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  • 09-01-2009 12:36am
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    paddy086
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭


    hello my question is
    say a game like gta4 max requirments for graphis cards are
    512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870

    so dose that mean the have a
    Dual 512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 – CrossFireX™
    would be twice as good.


    you see what im thinking is i got a laptop about 3 years ago and its played games fine but now im finding i have to lower setings to play the games

    so if i get a Dual 512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 – CrossFireX™ will that mean i might get 5 to 6 years out of the laptop if you get what i mean and can answer please do

    thanks


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,986 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    paddy086 wrote: »
    hello my question is
    say a game like gta4 max requirments for graphis cards are
    512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870

    so dose that mean the have a
    Dual 512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 – CrossFireX™
    would be twice as good.


    you see what im thinking is i got a laptop about 3 years ago and its played games fine but now im finding i have to lower setings to play the games

    so if i get a Dual 512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 – CrossFireX™ will that mean i might get 5 to 6 years out of the laptop if you get what i mean and can answer please do

    thanks


    A few things to answer here.

    Without the model number of the laptop I couldn't tell you if you could install a 3870 Mobility crossfire solution. But I can tell you the amount of laptops that can take dual cards in the last 2 years I can count on 2 hands.

    What I can tell you is that is wont go twice as fast. I would say a 20% increase if you were lucky as the laptops processor would let it down. I would eat my hat if you can get 6 years of current gaming on a laptop.


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    paddy086
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭paddy086


    here are the 2 laptops

    Alienware

    M17 with nivida gpu
    Intel® Core™2 Duo Extreme Processors (6MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)
    Up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
    Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GT SLI
    OR LAPTOP 2

    Alienware

    IntelCore™2 Duo Quad and Extreme Processors (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB
    Up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 CrossFireX Enabled
    it also sayes on the ATI that it will be 80% increase but i also know i cant trust everything the website tels me


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