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Graphics Cards

by malcolm347 Nov 7, 2005 6:56AM PST

Alright guys I have a question, I am looking to buy a laptop and I think I have finally zeroed in on one. The laptop I want (I think) is the HP dv1420 us,100gb hd, 512ram, hi-def widescreen 14 in, double layer dvd/cd rw, and integrated wireless all for $ 1049.00, however the graphics chipset is integrated with "up to 128 mb of memory" for it, and here is the question, how will a game, say "Americas Army run I set the chipset to use the full 128 mb and I upgrade the laptop to have 2gb ram. (the purpose being when using all available 128mb for graphics purposes my computer will still have memory to "work" well).Will it run as good as a dedicated 128mb memory graphics card ? Anyway the biggest issue for my laptop is price, and for my uses this is the best one i have found so far (my laptop purposes are music,movies , and LIGHT gaming, and surfing the web).And I plan to buy one at the begginning to mid December. Any opinions, comments, questions, or concerns are appreciated.

Thanks

Malcolm

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Bottomline? Not a gamer's laptop.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 7, 2005 7:24AM PST

All "integrated" or "shared memory" video offerings are bad news to gamers who want to run the program you listed.

I write "keep shopping" and pick a machine with dedicated video memory.

And no, adding more RAM will not fix this.

Bob

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If you like HP
by togus Nov 7, 2005 7:46AM PST

Look at a Dv4000 on the HP Shopping web site.... it is a very decent gaming machine with an ATI X700 GPU at a reasonable price...

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consider another laptop like...
by hijack masta Nov 23, 2005 12:16PM PST

I would recommend the acer travelmate 4402WLMI series, you can buy it at electrodiscounts for 1096 dollars plus shipping and tax. The specs includes amd turion ml-30, ati mobility radeon x700, one 512 meg memory,wxga display, 6.6 lbs 3+ hours of battery life and 15.4 inch widescreen. I find this laptop a really good bang of the buck. Hope this helps.

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