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    does sxps 1340 have switchable graphics?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by snowboardpunk, Apr 20, 2009.

  1. snowboardpunk

    snowboardpunk Notebook Consultant

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    well i know it has sli but i was wondering if it switches between integrated and dedicated gpus. cuz in the review they guy said he got 4 hours with integrated graphics.
     
    snowboardpunk, Apr 20, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    If you have a dedicated graphics card, you don't have integrated. They are two completely different chipsets.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 20, 2009
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    but some have switchable like the t400
     
    snowboardpunk, Apr 20, 2009
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    What Mastershroom said is not true. The 1340 has both integrated (GeForce 9400) and dedicated (Geforce 9200) graphics. You can use just the integrated to save power, or both together on Hybrid Sli for better performance (which appears as a 9500 card). So it's integrated or integrated+dedicated. You can also buy it with only the integrated graphics.
     
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    I never understood that... is the 9400 considered an integrated card or a discrete card? I always thought integrated chips were Intel chips, or is nVidia now integrating their video cards into motherboards now?
     
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Oh sh!t, I forgot how to read. :p

    I was thinking of the XPS M1330, not the SXPS 1340. Damn their similar series names and model numbers. >_<
     
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    Yep, the laptop is based on an nvidia motherboard (as opposed to an intel one) so alot of the drivers are nvidia based. If you open up the laptop with just the integrated graphics you should only have 2 heatsinks, 1 for the northbridge (graphics integrated here), and 1 for the CPU.. If you have the dedicated 9200 then you should have 3 heatsinks (1 more the the dedicated 9200).
     
    pillowshot, Apr 21, 2009
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    im so confused i bought the 9400m g so i dont have discrete graphics?
     
    snowboardpunk, Apr 22, 2009
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    mtness loitering

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    i think you needed to upgrade the unit from the 9400m to the one that says 9500m GPU which is what they are calling the hybrid sli 9200m+9400m
    it may not be to late to cancel your order and choose the upgraded GPU i think its a cheap upgrade also.
     
    mtness, Apr 22, 2009
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