Direct X 10 Laptops?

I need to get a laptop for school, but I wanted to make sure I can play Vista games (gaming for Windows or whatever it's called) on it. I know only certain video cards can handle DX 10.



Does anyone know if there are DX 10 capable laptops out yet?Direct X 10 Laptops?
theyre out. I think the 8400 and 8600 series laptops are out.Theyre nothing special, but 8800 series shoudl be around soon. Along with ASUS making external graphics, which are still in the works and only in 7900gs versions right now.Direct X 10 Laptops?
[QUOTE=''9mmSpliff'']theyre out. I think the 8400 and 8600 series laptops are out.Theyre nothing special, but 8800 series shoudl be around soon. Along with ASUS making external graphics, which are still in the works and only in 7900gs versions right now.[/QUOTE]nVidia just announced the 8700M GT (basicly an overclocked 8600M GT), which is supposed to perform on par with the Go 7950 GTX. If you don't want to wait for that or the 8800Ms that will no doubt be comming, the 8600M GT is the current best card thats available for purchase now (~7000 3DMark05 and ~4000 3GMark06). I reccomend the Asus G1s (or a MacBook Pro with bootcamp if you want the sexiest notebook around with a 8600M). These are the only two notebooks shipping now with that GPU (I think). Also the Asus XG Station (extrernal GPU) is only really an option for notebooks without dedicated graphics, as it is bottlenecked by its PCI-E X1 expresscard bandwidth limit (Benchmarks showed a 3DMark05 of about 4000). It will be easily surpassed by the mid to upper range 8 series mobile GPUs. Also, watch for AMD's Mobility Radeon HD2600XT, as it is due to be released soon as well, though it will probably perform about the same as the 8600M GT. Hope that helps you :)
[QUOTE=''ImperialAdmaral'']nVidia just announced the 8700M GT (basicly an overclocked 8600M GT), which is supposed to perform on par with the Go 7950 GTX. If you don't want to wait for that or the 8800Ms that will no doubt be comming, the 8600M GT is the current best card thats available for purchase now (~7000 3DMark05 and ~4000 3GMark06). I reccomend the Asus G1s (or a MacBook Pro with bootcamp if you want the sexiest notebook around with a 8600M). These are the only two notebooks shipping now with that GPU (I think). Also the Asus XG Station (extrernal GPU) is only really an option for notebooks without dedicated graphics, as it is bottlenecked by its PCI-E X1 expresscard bandwidth limit (Benchmarks showed a 3DMark05 of about 4000). It will be easily surpassed by the mid to upper range 8 series mobile GPUs. Also, watch for AMD's Mobility Radeon HD2600XT, as it is due to be released soon as well, though it will probably perform about the same as the 8600M GT. Hope that helps you :)[/QUOTE]

There won't be any 8800 mobiles until they drop down to the 65nm PP, which they should be later this year, or they drastically cut down the core.