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    Please help me determine my graphics card =/

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mehungry, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. mehungry

    mehungry Notebook Guru

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    Hello

    I have a Dell Studio 15...

    I use the canyourunit.com utility to see if I can run Star Wars The Old Republic and it said I had ATI Radeon HD 4500 series 2.2gb graphics

    In GPU-Z it says I have 512mb video ram Mobility radeon HD 4500/5100 series....

    this is confusing pls help :D
     
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    Simon Notebook Evangelist

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    is this a good card?

    i have a t6500 cpu 2.1ghz dual core, 4gb ram, 250gb hard drive.
     
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    Even with a discrete graphics card, some system ram can still be shared to the video card. I'm not just blowing smoke saying that, but unfortunately I can't find a link to back up that statement. Hopefully someone else on here with more knowledge about it can expand.

    Here is a link telling you if it is a good card, just find yours in the list. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
     
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    lol it says i can get 40 fps in oblivion on high and I get like 20 fps on low...

    lies!

    well i have a really good desktop (i7 2600k @ 4.7 ghz, 8gb ram, dual gtx 580s) but i'm a noob when it comes to laptops...

    thanks for the help :)

    i hope i can play TOR in class lol
     
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