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    Question on Nvidia Go 7300 of Dell's Inspiron 6400

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by asuka_cam, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. asuka_cam

    asuka_cam Newbie

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    Hi,all,
    I ordered a new dell inspiron 6400 with 256MB go 7300. Last week i received the new machine,but both the bios and the vista systme show that my memory card has only 128 MB dedicated video memory with 256 shared system memory. Does anyone know whether the 256MB go 7300 refers to "shared 256MB system memory" or "dedicated 256MB video memory"?

    Thanks
     
    asuka_cam, Apr 10, 2007
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  2. JellyGeo

    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

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    Greetings - the Go 7300 has 128 dedicated/128 shared when used with Windows XP. Vista will allocate more to shared and that's why you are seeing the 128 dedicated/256 shared. Which LCD did you get by the way - and how is the brightness on it? Thanks...
     
    JellyGeo, Apr 10, 2007
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  3. teamkillahilla

    teamkillahilla Notebook Evangelist

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    crosspost*cough cough*
    hey.. turbocache means shared memory..
    a rule of thumb: everything that uses fancy words is usually bad for you and marketing talk
    the geforce go 7300 is a lower class graphic card, it only has a max of 64MB dedicated RAM, but borrows another almost 200MB RAM from your system..
    turbo

    3DMark01: 11300 Punkte
    3DMark03: 3700 Punkte
    3DMark05: 1600 Punkte
    3DMark06: 700 Punkte LOL!

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...00.2145.0.html

    Specifications
    performance class: 4 (almost the worst)
    series: GeForce Go 7000
    codename: G72M
    pipeline: 4 pixel-pipelines and 3 vertex-pipelines
    clock: chip: 350 MHz, memory: 700 MHz
    memory: DDR-3, maximal: 64 MB, bus: 64 bit, Turbocache, therefore up to 256 MB possible
    directX: 9c, Shader Model 3.0
    features: PureVideo
    application area: small and light-weight notebooks
    other infos: 90nm, 112 millions of transistors, PCI-E
     
    teamkillahilla, Apr 10, 2007
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  4. siLc

    siLc Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I must disagree, at least my Go7300 has 128MB dedicated and depending on system memory either up to 128 or 384MB TurboCache. At least it doesn't "steal" as blatantly as integrated graphics solutions (GMA950, Go6150 etc.) ;)
    Nothing to "LOL" about 3DMark06, I scored 660...
     
    siLc, Apr 10, 2007
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  5. wella

    wella Notebook Consultant

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    asuka_cam btw, Nvidia Go7300 has proven to be inferior to ATI X1400 in terms of performance...

    A common misconception amongst buyers is to think that by shelling out more bucks to buy the Nvidia card you get more performance, when in fact the ATI performs better and is $130 cheaper.....

    cheers
     
    wella, Apr 10, 2007
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  6. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, the direct nVidia competitor to X1400 is Go7400 (however even that is slightly slower in some cases). Therefore Go7300 is notably slower than X1400.
     
    PhoenixFx, Apr 10, 2007
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  7. wella

    wella Notebook Consultant

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    oops .. sorry I meant to compare Go7400 (not Go7300) to X1400. Both nvidia's are slower than the X1400 anyway.

    Simply put, the best video card available on I6400 as of now is the ATI X1400.... period...
     
    wella, Apr 10, 2007
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