Hi guys,Looking at buying a decent performing but not over-the-top priced notebook. Primarily it will be used for internet, office and other daily tasks, but I would like it to be able to at least run FS9 with decent performance even with average settings enabled - antialiasing etc. In terms of budget, well I would imagine in Dollars somewhere between $500 and $900. But basically what I am seeing locally available at the upper range in my budget there are Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHZ plus and a variety of graphics chips ranging from ATI Radeon HD3200 shared graphics, Intel X3100 shared graphics, Intel GMA X4500 shared graphics, Nvidia 9300M dedicated graphics and lastly Nvidia 220M GT dedicated graphics.My ultimate goal would have been a MacBook Pro, but way out of my budget, even the 13.3" white MacBook is above my budget besides being a bit small in display size.I don't want to go any lower than a 2 GHZ Core 2 Duo, but which of the graphics chips above will work or in particular not work for FS9? I know that integrated/shared graphics is more often than not useless for 3D games etc. What is the difference between the Nvidia 9300M and the Nvidia 220M GT?Philip.

The GT220M is in the same class of performance as the 9600 GT. Obviously this places it above the 9300.

Hmm, that sounds positive - the one notebook that I am looking at is an Asus X61IC-220DV. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHZ CPU, 4 GB DDR2 800 RAM, 320 GB SATA HDD, Nvidia 220M GT 1GB GPU and the rest of the goodies that come with notebooks these days. Will this be able to run FS9 in a decent manner, even if the FPS is a bit low?Philip.

I found this link that shows more detail about this notebook: Asus X61ICPhilip.

Looks like a great FS9 machine! Should run high settings w/add-ons at native resolution easily.

Hmm, glad to hear, thanks. I am going to look around a bit more but I am pretty confident that I will go for this model. If the price is as it in the advert then I am quite happy with it.Philip.

That screen is particularly nice. I think you'll be hard pressed to find a better notebook for the money.