Dell 1505 - Go 7300 GS vs. X1400

Hey Guys,

I just noticed the Dell began offering a Go 7300GS, as a more expnsive option over the x1400 on the 1505 line. How does this card compare to the x1400? According to the mobile graphics card guid the x1400 is higher rated than the go7300, but what about the go7300 GS?

Thanks,

Maciej

 

that sounds stupid to me i am sure the X1400 is a bettter card no matter the version of a 7300...

I could be wrong.

 

That's what I thought. But the higher price for the go7300 gs got me confused. Also I cannot find the go7300 gs listed on nvidias site? They only have the regular 7300 listed. Could the go7300 gs be faster than the regular go7400, thus faster than the x1400?

 

They offered it last summer for a time, go with the 1400. The 1400 is faster by a fair margin.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

 

I am confused too. But the dell x1400 has a 64bit memorybus instead of 128bit which may make the difference

 

This topic has been discussed quite a number of times in the forum & I believe the consensus is that the ATI X1400 is just better than the Nvidia 7300...

 

Yes, but it doesn't make sense that a worse card will cost $130 more than the better one.

 

Dell has very random and odd pricing some times and listen to what everyone has said because the X1400 is slightly better then the 7300. And if you think about it you get a better card for a cheaper price; how could you go wrong?

 

it is $23 more.

If you anticipate to use Linux, then 7300 Go is better choice. otherwise, it is not. But since both cards are more or less slow, performance difference doesn't matter... 7fps or 9fps won't make difference.

 

Brand name & many consumers' preference is driving the price of the Nvidia 7300 up. I mean if you have the chance to earn more when you know it is going to sell, why not charge higher? This makes sense from a business point of view. However, it kinda s***s for us consumers...

 

60$ on dell.com
130 CDN on dell.ca

 

Guys, thanks for the replies. I understand that the 1400 is better than the go7300 - I just thought that the go7300 GS was a new card, i.e and upgraded go7300, but it seems from the replies that they are one and the same thing.

 

The Go 7300 GS may be the 65 nm shrink of the old chip. This would mean less heat and power. The Inquirer ran an article on this today.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37698

 

The article doesnt refer to it as a notebook chip, nor is out yet. Though with everything from the inquirer, mass quantites of salt should be taken with it. The GS moniker typically means lower end of the model, GTX, GT, plain old 7XXX, and finally GS. If thats the case the part might actually perform a little bit lower than the vanillia 7300, though thats just pure speculation, its a given it wont out perform the 7400, so the X1400 should still be the best choice from both price and performance standpoints.

 

I think the GS model means Goes Slower... I noticed they are now offering this as well, having just bought my e1505. Thought the same thing, but like you I can't find anything that would lead me to believe the 7300 is faster. I'd just buy the 7300 GS, you can always send it back. There has to be something about it that justifies the cost over the X1400.

 

I did manage to find this blurb... which tells me I'd buy the X1400 since it will far outpace the X1300.

The GeForce 7300GS is designed to compete with the Radeon X1300 and does a good job of delivering similar performance to that of the ATi product at a similar price point. The Radeon X1300 does come in a Pro version which is only roughly $10 US more, yet has been found to be significantly faster in most applications.

 

Your still talking about desktop cards, which can be very confusing especially with ati, the X1300XT is actually a rebadged X1600 PRO, and a far cry from a mobility X1300.

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=27

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=27

At this point I highly suggest one takes the stance of "go with what you know" which leaves the X1400 at the top of the hill until proven otherwise.

 

I found a website.. again I believe talking about desktop cards.. but

said that the Go 7300 GS was designed to take on the X1300.
But then other information that didnt jive was:

Nvidia's website (7300)
Core 400MHz
Memory 700MHz

bit-tech.net website (7300 GS)
Core 550MHz
Memory 800MHz

Again they must also be talking about a specific implementation of the system.

Wierd

 

I believe those are the desktop cards though...

Despite the higher price, the 7300 does not outperform the X1400.

 

Yes. Besides, if it did, then that wouldn't make any sense. Because Go 7400 is equivalent (perhaps slightly slower) to X1400, why would they release a 7300 which will surpass their own 7400 ? (Unless it has a suffix like GT or GTX)

 

lol u guys are funny. Why? Cause no1 thought that the shipping and handling costs of the Nvidia gpu is more complicated then with Ati. Dell is more Ati certified then Nvidia....but then again Dell has a large line of Nvidia Gpus. Leading into Alienware.

 

well Nvidia was getting a better name then Ati. but after its vista drives blowing up in customers faces i am sure people will go with Ati for vista

 

I personally wouldnt let the vista driver issue sway me away form NV, they WILL get things right, what hurt them was putting out the G80 in the midst of vista, their driver team is working on multiple fronts now. G80 core cards actually arent even using the unified drivers, they have their own for the moment, from what I've read thats just a temporary situation. Creative labs are really digging themselves a huge hole for vista support, their drivers are horrible across the whole line, and actually are the cause of most of the game crashes that have been associated with Nvidia. I havent had a game crash during game play yet since I disabled my audigy 2 and enabled my onboard AC97, I've had it lock up/restart on app exit, but no problems during gameplay, its been working that way going on 2 weeks now I think. Bottom line, if you want a high end desktop card right now, G80 is the only logical choice, they are great performers, even with poor drivers, they rule in XP, and they have incredible price points already$299 for a 320MB 8800 GTS cant be beat.

Still, for the E1505, the x1400 is the best of the lot.

 

I agree. Go with the x1400. Oh and those readings I expect can be fairly accurate. I just compared them with my own readings and mine are pretty much right on with theirs (see sig).

 

i was gonna go w/ the more exspensive NV card...until i came across this forum site

thnx for the great info fellas