Notebook gaming Vga cards choice

ste-sim2x9 · 10 Sep 2010 at 18:02

I'me looking into buying a gaming laptop but i have a question i hope somone can answer. What is the better card out of the 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5850 or the 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M.

Its_Me · 10 Sep 2010 at 19:09

Roughly even, with 260m GTX slightly more powerful but older generation.
If it was my choice would go for the ATi, but you can compare them side by side
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.130.0.html

gearo · 12 Sep 2010 at 13:25

There both good cards im not a fanboy but id go for 5850

ste-sim2x9 · 12 Sep 2010 at 14:31

Is the HD5870 a better card then the 260m GTX & 5850 . I'm looking to replace my home computer with a laptop and i've leaning towards MSI GX740 that has the HD5870. I like to play some games on the pc so i wanted something that won't struggle. I have a HD4870 card in my pc and would like to know how the laptop ones would measure up to the 4870 in my computer as that plays the games i like.

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2010 at 14:39

ste-sim2x9 said:
Is the HD5870 a better card then the 260m GTX & 5850 . I'm looking to replace my home computer with a laptop and i've leaning towards MSI GX740 that has the HD5870. I like to play some games on the pc so i wanted something that won't struggle. I have a HD4870 card in my pc and would like to know how the laptop ones would measure up to the 4870 in my computer as that plays the games i like.

The 5870 is better thAn both the 260, and the 5850. From benchmarks I've seen, the 5850 is level with/a bit better than the 260, and the 5870 is above both. The 5870M is basically a desktop 5770 but at lower clock speeds (I could be wrong here though). So it will be comparable to the desktop 4870 hopefully.

Your best bet is to look up some benchmarks of the GX740 and see how it compares to your current computer.

ste-sim2x9 · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:08

Anyone had a ASUS G73JH-TZ008V gaming laptop as i was thinking of upping my budget if its worth doing so.

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:18

If you do a search on that laptop, you'll find hundreds of threads about it. It's a very popular laptop, so you'll have no trouble finding information on it.