must.

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

I was talking with a co-worker today about laptop performance and we've came to the conclussion that laptop graphics have made huge strides in the last few years, especially from a quality manufactorer such as HP, Sony or Apple.

That is quite true. Laptops used to be gimped compared to Desktop PCs due to the fact that there were hardly any consumer available graphics chips for laptops. But now with the races between ATI/Nvidia and Intel/AMD we are really starting to see powerful CPUs and graphics cards for laptops come available to the normal consumer. And for a tolerable price I might even add.

I'm quite anxious to see what's the next big breakthrough in laptop development. I do remember reading/hearing that there's a NexGen cooling system in development that uses ionized air particles to generate air flow for cooling purposes and it has no moving parts like a traditional cooling fan has (Sorry if that sounds stupid but that's the best wording I can come up with by my limited vocabulary). And now if this is true... Ooooh Mama! Practically silent laptops with great cooling efficiency which could mean that even more powerful components could be used in laptops. Although the power consumption worries me a bit.

Another thing I'd LOVE to try out is a SSD replacing the old HDDs. But those are still a bit pricey.
I think I'll stop here before I forget again that this isn't notebookreviewdotcom.

[Orion2012]

Originally Posted by CollateralDamage

Indeed. Surprised I am hence Yoda speak I must.

That is quite true. Laptops used to be gimped compared to Desktop PCs due to the fact that there were hardly any consumer available graphics chips for laptops. But now with the races between ATI/Nvidia and Intel/AMD we are really starting to see powerful CPUs and graphics cards for laptops come available to the normal consumer. And for a tolerable price I might even add.

I'm quite anxious to see what's the next big breakthrough in laptop development. I do remember reading/hearing that there's a NexGen cooling system in development that uses ionized air particles to generate air flow for cooling purposes and it has no moving parts like a traditional cooling fan has (Sorry if that sounds stupid but that's the best wording I can come up with by my limited vocabulary). And now if this is true... Ooooh Mama! Practically silent laptops with great cooling efficiency which could mean that even more powerful components could be used in laptops. Although the power consumption worries me a bit.

Another thing I'd LOVE to try out is a SSD replacing the old HDDs. But those are still a bit pricey.
I think I'll stop here before I forget again that this isn't notebookreviewdotcom.

I too have heard some things about the ionized air for cooling but that is at least 5 years down the road, what technology I think will be the biggest step foward in laptop technology is a unified CPU/GPU that ATI/AMD are designing...although with a unified core, I think heat would become an even bigger issue. Geez...wonder what poor Lynx did.....