| Mummelmann said: 500MHz clock speed for GPU |
GPU Shader count is much more important than core clock. Some lesser GPUs have higher frequencies than the top of the range.
The current market is such that you want a Mobility Radeon 2600 or 2700; or a Mobility Radeon 3650 or 3800 or 3800X2; or a Geforce 8600M, 8700M, 8800M; or a Geforce 9600M, 9700M or 9800M.Anything less is not for serious gaming.
The AMD ones tend to give better value as they are on a smaller process node which means less power consumption:
Currently: Mobilty Radeon 2xxx (65nm) vs. Geforce 8xxxM (90nm) - AMD uses less power.
Becoming availible now or soon: Mobilty Radeon 3xxx (55nm) vs. Geforce 9xxxM (65nm) - AMD uses less power.
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