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    Dell studio 1737 video card

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mtrummag, Aug 31, 2009.

  1. mtrummag

    mtrummag Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have dell studio 1737 with a core 2 duo T9400, 4GB Ram and ATI Mobility Radwon HD 3650 and i was wonderfing if i could change out the video card for a 512? Beause it lags a little playing COD4? Any suggestions?
     
    mtrummag, Aug 31, 2009
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    hgfdsa Notebook Consultant

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    No you can't and the 512mb version wont perform better only if it is ddr3 or gddr3.
     
    hgfdsa, Aug 31, 2009
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  3. Saisei

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    How can you lag? You have a better card then me and i dont have lag on max res and some ol fashion help from overclocking :) Its time to update your drivers mate on turn off unneeded back ground programs.
     
    Saisei, Aug 31, 2009
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    I've played Modern Warfare just fine on my 1735. Of course, graphics settings aren't that pretty and I overclocked the 3650 with AMD GPU Clock Tool, but it can run smoothly.
     
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    if you are going to risk a graphics card switch, wait a while ATI said the their press release a while back that the 4000 series cards were pin to pin compatible with the 3000 series or something like that. Yes its likely its soldered on or stuck with adhesive.

    may be worth it to try and go from a 3650 to a 4650 or something like that.

    I think it is simply too difficult to do, first of all buying a 4650 or 4670 card??
     
    Ice Cold, Sep 1, 2009
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