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    Nvidia GeForce GO 8600M GT 256MB

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by crowbar, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. crowbar

    crowbar Notebook Geek

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    My new laptop has the Nvidia GeForce GO 8600M GT 256MB graphics card in it according to the Dell listing. I can find mention of Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB without the word GO in the title all over the net and it doesn't look to bad. So I'm wondering, is the word GO in the title of my card suggesting that perhaps I have a down scaled version / cheaper version or are they the same thing and same performance?
     
    crowbar, Mar 24, 2009
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    tianxia kitty!!!

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    nvidia changed their naming scheme for mobile cards, it used to be 'geforce go xxxx +suffix', now it's 'geforce xxxxM +suffix'. dell is too stupid or lazy to change their site.
     
    tianxia, Mar 24, 2009
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    Good enough for me :)

    Thanks
     
    crowbar, Mar 24, 2009
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