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    24" Monitor Graphics Card?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by joeharrold, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. joeharrold

    joeharrold Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi there,

    my laptop just got stolen and I'm looking to buy a new one. I had one with a Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics card 4GB ram and around 2Ghz processor. I don't use the laptop for gaming however but watch films and watch tv online through a 24" monitor I connect via VGA. My first laptop could not play a DVD in full screen the graphics card was so bad, hence my jump up on my last laptop. Now the robber has left me poor its left me wondering if I need such a good graphics card so I was wondering...

    what graphics card do I need to watch online tv and dvds smoothly on a 24" monitor?

    Thanks for any help :D
     
    joeharrold, Mar 11, 2011
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Any dual core should be fine, even with cheap IGP graphics.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 11, 2011
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  3. joeharrold

    joeharrold Notebook Enthusiast

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    what are the intel i3 processors are they dual core? Would that work?

    thanks again :)
     
    joeharrold, Mar 11, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yes Core i3 should be sufficient. They are hyperthreaded dual cores, so 4 threads and they have IGP on the CPU die.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 11, 2011
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    They would work very well--the Core i3's integrated graphics are plenty powerful enough to power even 1080p content on a 24" monitor.

    I would suggest that you look for a laptop that has a digital video output (HDMI or DisplayPort) so you can connect your laptop to your monitor with a better-quality digitla connection.
     
    MidnightSun, Mar 11, 2011
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  6. joeharrold

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    thanks guys thats really helpful! nice to see another Haruhi fan tsunade hime :)
     
    joeharrold, Mar 11, 2011
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