Laptop video. x300 vs 9000

[nanaki333]

I have the opportunity here at work to get myself a new laptop or keep my current one. My current laptop is a latitude 600m, 1.8 centrino, 1gb ram, radeon9000. Now, if i order a new lappy, it's going to be about the same. I can order it with less ram and just swap it when it gets here. Anyway, the one I'm looking at is a 610m and i can get a 2.0 centrino, 1gb ram, radeon x300.

My question is, is the x300 a better card or is it on par with a 9000 except it's just a pci-e version? i'm not going to bother setting up a whole new machine if i won't get any real performance out of it. my big thing here is games. the 9000 runs things decent enough, if the x300 would make a big difference, i'm getting it! can't seem to find benchmarks on it.

 

[Munky]

Other than for DX9 support, I wouldn't do it, it's probably not much faster, if at all. Theyre both low-level cards, and if you're happy with the 9000, stick with it.

 

[imported_Kensai]

The x300 will be faster than the 9000 but not by too much.

 

[nanaki333]

i'm not that happy. it gets choppy but like you said, low-end card. if the x300 offers great improvement then i'll do it. it's not costing me anything out of pocket, just time to copy all my stuff and setup the new laptop. if it's like 5% difference, i'm not gonna bother.

 

[RussianSensation]

dont bother. 9000 might be faster.

 

[cbehnken]

Hmm, I thought I read that the x300 uses the same GPU as the 9550. Should be quite a bit faster than the 9000. Haven't seen any direct comparisons though.

 

[genci88]

I think X300 uses 64 bit memory. Thus it will be slower. I think....

 

[SonicIce]

what games/software?

 

[Ntar]

Originally posted by: genci88
I think X300 uses 64 bit memory. Thus it will be slower. I think....

only the "hypermemory" and the SE version have 64 bit path

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Centrino IS NOT A PROCESSOR!!!! It's a marketing thing Intel uses, combining a certain chipset and wireless connection with a Pentium Mobile processor.

Excuse me.

You'd probably see a bit of a performance increase by switching to the x300, but not a huge one. Both are low end GPUs, but the x300 should prove to be a little bit faster, but not by a whole lot.

 

[Jackhole]

I'm in the same situation as the OP. My laptop right now has a 32mb 9000. How does that compare with a 64mb x300? Thanks!

 

[exar333]

i was pretty impressed by the mobile 9800 (basically a 9600-class GPU) in the Asus laptops...very decent GPU for a laptop...and its actually power effecient (vs. go6800)

 

[Jackhole]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333
i was pretty impressed by the mobile 9800 (basically a 9600-class GPU) in the Asus laptops...very decent GPU for a laptop...and its actually power effecient (vs. go6800)

Uhh... that's great, but I want to know about the 32mb 9000 vs the 64mb x300.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

definately the x300 will be alot better.

the x300 is based off of the 9600, and will offer much better performance than the 9000. Not to mention, the x300 has double the memory and many games now require at least 64mb of vram

 

[aliasfox]

unfalliblekrutch, I believe you're mistaken. The x300 and the 9000 are both 4 pipeline chips operating at under 300 MHz- I believe the 9000 is 250 MHz or so, and the x300 is something like 275 MHz. So processor-wise, it's a wash between the two. Since the x300 is (like the 9600 non Pro or XT, and the GeForce 5200) too slow to truly take advantage of DX9, even that's a loss.

I can think of two advantages of the x300, which are AA and more VRAM. Considering neither chip is all that powerful, you probaby won't want to implement AA anyway, be it supersampling or multisampling. The VRAM is somewhat more useful, but again, you're GPU will probably balk if you try to game at a resolution that truly needs the extra RAM.

Hope this helps

 

[Ronin]

x300 - 2 VS Pipes/4 Pixel Pipes 350MHz Core/300MHz Mem 128-bit
9000 - 1 VS Pipe/4 Pixel Pipes 250MHz Core/220MHz Mem 128-bit

I'd say that's pretty clear right there.

 

[aliasfox]

Sorry, my mistake- I thought the x300 was an *underclocked* RV360?

 

[Jackhole]

Originally posted by: Ronin
x300 - 2 VS Pipes/4 Pixel Pipes 350MHz Core/300MHz Mem 128-bit
9000 - 1 VS Pipe/4 Pixel Pipes 250MHz Core/220MHz Mem 128-bit

I'd say that's pretty clear right there.

That's the info I'm looking for. Thanks, buddy!