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Quadro 700 to X300 advice

post #1 of 6
7/27/05 at 6:22pm
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Hi People

Just want to ask I am thinking of buying another Dell Notebook, for general use, (Internet, Photoshop,Dreamweaver,FlashMX2004) Maybe the odd game. I have A Dell Precision M50 and was wondering is the X300 on par with the Quadro 700go. I have decided on the the Inspiron 600 (has IEE1394 as standard).

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Jonny

M50

2 Ghz (northwood)
1 GB DDR (266)
40 Gb (5,400)
Quadro 700 (64mb)
UXGA UltraSharp
DVD-R (x2)

Nearly forgot
There seems to be a £300 Different between Integrated graphics (£469) or X300 (£769) on e-bay, and am thinking of the Intergrated one, can I put in a X300 or higher at a later date as £300 is a little steep (for casual gamer)
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post #2 of 6
7/27/05 at 7:50pm
The x300 will be about on par with the Quadro 700, maybe a little bit better (the 128MB version anyway). No you cannot upgrade the i6000 (with integrated graphics) down the road, because it uses the Intel 915GM chipset that does not support a PCI-E or AGP graphics solution (the board will not even have a slot for one). For any type of future upgradeability hopes you must go with the i6000d, which at least has the 915PM chipset and a PCI-E slot.

Stu
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post #3 of 6
7/29/05 at 7:53pm
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Originally Posted by Jonny B
Hi People

Just want to ask I am thinking of buying another Dell Notebook, for general use, (Internet, Photoshop,Dreamweaver,FlashMX2004) Maybe the odd game. I have A Dell Precision M50 and was wondering is the X300 on par with the Quadro 700go. I have decided on the the Inspiron 600 (has IEE1394 as standard).

Thanks

Jonny

M50

2 Ghz (northwood)
1 GB DDR (266)
40 Gb (5,400)
Quadro 700 (64mb)
UXGA UltraSharp
DVD-R (x2)

Nearly forgot
There seems to be a £300 Different between Integrated graphics (£469) or X300 (£769) on e-bay, and am thinking of the Intergrated one, can I put in a X300 or higher at a later date as £300 is a little steep (for casual gamer)

I recommend Dell outlet over eBay.... prices for Dell laptops on eBay are considerably more than similar spec on outlet, thats if you find a good deal with a coupon..... i managed to use a US coupon for mine in the UK.
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post #4 of 6
7/29/05 at 8:32pm
Are you seriously considering a Dell? The X300 is pretty bad, and its already being pushed out; you can get plenty of nice, mobile notebooks with the X600 installed, and the performance gains will definitely help future-proof it.
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post #5 of 6
7/30/05 at 2:35am
The 128mb x300 isn't that slow, especially since it overclocks almost to x600 speeds.
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post #6 of 6
8/12/05 at 5:56pm
If you're willing to overclock both cards, the X300 gets around 1700, and the X600 gets close to 2200. Just so you know...

* This is assuming you're not doing extreme overclocking, since I remember somebody getting 2000 or so with the X300.
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