what is better the 200,300 or 600 ati video in laptops?
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Correct, it is higher quality, but also much more expensive. Unless you are planning to use this for gaming, you would be perfectly well off having a 300.
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I don't think for the memory by itself. Most laptop video takes memory from the system memory. For example if you had 64MB shared memory and only 128MB ram, the system might read as only having 64MB RAM. You can increase overall performance from this by adding more system RAM. Newer latops do have their own memory in the graphics which is nice but I am sure it is all integrated.
280007
There is no such thing as the Very Best. Each company has their ups and downs. It all depends on what you need. Nvidia is one of the top though, yes. I personally prefer ATI products.
865216
It depends on what you will use it for. Games, business, etc. It also depends on on your motherboard. Does it have PCI, AGP, PCI-Express. If it has PCI-Express, get a video card for that particular slot. Me personally, I stick with NVidia. You can't go wrong with either a NVidia or ATI card. As for the best and cheapest, start buying Maximum PC. They do Vs. features which will help with taking the guesswork out of deciding which video card is best for you. Good luck!
89277
look for the Toshiba Quismo it's made for video capture and editing, make sure you get a copy of adobe after effects and premire too
942549
As far as I can tell, on the mother board.\n\nI did see add-on sound and video upgrade packages at BestBuy the other day. As I don't have a laptop anymore I didn't pay a lot of attention to them or the pricing. Check them and CompUSA  and ask for add-on video upgrades. I beleive it was from ATI and was USB pluggable.\n\nGood luck.
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Pinnacle 10.\nIt's more stable but u need good RAM for it
356623
You need a special video card. I found an ATI one for $109 @newegg.com\nClick on the source link for more info about this card
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amd dual  is verry good 7 have 2gb of ram to go ATI .video card
784033
these 2 laptops are pretty much different.\n1st: 17" display, TL-52, 160GB SATA\n2nd: 15.4" display, TL-50, 120GB IDE\nconcerning the graphics cards i would also say they are about the same in speed.\nthe 1st one is worth the +200 and will perform better and it's a HP.
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The ATI Rage Pro was a good video card... back in the day. The reason a seller might put this in the specs is because it is an older computer, and there is not more to say about the computer. \nNothing worse than onboard video.
813331
I'd stick with the nVidia, you'll have less driver issues since you already have an nVidia card.  The Ati may make the graphics prettier, but the nVidia will give you better framerates.
1033682
This has nothing to do with the CPU.  It has everything to do with the graphics card(s) you use.  I'm easily able to do this with an NVidia GeForce 5200 with a single DVI and a single VGA output.  Some systems using ATI cards MIGHT require defining the "primary" monitor - only the primary monitor can display video with ATI cards I've seen.  This may hold true for dual video cards as well.
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DO NOT buy the 400 dollar bargain machines!!!!!!!!!\n\nI do in-home technical support and too often the clients that purchase these machines complain that they run just like the old one in about 6 months.  The bargain PC's are great if you know how to upgrade the machine yourself and plan on doing so later.  If you dont know how to work on a PC then do yourself the favor of shelling out another 300 dollars to get the next model up.\n\nDual Channel is a Memory technology.  If you dont plan on gaming or doing any high powered video editing, you dont really need it.\n\nlook for the following:\n\nprocessor: 2.5GHz Pentium 4 and up, OR 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon and up.  You will not notice a difference between AMD and Intel processors.  They will function exactly the same. Typically, AMD processor machines are 20-50 dollars cheaper (or the same price with more bells and whistles) than a comparable Pentium machine.\n\nRAM (Memory): AT LEAST 512MB... try for higher if possible.\n\nHard Drive (storage space):  80GB and up.\n\nVideo Card: any video card made by intel is total junk!  If the machine advertises an intergrated intel video processor take it with a grain of salt.  integrated video processors use the computer's RAM which saps performance from your machine.  Try to find a PC with an Nvidia or ATI video card of some kind.  Most people will tell you that if you dont game this isnt necessary... Im telling you that youll sacrifice a bit of speed.  Remember, you can always install an Nvidia or ATI card later on fairly cheap and easy.\n\nCD/DVD burner:  standard these days.  most computers will come with them.  Just make sure that if you want to COPY CD's and DVD's that you have CD/DVD BURNER and a DVD READER drive.
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shared graphics are only designed for basic multi-media tasks as the graphics hardware they use only have limited pixel and shader model cappabilities,these are the specs that determines how good a graphic card is\n            the main problem with graphics in laptops is the space problem ,as manufacturers need to cram loads into a small unit and the easiest way to do the graphics is to add them to the motherboard in the shape of on board graphics\n            however you havent mentioned the name of your on-board graphics,as nvidia and ati have some really good chipsets such as the n-force chipsets in nvidia and the x200 and 300 in the case of ati\n           these 2 manufacturers on board graphics would more than likely run flight sim x no problem,but any other like sis,intel or s3 would struggle\n          which ever one you use ,your best bet would be to set all the video options to the lowest settings and then increase them slowly until you reach a decent frame rate and visual quality,then save these settings if possible\n          good luck
1170455
Hey 480 * 800 is a very low resolution so dont be bothered of it set ur moniter at highest resolution it supports this will give u better picture n clearence in picture.
56522
Actually, an average PC will do quite well, say 1.5-2Ghz. However, for rich multimedia, concentrate your study on the best VIDEO card. That is where all the processing burden is going to go. Look into Gforce or ATI cards. They vary greatly.