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NVIDIA 525M vs ATI 6770 HD ?

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Hi I intend to buy a notebook PC for Multimedia and gaming ...
I'm getting the following 2 deals :

HP Pavilion dv6tqe :


• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
• 1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA] (480@725MHz )
• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.5 hours of battery life +++
• 15.6" diagonal Full HD HP Anti-glare LED Display (1920 x 1080)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN with Wireless Display Support
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Price : $927.49


Dell XPS 15 :


• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
• 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus (96@600MHz)
• 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
• 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) and Skype-Certified 2.0MP HD Webcam
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
• Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
• Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
• JBL 2.1 Speakers with Waves Maxx Audio 3
• Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 & Bluetooth 3.0
• Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
• McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-Months
• 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Price : 1030 $

Which is the best deal ?
Please compare in terms of the following :


1 . Which Graphic card is better in terms of handling games at high settings? 
2. Which LCD screen is better in display ( HP or DELL ) ?

In my opinion Nvidia has Optimus , thus switchable graphics so better battery , but ATI has nothing like that...
But ATI is GDDR5 ..
Still I've heard NVIDIA are better ....


Which is the best deal ???

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The Radeon 6770 is going to handle gaming far better than the 525M in the dell. If gaming is your biggest concern go with the ATI, no question about it! The dell one has a better screen though, the XPS 15 has some of the best screens on the market, color reproduction wise. HP's screens are pretty good though too.

Optimus isnt going to make too much of a difference. Battery life between these two models is fairly similar with a very small advantage to the dell.

As for ATI vs Nvidia: if somebody says one is better than the other, its just fanboy-ism. They're both pretty equal as long as you're buying a card from a similar performance segment. In the case here, you're looking at a low end nvidia card compared to a high up mid-range from AMD Radeon.
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