Battlefield: Vietnam Performance

The Battlefield performance crown continues to go to ATI, with the M28 offering a 20% performance advantage at 1024 x 768. ATI's M28 driver did not support the 1280 x 960 resolution we originally ran the GeForce 6800 Go laptop we had on loan, thus we had to perform this comparison at the lower 1024 x 768 resolution.

Although ATI has a performance advantage across all resolutions, the two GPUs scale very similarly with resolution, although the performance gap does begin to shrink at the higher resolutions.

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  • gibhunter - Monday, November 8, 2004 - link

    Yeah, nice performance, but it's not a laptop. First of all, you need to keep it on a flat surface so that the fans under the system are not blocked. Second, at 12 pounds it's rediculously heavy. An 8 pound notebook is already pushing the limits. At 12 pounds, you can't call it a notebook with a straight face.

    The only exciting part of this product launch is what Anand said. The possibility of the 9800 being the new midrange and being found in smaller notebooks.
  • HardwareD00d - Monday, November 8, 2004 - link

    These new graphics solutions are going to give Intel's upcoming integrated graphics solutions a beating. Hooray for ATI & Nvidia!
  • allnighter - Monday, November 8, 2004 - link

    Nice comeback for nVidia. And a very good review as well. Not exactly apples to apples but under the given circumstances more than enough. If M28 is not availabe at a launch it seems ATi may see another piece of the market chipped away in the mobile sector. Nice indeed. I'm actually happy for nVidia. Can't believe I said that lol, but I really like to see some real competition in the mobile market. It's been a one player game for a long time.
  • Aquila76 - Monday, November 8, 2004 - link

    Let me be the first to say, Holy sh1t! Doom3 at 1280x1024 High Quality 4xAA on a LAPTOP at 40+FPS? I'd love to see these vid cards on an A64 proc, though. I remember not too long ago you had to settle for a couple gen's ago graphic capability. Now they're on par with current desktop offerings. We've come a long way, baby.

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