you guys are wonderful but perhaps I am looking to replace the wrong thing....when I play World of Warcraft now the screen flickers....Starwars Old Republic will not play at all...I have always played WoW with no issues....the flickering is new since one of their patches....that is when they told me they nolonger sync with Intel G33/G31 chipset...now I thought that was the video or graphics card...are the video /graphics card the same thing?
in my device manager it says
Display adapters - - Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
Processors - - Intel Core 2 DuoCPU E 4500 @ 2.20GHZ (it says this twice)
I found this post on-line....
The Dell XPS Ones are based on Intel Mobile chipsets and therefore do not have graphics cards like desktops. They use an expansion interface known as the MXM slot (Mobile PCI-Express Module)*. No retail manufacturer (like ASUS, MSI, or Sapphire) make MXM graphics cards for direct sale to the general public. So, you will be limited to buying a graphics card directly from Dell.
Now, on the graphics options you have available to you for your XPS One, they are:
XPS One 20: ATI Mobility Radeon® HD X2400
XPS One 24: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (on XPS One 24 only)**
The HD 2400 is okay. The technology is a few years older, so some of the latest bells and whistles won't be supported. It is a TON better than the integrated graphics you have, but still isn't a full-on, hardcore gaming graphics card.
The nVidia 9600M GT is one of the better mobile graphics cards. This, if you have the 24" XPS One is the one to get. You will see playable frame rates in most newer games, although some settings may have to be at medium levels.
There is a website called http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/ . It is the most comprehensive site about the MXM graphics cards. They even have a store that can help you work on getting a graphics card that should work with your system.
Good luck!
Source(s):
* http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,221...
** http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro...
can you show me (or explain ) how to change a graphics card (video?)in a dell xps one desktop?
we have always played World of Warcraft on it but now blizzard says game is no longer compatible with intel g33/g31express chipset family...also we just purchased Starwars old republic and that wont play at all...once the game starts it quits...please help us...thanks

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