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    HP Compaq nx6115 Graphics

    Discussion in 'HP' started by scowalters, Jan 12, 2006.

  1. scowalters

    scowalters Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I'm recently checking out the nx6115, and I really liked what I saw from the reviews. But, I really don't know what kind of graphics card it really has, since the HP site lists a "Integrated ATI MR X300" (is there such thing?), yet some review sites state a Xpress 200M chipset in there. Does anybody know what is really the graphics card?
     
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    where are you checking out the nx6115...it's not on the hp website?
     
    tpm12, Jan 12, 2006
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  3. scowalters

    scowalters Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is in the Small Business section.

    (I've always liked the looks of bland old black squares compared to the rounded Compaq V2000Z, so I looked up the nx6115.)
     
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    It is what it is - a X300 graphics core with shared memory making it more or less equivalent to the 200m GPU(maybe a little bit faster) used in the V2000z. It also has the same chipset as every other HP system with AMD processors - the ATi 200m.
     
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    scowalters Notebook Enthusiast

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    So the X300 could play Counter-Strike: Source or Half-Life 2, right?
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, only if you want to play with low settings. The shared memory kills some performance compared to the dedicated version.

    Mobilityguru has a review of the nx6125 - the big brother of the nx6115. They share the same cpu options and the graphics card. It should give a good idea about the performance...
    http://www.mobilityguru.com/2005/09/27/hp_adds_amd/index.html
     
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  7. xAMDvsIntelx

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    Well, depending on how much RAM you have, you may be able to eek out HL-2 on medium settings.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Jan 12, 2006
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    You guys think 1GB of RAM is enough? (For Source or HL2 on Medium Quality)
     
    scowalters, Jan 13, 2006
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    You might be able to, but you won't get good FPS I reccommend the full 2GBs if your budget will allow.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Jan 13, 2006
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