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Can anyone out there give me the pros and cons of this graphic card? Thnxs
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Pros:
It's the best shared memory GPU on the market.
The HP zv6000 and R4000 notebooks add 128MB of dedicated memory, bringing performance closer to the Radeon X300.
Cons:
It's still a low-end GPU. It'll struggle with Doom 3.
If you're serious about gaming find an AMD notebook with a Radeon X700. There are at least a few out there. Otherwise the 200M is fine.
So ok it will struggle with Doom3, but will it be fine for the plethora of slightly less recent/graphics-intensive games like Far Cry, BF Vietnam, Joint Ops, Madden 05, Neverwinter Nights...
For stuff like that is it going to be fine?
I have run Madden 04 and it runs great. Madden 05 is probably not much different. Neverwinter Nights works great as well. I have an hpzv6000 with AMD Athlon 64 3500+ with 1gb ram. Most everything works well. The only thing I have found so far that does not work well is Knights of the Old Republic. This is a good system at a great price. Also, check out www.zv6000forums.com for more great information.
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