Latest word in laptop video GPU's?

[onix]

I have several questions, so let me just list them:

o What is the latest word on the future of high performance laptop graphics?

oo As a corollary to the former question, is better (in general) to get Intel integrated graphics, or a GPU supplied by a non-motherboard manufacturer?

o Why do different laptop makes (HP, Dell, IBM) use different model # of similarly named cards, e.g. ATI FireGL 7100 or ATI FireGL T2, etc.

oo And as a corollary to the previous question, has there been a good comparision of graphics card across platforms and manufactures of the latest brands?

 

[fbrdphreak]

*Latest word is that the MR X800XT (16 pipelines) and an MR X800XT PE (higher clock XT) are the best out there. NVIDIA might have a G70 variant up their sleeves, but its too soon to tell.

*For gaming performance and compliance with Longhorn (Windows Vista), integrated won't cut it. GMA900 should support Vista, but it will use more system resources. Discrete graphics use more power and add weight, but are a LOT more powerful than integrated solutions like Intel's Extreme2, Intel GMA900, or ATI's Xpress200M.

*The ATI FireGL 7100 and FireGL T2 are different cards. T2 is an AGP card, 7100 is a PCI-E card IIRC. They have different names because they are different cards.

*No good comparison of NVIDIA & ATI mobile GPU's yet. I'm working on that as we speak

 

[Imaginer]

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[BlingBlingArsch]

happy waiting