Centrino for gaming?

[hogfather]

Hello everyone,

I'm looking at laptops for a mate of mine. I saw a centrino 1.6 I think, with a 9700 ati mobility graphics chip, 60gig hdd, 17 inch widescreen, dvd burner yadayadayada. But how does this stack up in gaming terms to say a p4 3.2ghz laptop, or a XP M chip?

I know the centrino thing is all about wireless and battery life, but is it any good for games? Because I do know its not the usual intel mhz rubbish, its more like the amd system, less is more with this Dothan chip.

Cheers,

Chris

XP2000, 512 ddr 2700ram, GF4 MX440, XP Pro

 

[pitsi]

The only thing I can say to you is that I can play with no problems C&C Generals: Zero Hour (1024x768, graphics @ max), on my 1.4GHz Banias with a Radeon 9000. So based on my experience I can say that your 1.6 with Radeon 9700 will be a monster in games !!!