Nvidia GeForce 8400 v/s Ati Radeon HD2400

[vikramwaits]

Hey guys im planning to buy a laptop with a good graphic card. Hp one's come with Nvidia and acer ones come with ATi. Which of the above mentioned graphic card is the best. Not an intense gamer, but want sumthing that i can even use aftr couple of years

[Ajmukon]

then do not get a 8400 or a 2400.
they can barely play todays games at 20 frames per second. (or less)
get a 8800M if you want to play any games.

[vikramwaits]

dude but laptops with 8800 are very expensive...any other alternatives?? How about the ati's that come with acer these days??

[George Hallam]

whats your budget mate? and what sort of games you want to play?

[jlreich]

Gaming on laptops is very expensive indeed. The best you can hope for gaming on laptops within a reasonable budget is mediocre at best. If you really want to game I would suggest a desktop. If you need a laptop then you are going to have to settle for the best your budget will allow.

Or a desktop for gaming and a cheap laptop for doing school work/work is an alternative.

[vikramwaits]

Actually like I mentioned that im not currently a hardcore gamer. But shall be travelling around for my further studies so i definatly need a laptop. Talking about games, rite now its just counter strike which basically any graphic card can play. But I love games and later probably i could hook myself up wid some true gaming experience.

[Heartborne]

Nvidia always. they Always outperform equivalent ATI cards in benchmarks. I don't see any reason anyone should ever buy an ATI card.

[Ajmukon]

two or three years ago, ATI was better, but right now.....

[Heartborne]

ATI was better? Damn, I must have missed out on that :)

I've always been an Nvidia person myself.
Don't worry though, AMD and ATI have released their new spider platform, setting a precendent for inferior technology companies to merge together and then go bankrupt as quickly as possible ;)

[vikramwaits]

hey about the Ati X1300?? Is it better then ati2400 and nvidia 8400??

[Ajmukon]

this was hard to find:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

some more info:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568

these two should help!