I have found the ATI and nvidia offerings to be comparable. Sometimes a laptop vendor will offer one chip with 64 mb and the other chip with only 32mb, as mutually exclusive options in the laptop. In that case, the amount of memory may become a deciding factor.
As far as the performance goes, they tend to pack most of the major features, and sometimes have a reduced clock speed, compared to desktop 3D cards. The end result is that you generally get comparable performance. Realistically, you get very reasonable performance. Most of us I am sure are quite pleased with the performance of our laptops. You will be able to run J3D very comfortably. I would reccomend an ATI or nvidia based chipset with no less than 32mb. Some examples of laptops, for comparison (i do not endorse): alienware area51-m dell inspiron 8100 or 8200 toshiba satellite As a final note, I care about screen size and resolution for my graphics work. I personally prefer no less than 15 inches diagonal, and 1600x1200 resolution, which is very very sharp. If you opt for a resolution like that, I reccomend no less than a 64mb graphics chipset. Otherwise fullscreen can be quite slow (in my experience). Sincerely, Ian Nieves On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Kevin Glass wrote: > I'm looking around at buying a laptop with the intention of doing my hobby > development on the sofa :) > > I noticed quite alot of you guys seem to be using them and was hoping for > some buying advice. > > 1) Which is the better mobile card (Nvidia or ATI) ? > 2) How do mobile relate in performance to desktop cards ? > 3) Can I expect to run J3D comfortably on a laptop ? > > Finally, any help is much appreciated, as are recommendations for > particular specs. > > Kev > > -- > Jose UML - http://www.newdawnsoftware.com/jose > Pondering RPG - http://pondering.newdawnsoftware.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
