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why does dell has crappy vid cards? anyway to upgrade?

post #1 of 16
3/18/06 at 7:45pm
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most of the laptops they have that are 15" or under have that intel accelerator thingy. i need a laptop for college and im not looking for anything above 15" but i need a good vid card
does anyone know why dell doesnt even offer a better vid card for laptops under 15" ? it kinda makes me wonder. and is there anyway to upgrade it even though it doesnt allow u to? like call in or something?
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post #2 of 16
3/18/06 at 8:26pm
Inspiron 6000 with an ATI x300 128mb is the best Dell has for a 15"er and $699 isn't bad.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=i6000S1&s=dhs
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post #3 of 16
3/18/06 at 10:06pm
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post #4 of 16
3/18/06 at 10:13pm
i wouldnt calll the x300 crap.. its a decent mid-ranged card for a 15"

mine has been decent for most things.

sure its not going to play games 4-5yrs from now, but what is
? not much
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post #5 of 16
3/18/06 at 10:34pm
x300 will have trouble with games THIS year. My laptop has an x700 in it, and not even happy with that. For this year, maybe next year you want a card that does 4000+ on 3Dmark05.

My goal is to have a laptop that can play games at native lcd resolution with max or almost max quality settings. 1680x1050 with the x700 is really straining that card (1280x800 is probably the right native res for the x700). A 6800go seems to do OK at 1680x1050, but it can get strained on more complicated games like EQ2.
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post #6 of 16
3/18/06 at 11:29pm
think my x300 strains on pong (:
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post #7 of 16
3/19/06 at 2:53am
Dell's Latitude D810 has an x600 128MB.
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post #8 of 16
3/19/06 at 3:00am
isnt it a x600 with HM?

thats not any better than the x300 basically.
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post #9 of 16
3/24/06 at 10:25pm
I don't really get why some people are so down on the X300. Is it trendy to bash it or something? Sure, its not the hottest in 3d gaming hardware, but its run every game i've put in it...granted not at "super-duper-awesome-brag to your friends about frame rate because you feel inadequate about your penis" quality but it'll due for the moderate gamers in my opinion. However (and this is where I get off my soap box) I could see it being no enough in no time.
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post #10 of 16
3/25/06 at 4:14am
Why? Because the cards are cheap. Upgrade? Not after configuration.
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post #11 of 16
3/25/06 at 5:01am
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
isnt it a x600 with HM?

thats not any better than the x300 basically.

I dont know why ppl think HM is a bad thing.
Hyper memory is a good thing...well at least....the Idea behind it. In the futrue you'll see most cards do it. And DX10 has a form of hyper memory.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6143883/p-4.html

"Opening up the video card to more applications will require Vista to give the GPU more system resources and allow applications to share the hardware. The biggest change for game developers will be virtualized memory for the GPU. The video card will now have its own space in system RAM to store information that can't fit on local video card memory. High-end video cards ship with 256MB or 512MB of memory, but games can still use the extra space in system memory to store large chunks of information, like textures.
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney explains, "Virtual texturing eliminates the video memory bottleneck on texture size; whereas in DirectX 9 the size of textures we can use with full performance is limited by the amount of video memory, in DirectX 10 it is only limited by total system memory." Furthermore, Tim predicts that virtual memory will enable a "2X-4X increase in texture usage in games, which will be great for Unreal Engine 3 games, where textures are often authored at very high resolutions like 2048x2048, and then scaled down on lower-end systems to improve performance."
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post #12 of 16
3/25/06 at 4:09pm
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w00h00 E1505 has upgradable and good vid cards now!
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post #13 of 16
3/25/06 at 11:27pm
Hey guys, nOOb Q here, But is the "x" in the ATI card syou're all mentioning a "variable" number, or is it really "X"?
-And where does my 9800 128MB Radeon fit into the scale of cards these days?
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post #14 of 16
3/25/06 at 11:35pm
lol its just an x, not a variable, i think it was ati's clever way of going from the 9xxx (x's here being variables) to their new "X" series (X being the Roman numeral 10) The 9800 is still pretty decent, but it probably cannot handle some more modern features and may lack on performance in newer games. I have a nvidia 5900xt thats still doin pretty well, and I'm sure the 9800 is better than that. No need to kick it to the curb yet
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post #15 of 16
3/25/06 at 11:43pm
Why ?
Because it sells, my friend. And $$ is what it's all about.
The setup they have keeps them # 1 in the business of selling PC's.
And the whole industry listens to their voice.

If you want a nice videocard you buy a better model.

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post #16 of 16
3/26/06 at 12:32am
if you want a better vid card, then buy the dell xps 170 or if you want a 15.4 " with a good vid card then look at the alienware area 51 5500, or look at some asus
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