A question or 2 about the 256 geforce 7900 ... ... My old laptop (cl56) just crapped out and is no longer under warrenty and I'm now in the market for a new lap ...

petiot · 06-30-2006, 06:27 PM

My old laptop (cl56) just crapped out and is no longer under warrenty and I'm now in the market for a new laptop. The cl56 had a 128 radeon 9700 in it and played most anythign i wanted at an exceptable rate, mainly WOW. Well, i've been looking at buying a new laptop the past few days, and the dell E1705 look very appealing, espcially now that they are running the 35% off, but I'm curious how the 9700 gs will play games. I've seen a few benchmarks, but they are against the 9700 gtx, which of course kicks its ass. My friend has an xps with a 6800 go ultra, how does the 9700 gs compare to that card? better, worse?

will the 9700 gs play things better than than my old laptop?

projected specs;
Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB)
LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Hard Drive 100GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

if there are any other laptops out there that compare in the $1500 price range, let me know.

Thanks

adinu · 06-30-2006, 07:11 PM

First of all, its a 7900gs/gtx, i saw that u said 9700 several times.

But as for a comparison, the 7900gs will obliterate ur old 9700 in every aspect possible. I dont think u can even compare the two, their in totally different categories of performance.

aintz · 06-30-2006, 07:28 PM

7900gs is the 3rd wait maybe 4th best laptop graphics card avail. first 7900gtx, 7800gtx, x1800. it will play things better than your old laptop. and its marginably faster than a xps gen2 with 6800ultra.

petiot · 06-30-2006, 10:43 PM

great...thanks for the feed back. I"ll be ordering that dell asap.

thanks again

aintz · 07-01-2006, 12:43 AM

im ordering mine tomorrow call to order dont order online they give you a bargain

ez2remember · 07-01-2006, 02:26 AM

This thread should help you:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568

And yes the 7900GS is even more powerful than the 6800ultra

buzzedlightyear · 07-18-2006, 03:19 PM

you might want to bump up to the faster memory if you're going to be getting the 667mhz frontside bus with that processor, might as well get the memory to take advantage of it.

jiopi · 07-18-2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aintz

7900gs is the 3rd wait maybe 4th best laptop graphics card avail. first 7900gtx, 7800gtx, x1800. it will play things better than your old laptop. and its marginably faster than a xps gen2 with 6800ultra.

Again, dont refer to X1800 because its cripled X1800XT

7900GTX>7800GTX>X1800XT>7900GS

06-30-2006, 06:27 PM	#1
petiot Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6 Credits: -347	A question or 2 about the 256 geforce 7900 gs My old laptop (cl56) just crapped out and is no longer under warrenty and I'm now in the market for a new laptop. The cl56 had a 128 radeon 9700 in it and played most anythign i wanted at an exceptable rate, mainly WOW. Well, i've been looking at buying a new laptop the past few days, and the dell E1705 look very appealing, espcially now that they are running the 35% off, but I'm curious how the 9700 gs will play games. I've seen a few benchmarks, but they are against the 9700 gtx, which of course kicks its ass. My friend has an xps with a 6800 go ultra, how does the 9700 gs compare to that card? better, worse? will the 9700 gs play things better than than my old laptop? projected specs; Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB) LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS Hard Drive 100GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive if there are any other laptops out there that compare in the $1500 price range, let me know. Thanks

06-30-2006, 07:11 PM	#2
adinu n00b Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amherst, Mass Posts: 1,581 Credits: 95	First of all, its a 7900gs/gtx, i saw that u said 9700 several times. But as for a comparison, the 7900gs will obliterate ur old 9700 in every aspect possible. I dont think u can even compare the two, their in totally different categories of performance. __________________ adinu eat aintz for breakfast! Acer Aspire 5102WLMi AMD Turion TL-50 1.8GHz @ 0.975v 2gb Corsair pc5300 667MHz 100gb Seagate 5400rpm ATI xpress 1150 @ 450/660

07-01-2006, 02:26 AM	#6
ez2remember Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 260 Credits: -282	This thread should help you: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568 And yes the 7900GS is even more powerful than the 6800ultra __________________ \| Asus V6VA \| P-M 2.13Ghz (AS5 & undervolted) \| 2GB Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz 4-4-4-12 \| DVD Super MultiDrive incl. DVD-RAM \| 15.1" SXGA+ IPS, Crystal Shine & Color Shine (truly amazing screen) \| ATI Radeon x700 (stock 345/331) \| Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm 8mb cache \| XP Pro \| ~2.5kg with 8 cell battery, even lighter with 4 cell \| \| Toshiba Tecra M3 - No room for more details\|

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06-30-2006, 07:28 PM	#3
aintz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,306 Credits: 183	7900gs is the 3rd wait maybe 4th best laptop graphics card avail. first 7900gtx, 7800gtx, x1800. it will play things better than your old laptop. and its marginably faster than a xps gen2 with 6800ultra.

06-30-2006, 10:43 PM	#4
petiot Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6 Credits: -347	great...thanks for the feed back. I"ll be ordering that dell asap. thanks again

07-01-2006, 12:43 AM	#5
aintz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,306 Credits: 183	im ordering mine tomorrow call to order dont order online they give you a bargain

07-18-2006, 03:19 PM	#7
buzzedlightyear slackware linux user Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: norcal Posts: 41 Credits: -38	you might want to bump up to the faster memory if you're going to be getting the 667mhz frontside bus with that processor, might as well get the memory to take advantage of it.