Intel X3100

I'm thinking about getting a T61 soon.

I'm debating on which graphics card to get. The nvidia or intel one.

I'm not going to do heavy gaming. All I'm playing right now is CS 1.6, CS:S, and COD4. Also, I'm fine with setting the graphics in those games to medium or low.

How much more battery life do I get with the x3100 over the nvidia? Will it make the laptop run even cooler?

 

If you're going to do any gaming, get a dedicated video card.

 

He's right. COD4 I thought was a little more intensive, which the X3100 would not be able to do.

Not to mention, if you pick up any other new games the X3100 is going to suck at them.

 

thanks +rep

I guess I'm better off paying $100 more for a ded video card.

Is the nvs 140m alright for my needs?

 

With my 140M, I can play Source at 1440x900 with maxed out options, minus lowered AA/AF settings. It should be fine for what you're doing.

 

Thanks for all the responses. Now I know which card meets my needs.

 

you definatly need a dedicated card if you doing any sort of gameming or graphics

 

Well, I did get COD4 to run at all low settings on my x3100.

But you won't be able to play the game competitively.

 

A mixture of the X3100 and a low power processor can't run anything post 2000. :C

I'm thinking about overclocking this sucker.

 

I don't want to snipe anymore about the x3100, however

I have a dual-core t2330 @ 1.6 ghz and ALL the games I play are from 2003-2007 mostly at low settings, so they do run. And there are no cheap laptops with dedicated cards, at least not 450 dollar ones

Call of Duty 4 is not good on the x3100 to be clear however.

Call of Duty 2 gets me by...

As for overclocking, the shared memory is what hurts the performance, since the cpu-memory bottleneck is already a weak spot on most computers. integrated graphics tends to aggravate this situation.