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    what is the best of nividia 8600GT ?? need yout experience

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by alaa2003, Mar 15, 2009.

  1. alaa2003

    alaa2003 Notebook Guru

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    hello
    see bellow print screen photo of two laptops Model M1530

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    1- what is the difference ?
    2- what is the best ?
    3- what is the one able to play most games ?
     
    alaa2003, Mar 15, 2009
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  2. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    1. Nothing
    2. Both
    3. They can both play every single game out....

    (If you can't get my humour, both cards are EXACTLYTHESAME)
     
    plasma., Mar 15, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    The second one appears to have double the amount of dedicated video RAM, so I would say that the one below is better (the XP one >_>).

    I am also a little confused.. does the m1530 have two versions of the card, a 512MB and 256MB version, or is it just XP and Vista detecting the same card differently?
     
    namaiki, Mar 15, 2009
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Dedicated mem over 256mb is useless for the 8600m GT its to weak to make use of it and it is actually not really necessary
     
    X2P, Mar 15, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    If it's the same price I would still get the 512MB one unless you're thinking of overclocking.
     
    namaiki, Mar 15, 2009
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    shadowlaw Notebook Consultant

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    For no apparent reason, (and if the same price) i would pick the 512mb as well ...

    Although its pretty clear that the 8600m gt would not be able to utilise anything after the 256mb.
     
    shadowlaw, Mar 15, 2009
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    Salty85 Notebook Consultant

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    They are the same card.... on XP, the 8600M GT sees 256MB of the onboard card memory and uses 256 of the Motherboard memory. It runs great though in XP. If you question it, just look up the card in everest or a similar program.
     
    Salty85, Mar 16, 2009
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    Usually, the 512MB version has DDR2 memory while the 256MB version has GDDR3 one. This can make a 20% difference in performance.

    You should check that out ; it's the only difference there could be between those two.
     
    Kilador, Mar 16, 2009
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    alaa2003 Notebook Guru

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    hello
    the 512 one i can see it 256 in bios and also in GPU-Z
    and its GDDR3 too
    but both windows xp and vista see it 512

    pls advice

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    thx
     
    alaa2003, Mar 16, 2009
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  10. alaa2003

    alaa2003 Notebook Guru

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    where is the experts?
     
    alaa2003, Mar 17, 2009
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    precise2282 Notebook Geek

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    Well first I don't even know if they offer the 512 mb version of the card on the m1530's but I could be mistaken. You want to go with the 256 mb version because it uses GDDR3. The 512 uses GDDR2. As someone posted earlier, there is a noticeable difference in performance. One of the main reasons I purchased this laptop is because they offered this specific videocard. The short answer is that the 256 mb version is better. Next time do some searching because this issue has been answered multiple times on numerous other threads.
     
    precise2282, Mar 17, 2009
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    Yitzter Notebook Evangelist

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    The amount of on board memory doesn't make a difference, it's the speed that it runs at.

    Meaning 256 GDDR3 will be a lot faster then the 512 DDR2, simply because of faster throughput. The video card will utilize shared ram anyway.

    I think all m1530's shipped with the GDDR3 version of the card.
     
    Yitzter, Mar 17, 2009
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  14. alaa2003

    alaa2003 Notebook Guru

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    ram is complete
    and my card as sown gddr3
    is that the better one?
     
    alaa2003, Mar 18, 2009
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    If yours is the GDDR3 version then yes, you have the better card.
     
    Yitzter, Mar 18, 2009
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    the m1530 only comes with the 8600gt 256mb GDDR3 RAM, the other 512 is probably just a software error, or just a different computer :D
     
    Koer, Mar 18, 2009
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