Gaming laptop 1920x1200 17'' 9800GTS

[Stardusted]

Hello fellow forumers. I am about to buy a new laptop, and since I want to also be able to game on it, but also not spend a fortune, after searching a bit I looked upon this one...

http://www.packardbell.co.uk/showroom/notebooks/ipower-gx/ipower-gx-m-900-LX.B010X.028-1582.html

What do you think ? I understand the 9800gts is a fairly good card, but at 1920x1200 maybe it won't be such a big upgrade (my current laptop has a 8600m gt at 1280x800).

What other playable resolution will I be able to use without distorting everything a lot?

 

[tasty_chicken]

The 9800gts is a good card, however, it's a previous generation card. What games are you looking to play?

I would take a look at the Asus G51, or G71. The newer ones now have the Core i7, 1920x1200 but more importantly it has a GTX 260M.

 

[Stardusted]

gtx260m is better than 9800m gts ?

 

[Vengance_01]

Yes. The 9800GTS I think only has 64 shaders. the 260 has 96 and GTX280m has the full 112 shaders. All current nvidia mobile cards are based around the G92 core.

 

[tybert7]

Yes. The 9800GTS I think only has 64 shaders. the 260 has 96 and GTX280m has the full 112 shaders. All current nvidia mobile cards are based around the G92 core.

How do they compare to the mobile ati cards for speed?

 

[HisSvt76]

Yes. The 9800GTS I think only has 64 shaders. the 260 has 96 and GTX280m has the full 112 shaders. All current nvidia mobile cards are based around the G92 core.

The GTX 260M has 112 shaders , the GTX 280M has 128 shaders. both are better they are both comparable to a 4870 mobile from ATI

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=12221517

 

[Intel_Hydralisk]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

and:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1460436
Right under yours in the mobile computing forum.