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    Inspiron 5150 - Best Graphics card for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Lawrence1001, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. Lawrence1001

    Lawrence1001 Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 which im attempting to use for fairly intense Gaming. (I know, probly not the best thing to try)

    The Laptop spec is 3.06Ghz with 2GB of memory and the Grpahics card is the Nvidia FXGO5200 32MB, which I get the impression is somewhat old and obsolete.

    In my opinion a 3Ghz CPU & 2GB of memory is ample to run my games, but I feel the Graphics card is the weak spot.

    Now not being familiar with Laptops and what will fit etc, can someone suggest a decent graphics card that will fit my Inspiron 5150 and make my game playable? My frame rate drops to 3 frames/sec when things gfet busy & its unplayable. All game graphic settings on minimum too.

    I know theres a 64MB version of the one Im using, but Im not convinced this will make any significant difference.

    Thanks in advance,

    Lawrence
     
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    basically you've already got the best video card that fits into your laptop, besides the 64mb one which will probably not be worth it.

    Compatible Video Cards:
    Y1871 32MB Video Card (NV34)
    M1325 64MB Video Card (NV34)
    Y0708 64MB Video Card (M9)
    5U104 64MB Video Card (M7)
    Y0707 32MB Video Card (M9)
    M5322 32MB Video Card (NV34)
    N5370 64MB Video Card (NV34)
    F5531 XGI32MB Video Card
    W2306 64MB Video Card (NV34) Service Kit (Includes Card(M1325), Drivers CD and BIOS CD)

    from http://www.bay-wolf.com/parts_insp5150.htm

    NV34=geforce 5200
    m7-radeon 7500
    m9=radeon 9000
    XGI32MB=XGI Volari-XP5
     
    namaiki, Apr 8, 2009
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