Laptop video card

A laptop video card is very vital incertain functions of a laptop such as gaming, designing, and other functions. There are various classes of laptop video cards. There are the intergrated class, the low end dedicated class and others.

The Integrated class - Integrated laptop video card include Intel Extreme Graphics 2, Intel Extreme Graphics, ATI 320M, 340M IGP, S3 or SiS chipsets.

For laptop users who are planning to be involved in gaming activities, these chipset are ideal for them. For those who want to game, then you must at every cost avoid integrated video cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900/950:
DirectX Level: DirectX 9
Pipelines: 4 Pipelines
Memory settings: 128-bit bus, and uses dedicated memory with system.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/9100 IGP:
DirectX Level: DirectX 8.1
Pipelines: 2 Pipelines
Memory settings: 128-bits, shared with system.

ATI Radeon Xpress 200M:
DirectX Level: DirectX 9
Pipelines: 2 Pipelines
Memory settings: Width varies; 16MB, 32MB, and 128MB

The low end dedicated class - They include the ATI Mobility Radeon, ATI Mobility Radeon 7500, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, ATI Mobility Radeon 9200, nVidia GeForce 4 Go Series, and nVidia GeForce FX Go 5200. These cards are much better for gaming than the intergrated ones.