CopperCircle Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hi, I have been looking at this laptop (My link) and wondered if there is any downside to using a radeon over a geforce with LE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Several years ago, I would have said that Nvidia absolutely crucifies ATI when it comes to OpenGL rendering. But my non-gaming laptop has a mobility Radeon 3100 in it (Or it might be a 3000, can't remember off the top of my head). As low grade as the graphics card is, it can run simple LE scenes quite nicely actually. So, with a much better card, that your linked laptop has, there probably won't be any serious problems with it, if there are any problems at all that is. Quote LE Version: 2.50 (Eventually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is faster than 8800M GTX and slower than GTS 280M, so it's probably as fast as a 8800 GTS. It runs Crysis with decent FPS, so it will run LE just fine. http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 i have a 5770 in my desktop and it runs everything LE can throw at it very well. so, i would think that the mobility version should do just as well. Only thing i have noticed is my laptop ( with a nVidia 360M ) has to be plugged in to get good framerates. Only get about 15 - 20fps on battery power. Quote AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition, 8GB, 120 GB SSD, 2TB HDD, nVidia GTX 570 1.2GB, Win 7 x64 Intel Core i5, 4GB, 120GB SSD, NVidia 360M 1GB, Win 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 There are some small things about ATI drivers that make them less preferable, at least with the 4000 series cards. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopperCircle Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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