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    inspiron 9300 128mb x300

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by n33d45p33d, Sep 21, 2005.

  1. n33d45p33d

    n33d45p33d Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the 128mb x300 graphics card on the inspiron 9300 any good i just bought one and i want to see what u guys think of it what games will i be able to play and what fps will i get?
     
    n33d45p33d, Sep 21, 2005
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  2. jcramp

    jcramp Notebook Enthusiast

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    With that card and 2gig of ram you will have no problems at all with playing any game you want!
     
    jcramp, Sep 22, 2005
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Well, the X300 is a low end card, and you will probably be able to play most current games (not future ones like F.E.A.R.) at low, maybe medium settings, at an SVGA or XGA res.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 22, 2005
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  4. wong3541

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    Well the only games I play are counterstrike, warcraft3, and starcraft on my I6000 with 128mb x300. CS runs at 100 fps on normal settings, and around 85 fps with 6x AA and 16x AF on. I'm sure halflife 2 would be fine (40+ fps).
    3dmark05: 1234 (stock drivers and speeds 297core,216memory
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    1328 (stock speeds 297core,216memory, but with catalyst 5.8 drivers using driverheaven mod)

    I don't see the need to overclock my card :D
     
    wong3541, Sep 23, 2005
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  5. Carlovski

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    The x300 appears to come underclocked by Dell by default - you can fairly safely bump it up a bit - might squeeze a bit more out of it.
    I've got the x300 on my 9300 and am perfectly happy with it so far ;)
     
    Carlovski, Oct 29, 2005
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