My current laptop (traded with the gma 950)
Core i5 M430 2.26ghz 4GB RAM (getting 8GB 50$ upgrade for this specific laptop.) 640GB HDD GT 230m DDR3 1GB I play games pretty well, if you want to play the newer games this card should be somthing to glance at. Here are some benchmarks that I have Call of Duty 4: Moder Warfare: 1366x768 all maxed 4x AA 30-125 fps (never went below 30) Call of Duty: World at War: 1366x768 all maxed 4x AA 40-80 fps (more stable game, especially with AA) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: 1366x768 all maxed 0xAA 40-160 fps Crysis: High Detail 800x600 - 30 fps or Medium Detail 1366x768 30 fps-35 fps DX 10 64-bit Crysis: Warhead High Detail 1024x758 - 30fps or Medium detail 1366x768 30-60 fps DX 10 64-bit Borderlands: 1366x768 maxed out 30-70fps Gears of War: 1366x768 maxed out 40-90fps DX10 F.E.A.R 2: 1366x768 maxed out 0xAA 40-200fps (very werid some missions give lower fps (40-60) and some just boost up to 100+ Fallout 3: 1366x768 maxed out 0x AA 30-60fps (might want to make the View distance on 75 instead of 100, no difference in graphics though. Dont buy alienware, those computers might be fast but have terrible support, my friend had the m13x and after 3 weeks the HDD failed and 3 of the processors failed. He had bought 4 years worth of warrenty, but he never got another new laptop, because they thought he did it, when it was actually faulty hardware once we opened it, voiding the warrenty forever. On Jul 10, 1:23 am, iamturok <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I didn't want to go over $500 not including tax, but looking at > the mostly sad state of entry to mid range laptops, I think I'm gonna > wait another couple of months and save for an m11x. > > On Jul 8, 4:26 pm, Philo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My bad, my previous computer had a ATI Radeon 4200 HD I thought it > > would be a little better. I guess im wrong since it sounds worse than > > mine :P. > > > Whats your budget limit. Im sure we can help you find a better > > one :D?! > > > On Jul 8, 9:45 pm, hussam aulaian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ATI Radeon HD 4250 > > > > The *AMD ATI Radeon HD 4250* (sometimes also ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 > > > called) is an *onboard (shared Memory)* graphics chip. It is based on the > > > HD > > > 3400 graphics core and features the UVD 2 video engine to decode HD videos > > > (Avivo HD - can decode two HD streams simultaneously). Compared to the HD > > > 4200, the 4250 offers a similar performance, but the power consumption > > > could > > > be a bit better. > > > > Compared to the old HD 3200, the 4250 supports DirectX 10.1 and features > > > the > > > UVD2 video decoder. > > > > The *UVD 2* video engine is able to decode HD videos (MPEG-2, H.264, and > > > VC-1) in all stages and allows the fluent playback of HD videos (e.g. > > > Blu-ray) with a relative low CPU utilization (called Avivo HD). The HD > > > 3200 > > > was the first *onboard* graphics card that allows the fluent playback of > > > Blu-ray videos. The UVD 2 in the HD 4250 supports the decoding of two > > > video > > > stream and therefore got a full Blu-Ray support. > > > > The graphics core of the HD 4250 stems from the Mobility Radeon HD > > > 3400<http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3450.9593.0.html> > > > series > > > and is therefore DirectX 10.1 capable. Because of the missing graphics > > > memory, the performance of the card is a bit lower than of the HD 34x0. > > > Theroretically, dedicated memory chips can be directly added to the chip, > > > making it a dedicated graphics card. Because of pricing it is unclear if > > > any > > > manufacturer will add memory to the chip. > > > > Still *older games* like Doom 3 or Quake 4 should be barly *playable*. > > > Compared to older onboad graphic chips (e.g., GMA 4500MHD), the HD 4250 is > > > much faster. The new Intel HD Graphics in the Core ix Arrandale > > > CPUs<http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-HD.2306...>, > > > offers a similar performance, but the driver support by AMD should be > > > better. > > > > The mobile Radeon HD 4250 should be identical to the desktop version > > > (desktop minimal higher clock rates), although faster processors used in > > > desktop systems may lead to better benchmarks. > > > > ManufacturerATISeriesRadeon HD 4000CodenameRV620Pipelines40 - unifiedCore > > > Speed *500 MHzShader Speed *500 MHzMemory Speed * > > > Memory Bus Width > > > Memory Type > > > Max. Amount of Memory512 MBShared Memoryyes > > > shared memoryDirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.0technology55 nmFeaturesAvivo > > > HD > > > (UVD2), Hybrid Graphics Technology, PCI-E 2.0, Vari-Bright > > > (Bildschirmhelligkeit automtisch anpassen), HDCP support, Display > > > CacheNotebook > > > Sizesmall and lightDate of Announcement01.05.2010Link to Manufacturer > > > Page- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
