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    My 9200

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Aquanoobie, Apr 22, 2005.

  1. Aquanoobie

    Aquanoobie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone, i just have a questiong about the laptop i will be getting soon.

    Intel Pentium M Dothan Processor (1.8GHz/400MHz FSB/2 MB Cache)
    512MB DDR SDRAM 333MHz 2 DIMMs
    60 GB EIDE 5400 RPM Hard Drive
    128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
    17 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen WXGA+ Display

    Now that video card being ATI 9700 pro, i am not sure how it will perform with newer games, like Far Cry, Battlfeild 2, and or my favorite Morrowind and all the expasions, what is your take on it, will i be able to run them with much problems or?

    Thnx all.

    Cheers.
     
    Aquanoobie, Apr 22, 2005
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  2. jherber

    jherber Notebook Consultant

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    yep, they'll all run fine. the video card is quite overclockable as well.

    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Aquanoobie
     
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  3. yassarian

    yassarian Notebook Deity

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    if you are willing to sacrifice on some resolution and quality, all those games are playable.

    Keep in mind that the mobility 9700 is NOTHING like the DESKTOP 9700 pro -- the mobility 9700 is the same chip as the mobility 9600, only slightly oced. Both have 4 pipes. the desktop 9700 pro has EIGHT pipes.

    The oc potential of the chip is also limited -- as even if you managed to get a 30% oc (which given the TDP of the case and the 9700 being already clocked pretty high, is next to impossible) -- your performance will still be no where NEAR even a x700 -- which basically doubles the performance of the 9700 in stock form.

    Anyway that's the con part of your gpu -- it's old, it's not fast, but you can definitely play most games, just don't expect to turn on all the eye candies. :)

    cheers,

    yass
     
    yassarian, Apr 22, 2005
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  4. Aquanoobie

    Aquanoobie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sweet thnx a lot. Aanother quickone. Am i able to upgrade the video card in 9200? to like ati 9800 or x700/x800, i looked everywhere and couldn't find any answers realy.

    Thnx.

    Cheers.
     
    Aquanoobie, Apr 23, 2005
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