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    Conflicting reports on what card I have

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by subferro, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. subferro

    subferro Newbie

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    Hey guys, new here and I cannot seem to figure out what gfx card is in my laptop. My nVidia display manager comes up with a Quadro NVS banner, then says I have a 7300LE(which I didn't think was a notebook card). In dxdiag, it says I have a 7300LE card on a Quadro NVS 110M chipset. I used systemrequirementslab.com to see if I could run a game (Armed Assault), and it came back as passing the minimum requirements with... a "NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE (Quadro NVS 110M). So you can see that Ive gotten reports that don't give a clear answer, and apparently the difference (for gaming at least) between a GeForce and a Quadro is important.

    So whats the verdict? How can I figure out what card I actually have in this thing? Its a Dell D820 if that helps.

    Thanks
     
    subferro, Mar 12, 2008
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  2. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    The 7300LE and the Quadro NVS 110M are the same GPU...It's just that the Quadro is a business (CAD, workstation) card and the 7300LE is a consumer card. Since you have a Dell Latitude and the banner says Quadro, then you have the Quadro NVS 110M. You can probably find drivers at laptopvideo2go.com that mod your Quadro to a 7300 so that you can get better performance in games (since Quadros were built for precision rendering calculations and sacrifice speed for accuracy)

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Mar 12, 2008
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  3. Ithcandos

    Ithcandos Notebook Consultant

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    I believe the reason for the conflicting reports is that nvidia uses the same Core design for different lines. The Quadro NVS 110 is most likely based on the the mobile 7300 series (I'm also not sure of the LE, but it most likely exists) judging from the specs i have been able to find (such as the 64-bit memory interface).

    From what I can gather they have different drivers for the different lines, which are optimised for their specific purpose. Their normal cards are geared towards gaming performance, while the Quadro NVS (Not the FX!) are geared towards business, and they are probably not optimised in the same way as the gaming cards. I also think they are clocked lower in order to imprve their "reliability" as well as lowering heat and giving better battery life.

    You could try the trial version of everest ultimate. It has yet to fail me in identifying components. You can find it here:
    http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?ps=UE&lang=en

    Edit: The FX! part wasn't in response to previous poster, he was just a bit faster than i :). The FX are the workstation cards as he corretly mentions
     
    Ithcandos, Mar 12, 2008
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