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    about to buy a 6000

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by AdamMD, Feb 27, 2005.

  1. AdamMD

    AdamMD Notebook Guru

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    ok, so i'm about ready to make my purchase, just a last few things i have questions on. First, would anyone say that the 6000 w/dedicated video graphics at least matches the performance of the previous 8600. I noticed abaxter posted a pi calc of 2min7sec or so. How good is this? Thanks
     
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    lockheed2266 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you tell us what your going to be using ,
    your machine for?

    Dell Dimension XPS Gen.2
    3.2GHz
    2GB Ram/ ATi Radeon 9800pro
    240GB HDD SATA RAID 0
    WinXP-PRO

    Ordered Inspiron XPS
    Well, I bet my Config has been posted a hundred times today.....lol
     
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  3. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    No, its dedicated video card is no way close in performance to the 8600's. It uses the Ati X300 GPU, very low end, budget graphics processor.

    But, it does use PCI Express, meaning you can swap it out with a better video card if you like. I've seen on several computer hardware websites that the card on the 6000 can barely run Doom 3 and Half Life 2 and games like that even on the lowest settings.
     
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  4. AdamMD

    AdamMD Notebook Guru

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    thanks for the response, that's what i figured. too bad too, i was really hoping for a 8600 replacement. i just can't find the need to move to a 17 inch screen. thanks again.
     
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