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Chadi · 09-25-2007, 12:55 PM

I'm looking for a powerful 13.3" or 15.4" laptop. I'm mainly looking at Sony Vaio because I have one now, its sleek design is the nicest out there.

Questions:

1.

What's faster, Sony's nearly 1.2GB hybrid Nvidia/Intel shared video memory or Nvidia 512MB dedicated video? I'll be doing a lot of multimedia / gaming.

Sony VGN-SZ670N 13.3" (Nvidia 831MB shared / Intel 358MB shared)
Sony VGN-FZ190N5 15.4" (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT 895MB total).
newegg.com shows the 15.4" model as 895MB total, yet Nvidia's site shows 512MB total. Is this hybrid / dedicated?

2.

Is there a way to trick the max resolution to something higher? I do not know why, but Sony's laptops only go to 1280x800 max. I'd like something higher than that.

3.

Anyone know about over clocking Intel laptop chips? :)

I'll be running Vista Ultimate w/ Media Center, 4GB memory.

09-25-2007, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chadi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 77 OS: Vista Ultimate	new laptop questions I'm looking for a powerful 13.3" or 15.4" laptop. I'm mainly looking at Sony Vaio because I have one now, its sleek design is the nicest out there. Questions: 1. What's faster, Sony's nearly 1.2GB hybrid Nvidia/Intel shared video memory or Nvidia 512MB dedicated video? I'll be doing a lot of multimedia / gaming. Sony VGN-SZ670N 13.3" (Nvidia 831MB shared / Intel 358MB shared) Sony VGN-FZ190N5 15.4" (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT 895MB total). newegg.com shows the 15.4" model as 895MB total, yet Nvidia's site shows 512MB total. Is this hybrid / dedicated? 2. Is there a way to trick the max resolution to something higher? I do not know why, but Sony's laptops only go to 1280x800 max. I'd like something higher than that. 3. Anyone know about over clocking Intel laptop chips? :) I'll be running Vista Ultimate w/ Media Center, 4GB memory.