• Laptop upgrade?
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Hey Hardware and Software section. Need some help with my laptop that I have now, it's starting to die on me and I was going to replace it with a new one. [quote] [b]Current specs:[/b] Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) System Model: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 4064MB RAM DirectX Version: DirectX 11 Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9480) Display Memory: 2793 MB Dedicated Memory: 1018 MB Shared Memory: 1775 MB Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz) [b]Other laptop's specs:[/b] Processor & Memory * Intel® Core™ i5-460M Processor (2.53GHz) * 3MB L3 cache * 8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM) Drives: * 640GB (7,200RPM) SATA Hard Drive * Lightscribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW double layer drive Graphics & Video: * 17.3" diagonal LED BrightView widescreen display; 1600 x 900 native resolution * 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 Graphics Operating System: * Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)[/quote] I'm mainly concerned about gaming. Right now on my laptop I can play Source games on highest, Killing Floor on highest, New Vegas between high and highest, Black Ops/World at War on High, Bad Company 2 on low, GTA4 on low, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on about medium or so, Star Wars Battlefront 2 on highest, etc. [b]Will this new computer perform better and have better settings on this new laptop?[/b] If I missed anything please let me know and I will fix the mistake. Thanks a ton in advance! :buddy:
The 5470 is an entry level graphics cards and is much less powerful than your current mid/high end card. [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470.23698.0.html[/url] [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4650.13883.0.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Badal;27228938]The 5470 is an entry level graphics cards and is much less powerful than your current mid/high end card. [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470.23698.0.html[/url] [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4650.13883.0.html[/url][/QUOTE] Oh, I see. Thanks for the feedback!
Minus the Graphics card the other laptop is a pretty good upgrade from your old one.
Is this GPU better than my current one? [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Geforce-GT-425M.34152.0.html[/url] [editline]5th January 2011[/editline] Or at least on-par with it?
From what I see the 4650 is a bit stronger than the 425
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