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    256mb- 8600M GT or 512mb- 8600M GS

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by skreddy, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. skreddy

    skreddy Notebook Enthusiast

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    As the title says

    First laptop and I am deciding between a dell or hp

    both 2.2 Ghz dual core intel
    and 3Gb ram

    any advice
     
    skreddy, Jan 4, 2008
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  2. hmmmmm

    hmmmmm Notebook Deity

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    the 8600gt will be more powerful than the 8600 gs
     
    hmmmmm, Jan 4, 2008
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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    and 512MB won't make a lick of difference compared with 256MB either. GT version all the way.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 4, 2008
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  4. deathpenalty

    deathpenalty Notebook Consultant

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    8600M GT 256mb DDR3 is the best version of the card currently. (Check the memory type).
     
    deathpenalty, Jan 4, 2008
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  5. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Forget GPU's memory. Take 8600GT and bump the system's RAM instead of graphic card's RAM surely it will alot help.
     
    skywalker, Jan 4, 2008
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  6. skreddy

    skreddy Notebook Enthusiast

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    the ram is ddr2

    is 3 Gb enough
    is 2.2 Ghz enough
    250 gb hard drive enough?
    its a 17" so will games play well on it?
    is $1,700 worth the price? its a dell inspiron 1720
     
    skreddy, Jan 4, 2008
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  7. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    why dont you go with the XPS 1530, it has the faster version of the 8600GT, you could get a nice 1530 for 1700 as well.
     
    narsnail, Jan 4, 2008
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  8. skreddy

    skreddy Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do you know its a fater version? there is no info on the website

    the 17" bought me over really
     
    skreddy, Jan 4, 2008
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  9. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    for a processor 2ghz is enough and ram 2gb is good. games will play well but for some u will have to turn down the resolution
     
    sly, Jan 4, 2008
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  10. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Dell XPS m1530 has the Nvidia Geforce 8600GT GDDR3 256MB. If you want a 17" laptop their are better options than the Dell. You could get a laptop with the 8700GT then.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Jan 4, 2008
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