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Ati mobility hd 3870 in m1530!!! PLEASE!!!

340 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Broadband and Mobility, Laptops by theideasman Mar 16

Unfortunately at the moment the only way to get a high performance card in a 15.4 notebook is to buy the alienware m15x. However this notebbok has a few faults to portable users. Its heavy and its very thick. Not a thin frame 15.4 at all. Oh and lets not even start on the price...
So you know what im getting at here. According to ati's q1 and q2 2008 roadmap the mobility hd3870 will be available soon (end of q1 roughly).
This card is built using the RV670 die which produces less heat and uses less power compared to the nvidias current 8800gtx die which is basically a G92 desktop die. While a 8800gtx needs a seriously beefy cooling system the ati card shouldnt, therefore meaning with a bit of luck that it may fit in a more mainstream, smaller framed 15.4 laptop. The card may not be as powerful as nvidias rival 8800gtx equivalent, but it will still be able to easily play nearly all games with maxed detail bar a few dx10 games which it could still play at near high detail. Its a performance class 1 card and is way more powerful than a 8600m gt and a 8700m gt and is also the first dx10.1 laptop card along with the rest of the mobility hd 3000 series. It would only be behind the gtx cards in terms of performance but due to its heat efficiancy could be put in a mainstream laptop.
Also lets not forget that ati cards are ususally way cheaper than nvidia cards so theres a bonus as well!
JUST IMAGINE IT. PERFORMANCE CLASS 1 GAMING ALMOST ON A PAR WITH A GTX CARD IN THE M1530!!! WITH THIS CARD IT MIGHT JUST BE POSSIBLE!!!
So please dell, make it happen!

The link for the ati q1 and q2 roadmap is below here

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9871416-1.html

wolfpup
Mar 19		 While the 1530 desperately needs at least a mid-range GPU option, an ATi chip isn't the way to go. For one, their drivers continue to have issues. For another, they've only ever had a competitive mobile GPU one time in their history (the Radeon 9600). It's doubtful they're going to start releasing competitive GPUs now.

On top of that, the Geforce 8800GT uses LESS power than the 3870, not more. The ideal thing would be trying to get at least an 8800GTS in here (which is basically the mobile equivalent of the 9600GT).
ah1f
Mar 20		 Check the help foums, it's the NVIDIA / Intel systems that are having isues not the ATI /AMD. NVIDIA has some serious driver issues with Vista.

Every system should be offered with choices AMD or Intel and NVIDIA or ATI. Let the purchaser decide wich they want.
theideasman
Mar 23		 ah 1f is correct with the driver issues and while im aware that ati's 9600 series was the most competitive gpu they did i still believe the choice should be there to choose either ati or nvidia gpus.
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