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    Blu Ray drive for Dell 9300

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by highplainsdrifter, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. highplainsdrifter

    highplainsdrifter Newbie

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    Hi there,

    Just wondering if anyone has installed a Blu ray drive in their 9300? Is it possible, does it run okay. Which drive do you have and what software are you running?

    Cheers

    Mike
     
    highplainsdrifter, Jul 14, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Never tried it, but as long as you get a PATA BD drive, there's no reason it shouldn't work. For the most part, optical drives are like hard drives, as long as it has the right interface, it should "just work".
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 14, 2011
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    highplainsdrifter Newbie

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    Cheers, Just wondering if the 9300 will have enough resources to play Blu rays?
     
    highplainsdrifter, Jul 14, 2011
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    That's the real question, eh? I'd say probably not. If you have one of the better GPUs offered for the 9300 you might be able to do some offloading... but I don't know much about it.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 14, 2011
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    ray4jc Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah it would be pushing it, it depends on which processor and video card
     
    ray4jc, Jul 15, 2011
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    kobe_24 Notebook Deity

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    Hmmm....

    My toshiba just with a T6600 and 4500HD plays BluRay's excellent, I see no reason why the Dell 9300 can't play them?

    BTW...

    My brother also has a BluRay drive in his Dell 810, so there. :rolleyes:
     
    kobe_24, Jul 15, 2011
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  7. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    ... and how well does that work? If this can actually play stuff fine, then the 9300 should be fine. The Toshiba is a rubbish comparison as it's at least twice as fast with respect to CPU, and the X4500 does technically support offloading (though I've never seen it work properly myself).
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 15, 2011
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  8. highplainsdrifter

    highplainsdrifter Newbie

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    Sorry I should have put this in my original post. I have the 2GHz chip, 2GB of ram and have the GeForce Go 6800 video card.
     
    highplainsdrifter, Jul 15, 2011
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  9. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Not quite the same thing, but I had a 17" Alienware with a 2.26GHz Pentium M(same as yours) and the Go 6800, and it could play CoD 4 on low(1024x768) with a few medium settings.
     
    Nick, Jul 15, 2011
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  10. highplainsdrifter

    highplainsdrifter Newbie

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    Yeah I'm more looking at playing movies than games.
     
    highplainsdrifter, Jul 15, 2011
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