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    Silly Question Here

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by waytoodeep03, Sep 20, 2006.

  1. waytoodeep03

    waytoodeep03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a inspiron 9300 with the nvidia go 6800. How can I tell what chipset controls the graphics subsystem
     
    waytoodeep03, Sep 20, 2006
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    mAjEsTiC Notebook Guru

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    i'd say it was the nVidia Go 6800 that handles the graphics...unless i'm interpreting ur question wrong?
     
    mAjEsTiC, Sep 20, 2006
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    it uses the 915 chipset, as far as i know
     
    schlepptop, Sep 20, 2006
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    your graphics chip is the 6800, the mainboard chipset should the intel 915m
     
    Iceman0124, Sep 20, 2006
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    CPU-Z will tell you for certain.
     
    schmoken, Sep 20, 2006
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