integrated graphics... ... integrated GPU sounds fine for your needs.

stuckinasquare3 · 07-20-2007, 05:58 PM

I've never had a laptop with an integrated graphics card but was looking into purchasing one in the Inspiron 1420. I could use the extra battery life and I won't be doing much gaming on it. But I'm curious about playing DVDs or using photoshop or premiere or flash...do these things rely on the GPU at all or is it mainly CPU and I won't really notice the difference?

444 · 07-21-2007, 04:24 PM

Most of those things don't use GPU. DVD can benefit from a GPU, but I assume Intel included that feature in their gpus as well.

Kakarot · 07-22-2007, 04:57 PM

Unless you're doing games or 3d modeling, graphic card really has limited uses for every day stuff like email, web surfing, or even photoshop for that matter. DVDs don't normally depend on a good video card unless you're talking about blu-ray, hd-dvd or hd-videos but even then, a low/mid end vid card is sufficient enough.

Ghaz013 · 07-29-2007, 09:56 PM

integrated GPU sounds fine for your needs.

07-20-2007, 05:58 PM	#1
stuckinasquare3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,211 Credits: 154	integrated graphics... I've never had a laptop with an integrated graphics card but was looking into purchasing one in the Inspiron 1420. I could use the extra battery life and I won't be doing much gaming on it. But I'm curious about playing DVDs or using photoshop or premiere or flash...do these things rely on the GPU at all or is it mainly CPU and I won't really notice the difference? __________________ M1710 - T7200 - 2GB - 7950GTX - 7K100 - XP Home - SOLD Inspiron 1420 - T7300 - 2GB - 160GB HD - XP Pro

07-22-2007, 04:57 PM	#3
Kakarot Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,253 Credits: 349	Unless you're doing games or 3d modeling, graphic card really has limited uses for every day stuff like email, web surfing, or even photoshop for that matter. DVDs don't normally depend on a good video card unless you're talking about blu-ray, hd-dvd or hd-videos but even then, a low/mid end vid card is sufficient enough. __________________ MacBook Pro 15" Matte - 2.4GHz T7700, 4GB, 320GB, DVD+/-RW (DL), 8600GT 256MB, 10.5.2, Vista Business x64 SP1, Ubuntu 7.10 x64 8GB iPhone - T-Mobile, 1.1.1, Jailbreak

07-29-2007, 09:56 PM	#4
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07-21-2007, 04:24 PM	#2
444 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 109 Credits: -273	Most of those things don't use GPU. DVD can benefit from a GPU, but I assume Intel included that feature in their gpus as well.