laptop video cards

[Mawie]

I am in the market for a new computer, and I have decided for space and portability sakes, I am gonna get a laptop.I have seen a few nice laptops at Best Buy with good processors, a nice amount of RAM, and geForce cards, but I am not quite sure what to look for in a video card for a laptop. Can someone point me in the right direction? Even suggesting a laptop to look at would be most appreciated.Thanks. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Cassea]

Here is a list from best to worst. In general good graphics on a laptop is going to cost you some $$$'s. The "bargains" you see are usually laptops with bare-bones 3D video.<a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html?&doom3=&fear=&or=&search=&sort=3dmark06" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile...p;sort=3dmark06</a>Hope this helps.-JB

[ScottAdams]

Great link thanks Cass!

[Wolfmyth]

Just a small performance reference, I sometimes play on my laptop, its a 2Ghz c2d, 2GB ram and a 8400M GS in VISTA. EQ2 plays badly and theres driver issues atm, really bad choppiness / dropped frames (game shows 20 out of the 25 frames kind of thing) but I found that I can play on balanced on my native res 1280x800 if I turn shader distance to -1. Game looks ok, textures look better but theres no decent lighting and other eyecandy.

[Laroje]

I've got a 2.5Ghz- 2G/RAM laptop with a nVidia 8600M card in it.  Works VERY well for playing EQ2.  I can't run on Extreme, but I can get pretty close.  Not TOO bad of lag in the newer zones, and pretty much no lag in the "older" zones (SS, Ant, CL, etc...)