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I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

 

Graphics:

Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)

UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

*Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances. I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

 

Thanks much for any advice.

 

David

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    Hello,

     

    If you are going to be doing any gaming or major 3D related stuff on it, the

    Intel GMA will suffice.

     

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    "David" <David@David.com> wrote in message

    news:%23Q$KO7%23vHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

    I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There

    are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

     

    Graphics:

    Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory

    (256 MB HyperMemory*)

    UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

    *Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB

    or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

    I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances.

    I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any

    video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

     

    Thanks much for any advice.

     

    David

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    Maybe asking the forum below instead

     

    http://forumz.tomshardware.com/index.php

     

    David wrote:

    > I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

    >

    > Graphics:

    > Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)

    > UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

    > *Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

    > I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances. I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

    >

    > Thanks much for any advice.

    >

    > David

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    David wrote:

    > I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line.

    > There are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

    >

    >

    > Graphics:

    >

    > *Discrete*: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of

    > video memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)

    > *UMA*: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

    > *Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory.

    > Either 64MB or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

    >

    > I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what

    > circumstances. I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I

    > won't be doing any video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

    >

    > Thanks much for any advice.

    >

    > David

     

    Like some of ATI's previous Mobility GPUs, the description of the X2300

    implies there are four video RAM chips soldered to the top of the GPU.

    Note that ATI implementations, include GPU models without the chips

    soldered to the top, as well as GPUs that do have the RAM soldered on.

    The advertising material you copied above, implies 64MB or 128MB of

    chips are soldered to the X2300 GPU. (And more is better.)

     

    http://www.hardware.no/nyheter/skjermkort/mobility_radeon-serien_utvides/35661

     

    As to whether either solution has better graphics performance, you'd

    need to find a benchmark, to know for sure. And not too many review

    sites care to benchmark laptop 3D performance, because that performance

    is usually so dismal.

     

    There is no useful info, to speak of, in the mention of your GPUs here:

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

     

    No mention of clock speeds for the ATI chip here:

    http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

     

    Intel provides a list of "playable games" for WinXP on their GPU :-)

    http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

     

    Based on flipping a coin, I'd have to take the ATI solution. Previous

    GMA solutions got some bad press, in terms of performance.

     

    Paul

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    Hello,

     

    Sorry, I meant that if you are *not* going to be doing any gaming or major

    3D related stuff on it, the Intel GMA will suffice.

     

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    "SingaporeWebDesign" <SingaporeWebDesign_ng2@bootstrike.com> wrote in

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    > Hello,

    >

    > If you are going to be doing any gaming or major 3D related stuff on it,

    > the Intel GMA will suffice.

    >

    > --

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    > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/

    > Singapore Web Hosting

    > http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html

    > Windows XP FAQ

    >

    > "David" <David@David.com> wrote in message

    > news:%23Q$KO7%23vHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

    > I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There

    > are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

    >

    > Graphics:

    > Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video

    > memory (256 MB HyperMemory*)

    > UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

    > *Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB

    > or 128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

    > I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances.

    > I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any

    > video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

    >

    > Thanks much for any advice.

    >

    > David

    >

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    "David" <David@David.com> wrote in message

    news:%23Q$KO7%23vHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

    I'm looking at purchasing an HP notebook from their business line. There

    are two choices for graphics adaptor as shown below.

     

    Graphics:

    Discrete: ATI Mobility RadeonTM X2300, with 64 or 128 MB of video memory

    (256 MB HyperMemory*)

    UMA: Mobile Intel GMA X3100, up to 384 MB of shared system memory

    *Indicates dedicated video memory and shared system memory. Either 64MB or

    128MB dedicated video memory, depending on model.

    I'd appreciate any advice on which is preferable under what circumstances.

    I'm primarily interested in general overall speed. I won't be doing any

    video or other demanding, high-end, graphics.

     

    Thanks much for any advice.

     

    David

     

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    My personal preference, prefer an independent video chipset and video

    memory. That is, independent of the motherboard chipset and motherboard

    onboard RAM. Irregardless of intended usage of the PC.

    Dave

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