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Does the Graphics Card Matter

post #1 of 6
6/3/09 at 8:00am
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I have a decent laptop (HP dv9920us) and it has great RAM, a large hard drive, and a large HD screen. However, it graphics processor is a tiny little Geforce 7150m with about 128-256mb of graphics memory (depending on how much is needed). This card makes it almost impossible to play any modern games, and even some old ones (Morrowind is barely playable). What I want to know is whether connecting my video output to my HD tv will make my performance any better. I'm thinking of buying mass effect, and i'm wondering if this could let me play it.
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post #2 of 6
6/3/09 at 12:48pm
Video output, on a notebook LCD or an HD TV, is still being limited as how the graphic card performance can deliver.

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post #3 of 6
6/3/09 at 12:56pm


It doesn't matter what screen you're using - the graphics card still needs to process the data to feed that screen. While your television may have hardware decoders for tv signals, it doesn't have hardware decoders for signals from an external device like your computer.
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post #4 of 6
6/3/09 at 1:20pm
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well thnks 4 telling me. Anyway, I was wondering if I could run mass effect, because even though my card suks I still have a 2.4ghz processor and 4gb of ram.
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post #5 of 6
6/3/09 at 1:42pm
It can compensate somewhat with more ram, fast drive and fast cpu, but as far as clear presentation and rendering, the system still relies very much on the graphic card performance. Play games at low and medium resolutions?

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post #6 of 6
6/3/09 at 1:46pm
Since ME2 uses the Unreal 3 engine, you'd probably be limited to playing on very low settings with no shadows. The Unreal 3 engine is a graphics HOG.
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