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Well it says Intel graphics media accelerator and as far as I know, Intel does not make dedicated graphics cards like say Nvidea or AMD do.
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Oh and with those you can't input a card that you bought from Nvidea?
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08-26-2009 at 03:38 PM
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Also, I'm kind of confused... this is more out of interest though:
If the laptop doesn't have discrete video memory OR integrated video memory, then what does it have?
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It then has a 3rd party video card.
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08-26-2009 at 03:40 PM
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Oh and with those you can't input a card that you bought from Nvidea?
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I'm not to sure but my guess is probably not since you need sufficient room which the laptop wouldn't have. Laptops differ in this way from PC's in which you can replace any component you want. However I do know that you can replace an existing 3rd party graphics card on a laptop but its a complicated process.
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08-26-2009 at 03:45 PM
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I'm not to sure but my guess is probably not since you need sufficient room which the laptop wouldn't have. Laptops differ in this way from PC's in which you can replace any component you want. However I do know that you can replace an existing 3rd party graphics card on a laptop but its a complicated process.
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Hmmm so if a laptop has sufficient processing (dual core 2.0 Ghz+) and ram (4 Gb)...then a good graphics card would still be needed to run programs smoothly? Or ones like photoshop and such?
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08-26-2009 at 03:45 PM
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Also, I'm kind of confused... this is more out of interest though:
If the laptop doesn't have discrete video memory OR integrated video memory, then what does it have?
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it has either discrete/ dedicated GPU (more expensive, high end = better gaming and graphics editing) OR integrated graphics process (cheap and low end).
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Hmmm so if a laptop has sufficient processing (dual core 2.0 Ghz+) and ram (4 Gb)...then a good graphics card would still be needed to run programs smoothly? Or ones like photoshop and such?
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Yes graphics intensive programs would need a good graphics card to run smoothly alongside sufficient ram and processing power.
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08-26-2009 at 03:48 PM
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Hmmm so if a laptop has sufficient processing (dual core 2.0 Ghz+) and ram (4 Gb)...then a good graphics card would still be needed to run programs smoothly? Or ones like photoshop and such?
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You would need a dedicated gpu/ graphics card for running games, video/graphic editing and programs like photoshop (anything thats graphic intensive). Everything else like MS Office work fine with integrated.
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You would need a dedicated gpu/ graphics card for running games, video/graphic editing and programs like photoshop (anything thats graphic intensive). Everything else like MS Office work fine with integrated.
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So even a low end 128 Mb dedicated graphics card is better than the ones they have on there?
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08-26-2009 at 03:56 PM
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it has either discrete/ dedicated GPU (more expensive, high end = better gaming and graphics editing) OR integrated graphics process (cheap and low end).
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That's not true... not according to the future shop specs for that HP laptop.
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08-26-2009 at 03:57 PM
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So even a low end 128 Mb dedicated graphics card is better than the ones they have on there?
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Not necessarily... you need to look at it on a case-by-case basis. Generally speaking however, a dedicated card is supoerior.
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That's not true... not according to the future shop specs for that HP laptop.
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It is true futureshop is lying to you. It has to either of the 2 options I listed or like the new macbook pros both of them.
edit: I just saw the futureshop ad again and it does have integrated graphics the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD is an integrated gpu. I think they made a mistake when they said "Integrated Video Memory No". It should be Yes.
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09-01-2009 at 11:54 PM
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I'm going into engineering, and while I seriously considered buying a mac, I decided against it due to the various software incompatibilities....
Anyways, I ended up buying this one.. http://www1.ca.dell.com/ca/en/home/L...=cadhs1&~ck=mn
I got it in the third configuration, with the P8600 processor (2.4 GHz), the 4GB of ram, and the 320gb hardrive.
What do you think? I know alot of people seem to be anti-dell, but how about the specs, etc? Thanks  |
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09-01-2009 at 11:59 PM
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ya i got a dell inspiron 14 inch. its pretty good. i hope u used coupons on ur online orders, since i saved about $300 on my inspiron 14 by putting in an online code. But yeah dell is good, great after sales service, they dont have the uber best laptops but their stuff will work. |
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09-02-2009 at 02:17 PM
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1st: Dell is great
2nd: the specs are fine, but if you're into gaming, you'd probably have wanted at least a 512 meg video card.
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09-02-2009 at 02:48 PM
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I agree, pretty good deal but you're out of luck if you're an avid gamer.
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