laptop video card

spazard · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject: laptop video card

I'm currently looking into buying a laptop and as many of you may know that when building a custom laptop on a website you're giving three options onboard a somewhat decent video card and then an upgraded version of that card. well in my scenario my option is a NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7600 with 128MB discrete graphics memory and a 256MB version.

So my question would be is getting the 256MB version over the 128MB version a smart choice. Is there any noticable difference, considering its a laptop and not a desktop

Thanks for any input
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NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5600 256MB

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

It really depends on what you're using the laptop for. If it's primarily a work/school machine that will see very litle gaming, then no, you won't notice a difference between the two cards.

If you plan on gaming a bit, then the 256mb card is the way to go. Just make sure you like nVidia cards, as they are not interchangable with ATI cards.......each company uses a proprietary interface for laptop cards. So, if you go with nVidia now, and ATI comes out with a better vid card in six months, you're stuck. You won't be able to drop that ATI card into your laptop.
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spazard · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject:

ok i bought the laptop but where i will be using the laptop there is no cable jack or any other form of getting a TV signal so i need an actall TV antenna and if has to be very compact. i bought the wrong type. so to make a long story does anybody know where to get a adapter for a DVB -T to regular tv connector" i bought a DVB-t antenna by mistake"
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Intel P4 3.2GHz HT 800 fsb*
Asus P4P8x SE 800 fsb
1GB Corsair XMS DDR333 PC2700
NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5600 256MB