NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6200 with TurboCache™ (VaioFS25) or ATI Radeon X700 (Aspire1692)?

[emfung]

I'm sure all of you will go for ATI.

I am comparing the 2 laptops, Sony Vaio FS25GP and Acer Aspire 1692WLMi (models marketed in Malaysia, for full specs, see below). Both come with very similar specifications except for designs and graphic cards.
The vaio is priced at MYR6488 (USD1700) and aspire at MYR4988 (USD1300). The difference is MYR1500 (USD400), an amount that I can get a very good PDA!!

The fascinating slender vaio's design has trapped me into consideration of taking it home. Otherwise, the aspire would have been with me now. I love the look so much that I do not mind of paying the extra US400 bucks.

But when comes to graphics quality, I started to scratch my head.

How much exactly do the 2 models differ in terms of graphics quality? I have not been trying out the graphics, the local dealers here do not normally allow that. Can I still play CS and warcraftIII with the vaio? And what about the coming WindowsLonghorn? And Doom3?? How bad is it when compared to the aspire model?

If the difference is not so much and the vaio is still be able to handle great 3Ds, I will definitely go for it. If it's just like regular laptop that uses shared memory for video, then bye bye vaio...

Please give some comment if you could help. I appreciate that very much.

If you would like to comment on other specification, pls do so.

Aspire 1692

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (2MB L2 Cache, 1.73GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
- Intel® 915PM Express chipset
- Integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network
connection (dual-mode 802.11b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIEDTM solution

512MB of DDR2 memory, upgradable to 2GB using two soDIMM modules
15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite colour TFT LCD,
80GB HDD
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 with 128MB DDR Video RAM
Storage - 40/60/80/100 GB ATA/100 hard disc drive
4-in-1 card reader
DVD+RW-Dual Layer Drive
56K modem & 10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Ethernet; I
Integrated Bluetooth®1
3.5-hour battery life
Touchpad with 4-way integrated scroll button
WLAN LED-button
Bluetooth® LED-button

I/O Ports Three USB 2.0 ports
IEEE 1394 port
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
Modem (RJ-11) port
S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port
External display (VGA) port
Microphone/lin-in jack
Headphones/speaker/line-out port with
S/PDIF support
Infrared (FIR) port
One Type II PC Card slot
4-in-1 card reader
DC-in jack for AC adaptor

Vaio FS25gp
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz)*1
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
FSB 533MHz
Memory Bus: 333MHz
Cache Memory: L1 Cache: 64KB; L2 Cache: 2MB (on CPU)
Main Memory: 512 MB DDR SDRAM (upgradeable up to 1 GB)*2 (partially shared with video memory*3, 2 SO-DIMM slots (The pre-installed memory module uses one)
Hard Disk: 60 GB (C: 15GB, D: 45GB*4) Ultra ATA/100
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Drive (supporting DVD+R Double Layer disc)

Graphics Accelerator:

Dual display compatible
- 3D graphics acceleration compatible
- NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6200 with TurboCache™*3 (PCI Express x16 connection)

Video Memory: 128 MB*3
Display: 15.4" Wide (WXGA: 1280 x 800) TFT colour display (Clear Bright LCD: Single Lamp)
Interfaces:
USB 2.0 x 3*6
i.LINK (IEEE 1394) S400 (4pin)
Network (RJ-45) connector (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T)
Headphone jack (stereo mini)
Microphone jack (stereo mini)
Monitor connector (VGA, D-SUB 15 pin)
Modular (RJ-11) connector
Port Replicator connector
Memory Stick Slot*7 (Standard/Duo Size compatible, Memory Stick PRO compatible, High-speed data transfer compatible*8)

Modem: V.92 and V.90 Compliant
PC Card Slots: Type I/II x 1, CardBus Support
Audio: Intel® High Definition Audio compatible
3D audio (Direct Sound 3D support)
Built-in stereo speakers



*1 CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions.
*2 If memory modules of the same capacity are installed to both of the two memory module slots, computer will run in dual channel mode and provide better performance.
*3 By moving the pre-installed 512MB memory module and adding two 1GB memory modules.
*4 Includes necessary date for recovery (setting back to initial shipment settings) in the hard disk drive consuming approximately 5GB in size.
*6 High-speed/Full-speed/Low speed compatible.
*7 Does not support MagicGate copyright protection technology. Does not support Memory Stick with capacity of 2GB and over. Compatibility confirmed with Sony branded “Memory Stick” media only.
*8 MagicGate copyright protection technology cannot be applied to Memory Stick PRO.
*9 Deploying IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products on the same wireless network may reduce the communication speed due to radio interference. Taking this into consideration, the IEEE 802.11g products are designed to reduce the communication speed to ensure communication with IEEE 802.11b products. When the communication speed is not as fast as expected,changing the wireless channel on the access point may increase the communication speed.

Thank you very much.

[buzzard]

I don't know....with an extra $400. you could easily upgrad the RAM right?

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce6200_pci
http://www.ati.com/products/Mobility...700/index.html

[BlinKSilver]

the x700 is about TWICE as fast, you really should that that into consideration, and if you really like the FS, might say(i know i am being bias) you give a look at the S, its the FS spec for spec except smaller (even the same res screen).

[nark]

Originally Posted by BlinKSilver

the x700 is about TWICE as fast, you really should that that into consideration, and if you really like the FS, might say(i know i am being bias) you give a look at the S, its the FS spec for spec except smaller (even the same res screen).

agreed, the x700 is about twice as fast if not more than the 6200 turbocache.

[1CenT]

i say the x700 is 3x faster at least...
it will play everything right now on the WXGA screen at pretty much highest quality..
the Sony will barely play new games..

you probaly want to take weight into consideration... if the sony is a lot smaller and weight less.. it makes up for the extra cost...

if you are a gamer.. go with acer... if you have a desktstop at home .. then it is another story

[BlinKSilver]

Originally Posted by 1CenT

i say the x700 is 3x faster at least...
it will play everything right now on the WXGA screen at pretty much highest quality..
the Sony will barely play new games..

you probaly want to take weight into consideration... if the sony is a lot smaller and weight less.. it makes up for the extra cost...

if you are a gamer.. go with acer... if you have a desktstop at home .. then it is another story

really 3 time? Do you score 9000 on 3dmark03 or 3600 on 3dmark05, because if thats true I regret buying my S.

[YinYang]

The 1692 makes the Vaio feel blue........

[Choder]

I think the 6200TC scores around 900 on 3Dmark05.

The X700 scores just over 2200.

If you're a light gamer, I'd go for the sony and think about replacing the 4200 rpm HD with a faster one.

If you play games 3+ times a week... then get the aspire.

[BlinKSilver]

my 6200 score

1200 05

3000 03

no they are not stock.

[maniacle nerd]

get the acer the X700 will PWN the sony

[Rastlin]

Originally Posted by BlinKSilver

the x700 is about TWICE as fast, you really should that that into consideration, and if you really like the FS, might say(i know i am being bias) you give a look at the S, its the FS spec for spec except smaller (even the same res screen).

More than that, There are various flavors of the TC6200 The 64 meg dedicated ram one is mabey 1/3 as fast as the X700 Though I would say more like 1/4 synthetic benchmarks non withstanding, The 16 meg version is only about 1/2~1/3 as fast as the 64 meg version.

Graphicly the Vaio gets Crushed by the X700, IF you say run HL2 in 1280x1024 with 2 AA and 8x AF, your talking about 50 FPS vs like 10 ~15 FPS based on the last review I bothered to read of a TC card.

[emfung]

Hey guys, thank you very much for your replies. What about samsung X50? How do you compare this with aspire1692 in terms of graphics quality? Obviously X700 is better than X600, but how much better is better?

CPU: Pentium M 740 1.7GHz
Chipset: 915GM
WIFI: 11b/g
RAM: 512MB DDR II
Display: 15" WXGA SuperBright Gloss Display
VGA: ATI X600 64MB
HDD: 60GB

Regards.

[Studio54]

Get the Samsung. Its the perfect balance between weight, elegance, graphic prowess (if you are an average gamer, i.e. enjoy gaming every so often) and sheer sexiness.

The whole notebook weighs a little over 5 pounds (2.5kg I think) with battery and optical drive. Thats with a 15.4 screen. So you don't have to sacrifice anything. Full size keyboard, large screen, very capable graphics card, light package for mobility.

Samsung trumps all your other candidates in my opinion.

[Fidget]

if you want graphics power the x700 in the acer still owns...

[Jacmert]

Originally Posted by BlinKSilver

the x700 is about TWICE as fast, you really should that that into consideration, and if you really like the FS, might say(i know i am being bias) you give a look at the S, its the FS spec for spec except smaller (even the same res screen).

^^^

Yeah, the X700 is significantly more powerful than the 6200.

Originally Posted by BlinKSilver

really 3 time? Do you score 9000 on 3dmark03 or 3600 on 3dmark05, because if thats true I regret buying my S.

The X700 MOBILITY will get about 2200-2300 in 3DMark05.

Originally Posted by BlinKSilver

my 6200 score

1200 05

3000 03

no they are not stock.

Really? How much did you overclock it by (or did you enable some pipelines or something? is that possible with the 6200 TC?)