u use 8600M GT, later it kaboom u cry also no use...

N81Vg perhaps??? but imho it's too expensive for the price u pay...

next step down will be U80Vg, but for the price, u ve better options with other brands...

This post has been edited by astria: Aug 15 2009, 08:55 AM

iirc, rm4799 and rm3399 respectively...

depends on wat transcoding software u use...

if u use Badaboom, which is optimized for CUDA, a 9600M GT can even transcode 3 times faster than a Core 2 Quad...

if u use ATi AVIVO, which ATi claims to be optimized for ATi CAL, but actually it's not, it's juz going to use ur CPU to transcode...

as for those free ones u can find in the Net, for sure they are going to be CPU based...

and also, some new ones are optimized for SSE4.1 as well...

but generally speaking, Core 2 will be slightly faster than K8 when comes to videos (it's number crunching after all)... but remember, both ARE slow compared to the GPU when comes to such work...

HD4860 is really not cheap seriously...

juz look at those with HD4850 or GTX 260M... be prepared to be abt the same price range since HD4860 is even better than them...

at the very least, imo it will be more expensive than MSI's gaming laptops with HD4850, which are already selling at rm4k+ to 5k...

besides, 40nm RV770 is in tight supply, and AMD still ve to reserve some manufacturing capacity for RV870 as well, even though TSMC has improved on the quality... so whether HD4860 really will come out is another qn...

This post has been edited by astria: Aug 16 2009, 07:31 AM

P = 25W, T = 35W... that's all...

the numbers are wat indicates the performance...

for 1066MHz FSB, RAM running @ 533MHz DDR is already fast enuf... so 800MHz DDR is overkill...

as for N51Vf... well, imo u may want to wait for N51Vn to reach MY then decide... it has GT 240M for graphic, better than the GT 130M On the Vf... but i ve to say, benchmarks are disappointing... u ve better choices with other brands...

bro, can contribute here???

interested to see how the GPU stacks against the others...

not again.. .

i still dun understand why my name is green in the list...

bro, mind contributing here???

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1109389

no problem bro... i'll be waiting... many would love to see how GTX 260M stacks against 9800M...

anyway, any U80V users here also??? hope u guys can join in as well... want to see how it compares with K40Ab...

try FurMark...

it's a GPU stressing tool... see whether can fry egg or not...

try use GPU-Z instead...

funny thing is, quite a number of ppl can't get the GPU temp on HWMonitor...

as for driver, u can try the DNA ones, or use Mobility Modder from DriverHaven (which finally support HD4000...)

better still, use AMD's Win7 driver... they work on Vista as well...

i used AMD Win7 driver plus Mobility Modder (juz in case) on Catalyst 9.7... honestly speaking, no surprises in terms of benchmark... tried running once last night, still 6.4k+...

as for Asus' one, well, the result posted in my GPU thread is the one... also 6.4k+...

i tried using Catalyst 9.6 from AMD before... but result is not so good (like can only install on top of Asus' driver... install from scratch will not detect the GPU), so i revert back to Asus' Catalyst 9.5

before i install AMD's Catalyst 9.7, i ve already got Asus' Catalyst 9.7 installed... but juz to play safe, i ran Mobility Modder on AMD's Catalyst to make sure it can be installed without problems...

[quote=wkh_united,Aug 18 2009, 05:00 PM]
[quote=Perfect-Stranger,Aug 17 2009, 08:42 PM]
Well, actually the performance between U80V P8700 and F81SE P8700, i would say they are almost the same. Just that from their outlook, it's totally different thing. Price wise, you are paying extra RM 400 for it.
Anyway, it's your choice at the end of the day. But for me, T6500 is just enough to cope with my daily usage.

Thanks Perfect. If then I think I should consider U80V T6500. Can I know what the price is for this model?

[/quote]

iirc it's rm3399..

u forgot the Centrino 2 sticker...

ahh... so they improved the mouse already... my one cannot hide the cable one...

another full AMD platform from Asus after the N51Tn and K40Ab/K50Ab...

anyway, wonder if it has HD4200 as hybrid graphic...

wanna try my method??? import urself...

ya, HD4570 and HD3200...

take note HK's model comes with Vista Home Basic...