thinkin about getting dell.... need some questions ansered

hey every one sorry to keep asking questions and all that but im just kinda confused on what i really want... however i found a dell for a pretty decent price that might do what i want does any one know how well the x1300 does on games like cov hl2 css cs and cnc? i want somethin that i can bring to lan partys and still be able to play all thoughs games but not have to drop alot on a laptop.

please let me know if this is a decent laptop set up for these games and about how many fps you think i will get what graphics lvl i can run it at and what resolution. thank you very much


here is the specks on the computer im lookin at getting
Inspiron E1505 Intel® Core™ Solo Proc T1350 (1.86GHz/533MHz/1 X 2MB L2 Cache)
LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
Memory 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ, 1 DIMM
Video Card 128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Sound Options Integrated Audio
Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless
Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

 

I would seriously consider bumping up that processor to a Core Duo . . getting a Solo is a waste of money - the Duo, since it has two processing cores, will be much faster for any sort of multitasking, plus improves overall system performance. Getting the X1400 256MB vs. the X1300 will give you a signifigant performance boost in games.

The configuration you posted should be fine for most games, but the experience will be a lot better with the X1400. 1GB of memory is almost a must these days for gaming performance.

So basically:
-1GB RAM
-Core Duo CPU
-X1400 256MB

 

yea 1 gig is definatly nessisary for doing anything any more. do you know if the x1300 is a dedicated or shared card... i wasnt to sure when i was lookin stuff up on it or does it have some dedicated and the rest is shared?

 

The X1300 "128MB" is actually 64MB dedicated and 64MB shared from the main system memory (HyperMemory). It is quite confusing to the customer - Dell and other companies are essentially tricking the consumer into thinking the card is better than it really is.
Same goes for the "256MB" X1400 - it is half and half.

 

I would agree with Chaz on the upgrades he suggests. The configuration in your original post will play games, but I would bet you would get much better results with the upgrades.

Good luck!

 

upgrade the ram from newegg.com

 

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ok so bassically the x1400 and x1300 and 1100 and x200m are all have half and half bassed memory?

 

With Dell, the X1400 and X1300 are half and half. With the X1100 and 200M, they are usually ALL shared. This however, varies from notebook to notebook, so you have to do your research on particular models to really figure it out.