Graphics adaptors

[David]

I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

Graphics:
Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)
UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory
*Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.
I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances. I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

Thanks much for any advice.

David

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

If you are going to be doing any gaming or major 3D related stuff on it, the
Intel GMA will suffice.

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I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There
are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

Graphics:
Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory
(256 MB HyperMemory*)
UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory
*Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB
or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.
I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances.
I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any
video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

Thanks much for any advice.

David

 

[Bob I]

Maybe asking the forum below instead

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/index.php

 

[Paul]

I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line.
There are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.


Graphics:

*Discrete*: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of
video memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)
*UMA*: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory
*Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory.
Either 64MB or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what
circumstances. I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I
won't be doing any video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

Thanks much for any advice.

David

Like some of ATI's previous Mobility GPUs, the description of the X2300
implies there are four video RAM chips soldered to the top of the GPU.
Note that ATI implementations, include GPU models without the chips
soldered to the top, as well as GPUs that do have the RAM soldered on.
The advertising material you copied above, implies 64MB or 128MB of
chips are soldered to the X2300 GPU. (And more is better.)

http://www.hardware.no/nyheter/skjermkort/mobility_radeon-serien_utvides/35661

As to whether either solution has better graphics performance, you'd
need to find a benchmark, to know for sure. And not too many review
sites care to benchmark laptop 3D performance, because that performance
is usually so dismal.

There is no useful info, to speak of, in the mention of your GPUs here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

No mention of clock speeds for the ATI chip here:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

Intel provides a list of "playable games" for WinXP on their GPU
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

Based on flipping a coin, I'd have to take the ATI solution. Previous
GMA solutions got some bad press, in terms of performance.

Paul

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Sorry, I meant that if you are *not* going to be doing any gaming or major
3D related stuff on it, the Intel GMA will suffice.

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[Paul]

No mention of clock speeds for the ATI chip here:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

Sorry, a little copy/paste error. The ATI web page is here, for X2300.

http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonx2300/specs.html

Paul

 

[Lil' Dave]

I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There
are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

Graphics:
Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory
(256 MB HyperMemory*)
UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory
*Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB or
128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.
I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances.
I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any
video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

Thanks much for any advice.

David

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Reply in plain text per usenet standard.

My personal preference, prefer an independent video chipset and video
memory. That is, independent of the motherboard chipset and motherboard
onboard RAM. Irregardless of intended usage of the PC.
Dave