Runs great on the 5680.
ATI drivers are generally more stable than NVidia drivers. It takes NVidia a while to work out the bugs per game and I still haven't found a set of drivers that don't leak heavily. ATI drivers aren't as...
UXGA is better?!? Sorry it isn't. The truth is that SXGA+ is faster (less pixels), images appear larger, and less chance for dead pixels. UXGA delivers more deskspace and in this case a wider viewing angle.
You will notice that...
Check out Toms Hardware 2.5" Comparison. The 5400 is a pretty good performer. The 4200 is SLOW.
Personally, I went with the 7200 since I work with databases a lot and 150 bucks over two-three years isn't that much.
At lower than native res everything looks fuzzy. It works, but you wouldn't want to work in it. As far as games go, I haven't found a game where it bugs me too much.
I guess 2055 using my own math which matches the low and high as well as average pricing a eurocom and pctorque version of a 5670. I am suprised since that would place the 5680 cheaper than the 5670 overall by a couple bucks.
A high end laptop (2500-3000) or middle of the road desktop (1500-2000) will usually give you two or so years of good gaming performance without upgrade. My Inspiron is starting to show its age, but it made it to two years without any...