Performance difference betw FireGL on T42p and T43p

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davidlg16 · #1 Post by **davidlg16** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:21 am

Anyone know anything regarding the performance difference between these two graphics cards?

T43P
Graphics ATI® MOBILITY™ FireGL™ V3200 / PCI Express x16 / 128MB GDDR1 memory

vs.

T42P
ATI® Mobility™ FireGL™ T2 / AGP 4X / 128MB DDR1 / OpenGL® support

Thanks in advance for any input

David

#2 Post by **K. Eng** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:40 am

I don't think there are any major differences between the two except for the interface (AGP versus PCIe). I believe both are RV350 derived and should offer comparable performance.

davidlg16 · #3 Post by **davidlg16** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:14 pm

hm... so there is really not much difference betw a T42p and a T43p

dfumento · #4 Post by **dfumento** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:22 pm

Someone recently posted benchmarks in this forum that showed the T43p graphics to be about 25% faster than the T42p graphics. I coundn't find the post, but I'm certain it is there.

#5 Post by **RonS** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:24 pm

Yes, there is a difference. The T43p will get worse battery life, it's more expensive, and it's not yet available.

Kenn · #6 Post by **Kenn** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:22 pm

The graphics chipset isn't the only thing that's changed. The T43 should benefit almost linearly from the move to the 533MHz FSB and faster DDR2 RAM, (reports of around 15-25% overall sound about right to me), but as was mentioned, Intel and IBM have admitted that this comes at the expense of battery life.

davidlg16 · #7 Post by **davidlg16** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:07 pm

wow I'd say 15~25% is a pretty noticeable difference.

I'd definitely prefer the T43pover T42p if that's the case since it comes with 9cell anyway?

dfumento · #8 Post by **dfumento** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:13 pm

I'm not so certain about the true performance boost beside the graphics.

Read:
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20050119/index.html

Performance difference betw FireGL on T42p and T43p

Performance difference betw FireGL on T42p and T43p

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