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Dell Inspiron 1501 - Graphics Card Question
Hello, I've just ordered a Dell Inspiron 1501 with an optional upgrade to 1 GB RAM. I was wondering what kind of games this POS graphics card can take.
"ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 with 256MB HyperMemory"
Thanks. Other specs are:
80 GB HDD
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
15.4 Inch Wide Screen XGA Display
Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3500+
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It's a midrange card that will handle games decently, especially if you use modded drivers. Spend on 2GB of RAM if you can, but do this aftermarket.
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How about Counter-Strike Source? I have an R32 laptop that can play it (though a bit choppy, but playable). It's an old ass one, probably 2003 or something. 256MB RAM on it.
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It's a midrange card that will handle games decently, especially if you use modded drivers. Spend on 2GB of RAM if you can, but do this aftermarket.
Umm.. that's not mid-range. At all. You'll probably be able to play games 3-4 years old but anything newer and it will struggle.
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CS 1.6 I guess?
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Umm.. that's not mid-range. At all. You'll probably be able to play games 3-4 years old but anything newer and it will struggle.
How do you figure? I also assumed modded drivers in my original post.
To put things in perspective for you - I ran Oblivion (intensive graphical game) on my current notebook, which sports 64MB dedicated + 64 dynamic memory to yield a total of 128MB. It way a weak experience, but I got 20 fps or so. Imagine doubling the total memory. Remember I ran Oblivion on really only 64MB of dedicated.
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How the hell did you manage that? Care to hook me up with some drivers please? Thanks. Oh, and let me guess, I need to be running Linux? Can you post your complete laptop specs?
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How the hell did you manage that? Care to hook me up with some drivers please? Thanks. Oh, and let me guess, I need to be running Linux? Can you post your complete laptop specs?
Actually, Oblivion can be run on a Go 6150 if you play with it enough. You have to install the Oldblivion patch, but it does play just fine (not very attractive, but fine).
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Oh, and let me guess, I need to be running Linux?
You don't have to, but it might help.
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You can probably play games such as Pac-Man, Pong, Dig-Dug, Frogger, Solitaire, and Asteroids, but you'll be lucky to run a current game or a game 3-4 years old at your laptop's native resolution. For the most part, yes, current and even 3-4 year old games will play, but they'll look like crap doing so. If you're desperate, just spend the money on a console and play games on it, your laptop is not made for it. (Just being honest).
-Josh