Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Krieg" data-source="post: 1223727" data-attributes="member: 5282">FWIW the Radeon 9000 is definitely a step back. ATI's current competitor with the FX5200 is the Mobility Radeon 9600.If you are looking to play games on your laptop this is a definite step back. Not only is the 9000 going to run current games somewhat slower than the 5200 but it will also be unable to take advantage of all the features of games that utilize DX9 in the future (FWIW there aren't any DX9 games currently on the market, Doom III &amp; Half Life 2 will be the first major DX9 releases).Your best bet is to go to sites like <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/" target="_blank">Tom's Hardware Guide</a> or <a href="http://hardocp.com/" target="_blank">Hard OCP</a> and run searches on Mobility Radeon 9000, 9200 &amp; 9600 as well as the GeForce FX Go 5200 &amp; 5600. You probably aren't going to find a direct 9000 to 5600 comparison because they were released about a year apart, but it will definitely get you going in the right direction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Krieg, post: 1223727, member: 5282"] FWIW the Radeon 9000 is definitely a step back. ATI's current competitor with the FX5200 is the Mobility Radeon 9600. If you are looking to play games on your laptop this is a definite step back. Not only is the 9000 going to run current games somewhat slower than the 5200 but it will also be unable to take advantage of all the features of games that utilize DX9 in the future (FWIW there aren't any DX9 games currently on the market, Doom III & Half Life 2 will be the first major DX9 releases). Your best bet is to go to sites like [URL=http://www.tomshardware.com/]Tom's Hardware Guide[/URL] or [URL=http://hardocp.com/]Hard OCP[/URL] and run searches on Mobility Radeon 9000, 9200 & 9600 as well as the GeForce FX Go 5200 & 5600. You probably aren't going to find a direct 9000 to 5600 comparison because they were released about a year apart, but it will definitely get you going in the right direction. [/QUOTE]

Verification