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LandyMan

LandyMan

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I am getting a Dell D830 with the following:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700
(2.4GHz/4MB/800MHz) with nVidia
Quadro NVS 140M

Will that GFX card be ok to play games on?
 
I currently have a Dell 8710p Notebook. Specs as follows:

T7500 @ 2.2Ghz Centrino Pro
2 Gigs Ram
Nvidia Quadro NVS 320M

On this notebook I have been able to play Bioshock, Crysis , World in Conflict and the new Eve Trinity release. Performance was decent and tweaking around games allowed for good framerates. Technically your notebook is faster than mine CPU wise but I'm not sure about the graphics.

FYI Vista Scores:

Processor: 5.1
Memory: 4.8
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.5
Harddrives: 4.9
 
The 140M I am getting has got 256Mb memory ... how much do you have on that 320M?
 
Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Total available graphics memory 1007 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 751 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.5631
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
Secondary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better
 
Help me out if I am wrong here ... You have the 256MB dedicated memory, and can you then on top of that allocate shared memory as well for graphics? (the 1007Mb vs 256Mb memory above)
 
Kosmik said:
I currently have a Dell 8710p Notebook. Specs as follows:

T7500 @ 2.2Ghz Centrino Pro
2 Gigs Ram
Nvidia Quadro NVS 320M

On this notebook I have been able to play Bioshock, Crysis , World in Conflict and the new Eve Trinity release. Performance was decent and tweaking around games allowed for good framerates. Technically your notebook is faster than mine CPU wise but I'm not sure about the graphics.

FYI Vista Scores:

Processor: 5.1
Memory: 4.8
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.5
Harddrives: 4.9
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You sure it is a Dell?

I have an HP 8710P with exactly the same specs
 
Whoops , soz. Got lost there , its an HP. Rough Morning.

LandyMan, I beleive in the bios it has the ability to add system memory to the card. I want to actually drop that a bit as I have an issue with hardrive caching during gameplay at times, and if my card is eating an aditional 750Mb's of Ram , no wonder.
 
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Id say the 320 is better than the 140?

The 140 is probably like a 8200 card where the 320 is like a 8500 card :) Talking Desktop 3d cards.
 
SlyFly said:
Id say the 320 is better than the 140?

The 140 is probably like a 8200 card where the 320 is like a 8500 card :) Talking Desktop 3d cards.
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It should be better, looking at nVidia's site ... But the D830 only goes up to the 140M
 
Kosmik said:
Whoops , soz. Got lost there , its an HP. Rough Morning.

LandyMan, I beleive in the bios it has the ability to add system memory to the card. I want to actually drop that a bit as I have an issue with hardrive caching during gameplay at times, and if my card is eating an aditional 750Mb's of Ram , no wonder.
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Ok, thanks ... will have a look when I get my machine
 
One thing I've learned though is that if you use the machine on your lap and play a game ( note it will always require power to be connected for these to run properly ) , the fan on the bottom left really cooks your leg!!!

I actually got up with the grid pattern impression-ed into my thigh the one day. :p
 
LandyMan said:
I am getting a Dell D830 with the following:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700
(2.4GHz/4MB/800MHz) with nVidia
Quadro NVS 140M

Will that GFX card be ok to play games on?
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Depends what games you're going to be playing.

How much is it costing?

I see most notebooks in the R9k - R12k region have nVidia 8600 Go cards.
 
PostmanPot said:
Depends what games you're going to be playing.

How much is it costing?

I see most notebooks in the R9k - R12k region have nVidia 8600 Go cards.
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Dell Store: Around R22909 Ex Vat
Getting it for: R15447 incl Vat :p
 
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