Radeon 9600 and OpenGL...

Are there any tests/benchmarks that can be performed to verify this?

-romo
M675XL 3.2HT, 512MB, 80GB, WiFiG, DVD-RW, ATI 9600/128

SiSoftware Sandra can display OpenGL support information. With my desktop card, Radeon 8500, all OpenGL items are supported. I would assume the same about the Radeon 9600. You can ask some of the owners of ABS F2's to use Sandra to verify their systems.

Should get something with a Fire GL for that kind of work I think.

based on running SiS Sandra on my M675XL:

SiSoftware Sandra

Renderer Information
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Adapter : MOBILITY RADEON 9600 x86/SSE2
Version : 1.3.3878 WinXP Release
Video Acceleration : Yes, Hardware ICD
Multi-Texturing : 8 Unit(s)

GL Extensions
GL_ARB_multitexture : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_env_add : Yes
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array : Yes
GL_S3_s3tc : Yes
GL_ARB_depth_texture : Yes
GL_ARB_fragment_program : Yes
GL_ARB_multisample : Yes
GL_ARB_point_parameters : Yes
GL_ARB_shadow : Yes
GL_ARB_shadow_ambient : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_compression : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_env_add : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 : Yes
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat : Yes
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix : Yes
GL_ARB_vertex_blend : Yes
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object : Yes
GL_ARB_vertex_program : Yes
GL_ARB_window_pos : Yes
GL_ATI_draw_buffers : Yes
GL_ATI_element_array : Yes
GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap : Yes
GL_ATI_fragment_shader : Yes
GL_ATI_map_object_buffer : Yes
GL_ATI_separate_stencil : Yes
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 : Yes
GL_ATI_texture_float : Yes
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once : Yes
GL_ATI_vertex_array_object : Yes
GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object : Yes
GL_ATI_vertex_streams : Yes
GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3 : Yes
GL_ATIX_texture_env_route : Yes
GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size : Yes
GL_EXT_abgr : Yes
GL_EXT_bgra : Yes
GL_EXT_blend_color : Yes
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate : Yes
GL_EXT_blend_minmax : Yes
GL_EXT_blend_subtract : Yes
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint : Yes
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements : Yes
GL_EXT_fog_coord : Yes
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays : Yes
GL_EXT_packed_pixels : Yes
GL_EXT_point_parameters : Yes
GL_EXT_rescale_normal : Yes
GL_EXT_secondary_color : Yes
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color : Yes
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap : Yes
GL_EXT_texgen_reflection : Yes
GL_EXT_texture3D : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_object : Yes
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle : Yes
GL_EXT_vertex_array : Yes
GL_EXT_vertex_shader : Yes
GL_HP_occlusion_test : Yes
GL_NV_texgen_reflection : Yes
GL_NV_blend_square : Yes
GL_NV_occlusion_query : Yes
GL_SGI_color_matrix : Yes
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp : Yes
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp : Yes
GL_SGIS_texture_lod : Yes
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap : Yes
GL_SGIS_multitexture : Yes
GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays : Yes
GL_WIN_swap_hint : Yes
WGL_EXT_extensions_string : Yes
WGL_EXT_swap_control : Yes

Texture Support
Maximum Texture Size : 2048x2048

Anti-Aliasing Support
Point Min/Max Anti-Alias Range : 1.00 / 64.00
Point Anti-Alias Granularity : 0.13
Line Width Min/Max Anti-Alias Range : 1.00 / 64.00
Line Width Anti-Alias Granularity : 0.13


Hope this helps!

-romo
M675XL 3.2HT, 512MB, 80GB, WiFiG, DVD-RW, ATI 9600/128

ATI FireGl T2-128 based on the M10

http://www.ati.com/products/mobilityfglt2/index.html

I'm sure there are several notebook manufacturers/sellers that offer machines with this chip. The IBM T41p and the R50p are the ones I've seen recently that look very nice.

I'd get the T41P if you can afford it

I believe the major (only?) difference between the 2 is screen resolution. Been a while since I've checked the IBM site though...

Also make sure to read the reviews in this forum of the T41p and the R50p. Some good info/opinions/facts contained in them and some links of interest.