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    i6400 Graphics Card vs e1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by schleeb, Mar 27, 2007.

  1. schleeb

    schleeb Notebook Consultant

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    I obviously have an e1505 and I just bought my daughter a 6400... when I was configuring it I noticed that the 6400 is not offered in the WXGA+ screen configuration... the closest it gets is the WXGA... This seems a bit odd if they are both running the ATi X1400 video card, shouldn't they both be capable of the same resolutions? Mine displays 1440 X 900, but from the looks of it the 6400 maxes out at 1280 X 800. So, if the video cards are the same, what's different?
     
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    the screen...........
     
    deedeeman, Mar 27, 2007
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    schleeb Notebook Consultant

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    That would also answer why a comparably equipped 6400 was cheaper than the 1505...
     
    schleeb, Mar 28, 2007
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    they are basically the same computer. i guess currently the differences are whats offered as "updates" to them. so choice one that has what you want in your pc.
     
    mikkroik, Mar 28, 2007
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    E1505 for the US market and Inspiron 6400 for the canadian market are the same computers. (Though Dell recently launched the E1501 wich is a I6400/E1505 equiped with a AMD processor and lower end performance options). The differences are in the options choice you made when you bought them. The Inspiron 6400 can be equiped with 3 different screens: XGA, WXGA+ or SXGA+ (all prior to availability change depending on particular weeks). My I6400 is equiped with the SXGA+ screen with the X1400 card and has a native resolution of 1680x1050.
     
    kowell, Mar 30, 2007
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