256 mb HP zd8000 vs. 128 mb Gateway M680X

[AntiGeekSquad]

This post may have come up before, but I didn't find it. I'm having a difficult time deciding whether or not I should go with either of these laptops. I'm not really tech-savy, but have a general idea of what I want to use the computer for mainly for good graphics.

So I was looking at the video cards, and well, Gateway only offers a 128 mb x700 video card, while HP has the 256 mb x600. Which is better?

Besides video cards, which computer performs better overall?

The specs I was looking at for the gateway was the Pentium M 740.

Does the Pentium 4 perform better than the Pentium M ?

Thanks for any support you can give me.

[Charles P. Jefferies]

X700 is worlds better than the X600. The 256MB of memory doesn't help the X600, because it does not have a high enough fill rate to take advantage of it, so in reality, it can only utilize about 128MB.

Also, the X600 is previous generation techology. It is essentially a MR9700 with a PCI-e Bus. It has 2 vertex engines and 4 parallel pixel pipelines, where the X700 has 6 vertex and 8 pixel. Also, the X700 is better because it includes the latest generation VideoShader HD and SmartShader HD technologies.

P4 vs PM - Pentium M is much more efficent and produces less heat. A 1.86GHz Pentium M is about equal to a 3.00GHz Pentium 4. So, your best bet would be the Pentium M.

Hope that helps.

Chaz

[LuckMC11]

X700 is worlds better than the X600. The 256MB of memory doesn't help the X600, because it does not have a high enough fill rate to take advantage of it, so in reality, it can only utilize about 128MB.

P4 vs PM - Pentium M is much more efficent and produces less heat. A 1.86GHz Pentium M is about equal to a 3.00GHz Pentium 4. So, your best bet would be the Pentium M.

you are right about getting the X700 over the X600...but wrong about the 1.86 GHz Pentium M=3.00 GHz Pentium 4...1.86 GHz pentium M= around 3.4 GHz Pentium 4...which makes it more faster through the CPU

[Charles P. Jefferies]

you are right about getting the X700 over the X600...but wrong about the 1.86 GHz Pentium M=3.00 GHz Pentium 4...1.86 GHz pentium M= around 3.4 GHz Pentium 4...which makes it more faster through the CPU

Yes, I did a bit of reading on the intel site, and actually, a Pentium M 1.6 (Sonoma) would be closer to a 2.8GHz P4, and a 1.73GHz PM would about equal a 3.00GHz Pentium 4.

[LuckMC11]

Yes, I did a bit of reading on the intel site, and actually, a Pentium M 1.6 (Sonoma) would be closer to a 2.8GHz P4, and a 1.73GHz PM would about equal a 3.00GHz Pentium 4.

yea..lol..but in the end...you're still right for saying to go with the 1.86 GHz processor