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games on vista slow???

by ravi kanth Nov 2, 2007 1:16AM PDT

i ve recently bought a dell inspiron 1420 notebook. with intel core 2duo processor 1.5ghz , 2 gb ram, intel integrated graphic media accelarator x3100, windows vista home premium aero,
some games are slow on my system, like NFSMW

is it due to vista or my graphic card doesnt support it?????????
can anyone help please

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"integrated graphic media accelarator x3100"
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 2, 2007 1:54AM PDT

That's the culprit here. While the x3100 does well at giving great value and better battery times it's not a gamer's choice. If you must play games call Dell now to begin the return process so you can have a gamer's laptop.

Bob

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What about for non-gamers
by jimv61 Aug 8, 2008 8:02AM PDT

For a college kid who doesn't game but may watch movies, etc., is the x3100 ok for a laptop running Vista (T8100 Core 2 Duo & 4GB RAM). I'm looking at Dell XPS or Studio at Best Buy and they all have the x3100. To get discrete graphics I'd have to order online and I'm not sure it is worth it for what she's going to use the laptop for.

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Yes, for all non-gaming purposes
by Jimmy Greystone Aug 8, 2008 8:40AM PDT

Yes, for all non-gaming purposes, integrated graphics are just fine. Unless she's going to be wanting to watch a lot of blu-ray movies at very high resolution, then it can pay off to get something that is DXGA capable so that the video decoding work can be offloaded onto the GPU. That is about the only non-gaming scenario I can think up where it might be worth it. Just be sure to avoid Dell laptops with nVidia video chipsets in them for the time being. There's an issue with them overheating and burning out, and Dell is (predictably) trying to do everything it can to get out of having to recall and repair/replace all affected units. So far their glorious solution is a BIOS patch that causes the fan to kick on sooner and at a higher velocity. At best, it delays the inevitable a little longer.

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