bencallis Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Hi what is this graphics card like for a laptop. I am by no means a pc gamer but like the odd racing game. Would this be able to handle the like of need for speed underground and other racing games from the past few years? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophicus Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I ouwld have thought it can handle the first underground at minimum settings anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencallis Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks. I have a radeon 9200 se in my pc would it be simalr to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 here, some reviews: http://firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_xpress_200/ http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=914&redirect=yes it's much, much better than a 9200 though. The XPRESS 200 IGP is actually a based on the current X300 core and therefore is a full DirectX9 part, replete with support for Pixel and Vertex Shader 2.0 specification. From what I can gather from ATI's documents, it also supports up to 6x multisampling-based AntiAliasing (read no discernible edges), full-precision floating-point pixel pipeline (read realistic-looking colour). Two pixel pipelines operate at a core speed of up to 350MHz, and each one has a single texturing unit. Sure, it's not going to trouble a discrete midrange PCI-Express card, but that's not its aim, is it?. At least you'll be able to play all those lovely demos that make use of DX9's advanced feature set. It supports directX 9 whereas 9200 only supports directX 8, but still, it's not a powerful card, really low-end. (but 9200 was low end 2 years ago and this one is low-end now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencallis Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks for that. Will there be no difference in the pc one and laptop one? As the review are for a pc one aren't they? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks for that. Will there be no difference in the pc one and laptop one? As the review are for a pc one aren't they? Thanks there's no diference in the chipset appart from the manufacture process which is smaller and consequently uses less energy than it's PC counterparts... Xpress 200 is based on a x300 which is a downgraded x600 (AFAIK) so it runs cool nonetheless. A mobile chipset should also have some energy management units added into the GPU core, but that's it. what notebook are you thinking of buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencallis Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L20_PSL2YE-00D006EN/version.asp Seems great value. All it really needs is another 256mb ram. Then should be good. My Dell latitude c800 feels old and outdated. And for that price seems like a steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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