Intel is dreadful, but those unfortunate to have them, had to make due and work around :) ATI is ok, their main selling point was being much cheaper than Nvidia, but now that's no longer a valid point, the price differences are minimal, just like the TDP difference. The performance difference is very significant, not to mention that nvidia does physics far better than anything else out there. On a non related note, have you read the sticky about our f...@h team? It would be very decent of you to join us in the struggle: http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming/t/7ddb2e5d12b5617
Most laptops are just not made for being upgraded, at least in the core components. Laptop manufacturers have the philosophy that if you want better gaming or computing power, you have to buy a new model :S On 12 Jan, 13:17, Robert Whitis <[email protected]> wrote: > @ 빌리 > > Yes Vindictus is physics crazy! I got much better results running on > DirectX 8, but I was getting a huge hang up when switching between GUI > panels in game for some reason. Perhaps after Windows 7 works it's > magic, things will be better, but yes DX8 seems to be much better for > the framerate. I'm not surprised about the 1.6, that's exactly what I > am dealing with. I had the framerate up around 60 on my desktop on > lowest settings w/ DX8, but again, the GUI panel hang just makes > intolerable! Hopefully, once I get it all figured out, I can post > some screenies to this thread and show off my cute little Evie kicking > gnoll hiney in a short skirt! haha > > @ tribaljet > > Thanks for the info about Espionage724. I'll be sure not to go on a > topic spree. I too prefer Nvidia, however for the particular mobo I > have in this dreaded desktop, ATI Radeon had the only card with 512MB, > and also the only card with 64 bit DDR3, so I gave it a try...this is > my first and last ATI card haha. On a second note, I've long learned > my lesson about the Intel onboard graphics, but when I purchased the > laptop I was under the impression that the GPU was upgradeable, and at > the time had my sights set on a Nvidia mobile card that *would* have > been very nice for this grade of laptop. Also, the laptop was > purchased in Jan. 2008, so for the time, I thought it was a fairly > decent buy for $600. -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
