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Title: best laptop video card?
Post by: Wildcat1 on February 26, 2011, 01:38:33 PM

was going to build my own PC but due to pressing issues, i'm gonna be on the move a lot.

so, i found this Acer laptop on newegg, $399, good RAM, good HDD, AMD Anthon II X4 proccessor.

the only thing i have questions about is the vid card. ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4250 with 256 mb of dedicated memory. is this card any good?

thanks :salute

Title: Re: best laptop video card?
Post by: 1Boner on February 26, 2011, 02:26:57 PM

Check out reviews on "Toms Hardware".

Title: Re: best laptop video card?
Post by: AAJagerX on February 27, 2011, 01:00:19 AM

You probably wouldn't be very pleased with the way it'd play AH.  I'm sure it'd be ok for general purposes though.

Title: Re: best laptop video card?
Post by: Bizman on February 27, 2011, 02:45:09 AM

It's based on Radeon 3400, which was even in it's time quite a poor performer. I've got a Rad 3870 with 512Mb (the flagship of it's time) and it's beginning to show it's age. Notebookcheck (http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon-HD-4250.29664.0.html) tells you more on the subject, here's a comparison chart (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.130.0.html).

Title: Re: best laptop video card?
Post by: RTHolmes on February 27, 2011, 09:03:36 AM

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/)

:aok

Title: Re: best laptop video card?
Post by: Wildcat1 on February 27, 2011, 10:50:28 PM

thanks for the help, gents

 :salute