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    8400M GS in new Inspiron 1420

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by geauxtigers, Jun 26, 2007.

  1. geauxtigers

    geauxtigers Notebook Consultant

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    The new 1420 is everything I was hoping for. 14" with dedicated graphics at a reasonable price. I'm just curious about the new nVidia graphics. Is the 8400M GS a faster/direct x10 compatible upgrade to the 7400? 7600?

    Thanks for your help!
     
    geauxtigers, Jun 26, 2007
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    cobalic Notebook Evangelist

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    I think this had been gone over before, so just regurgitating what I've read here:

    8400M GS ~= Go 7600 ~= NVS 135/140M

    The NVS 135/140M is a (DX10) business class GPU that just has different drivers from the 8400 GS.
     
    cobalic, Jun 26, 2007
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  3. geauxtigers

    geauxtigers Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, I'm really only going to play CS:S/CoH so the 8400M GS sounds perfect then
     
    geauxtigers, Jun 26, 2007
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    This topic brings up a question for me. I am hoping to get the game Lost Planet for the PC. From others I have heard that they can run the demo on high settings with the Nvidia 7600. If this is true can the 8400 do this aswell?
     
    LBThorn, Jun 26, 2007
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  5. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I don't believe the 8400GS is anywhere near the 7600, the 8400GT is slightly under the 7600 under speculation - however, until real benchmarks have been released, take it with grain of salt.
     
    coriolis, Jun 27, 2007
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