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| 438861 | 2006-03-16 20:26:00 | My daughter needs to purchase a lap top for her design degree at Vic Uni. She has been told that she will need a good add in graphics card. First up can one have a add in card, I understood that lap tops couldn't have add inns. If a add in is possible what would be a good choice bearing in mind that this is not for games but graphic design purposes. All advice thankfully accepted. Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 438862 | 2006-03-16 21:07:00 | Some upper end Dell laptops have add-in graphics, using a proprietary card. The options of graphics are still limited to about two versions though from memory. Your assumption is correct, most laptops are unable to be expanded. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 438863 | 2006-03-16 21:24:00 | You will need to settle for a laptop that has its own dedicated video ram and a capable video chipset. You will need to know what your looking for, Salesman generally don't know the difference in the different capabilities of laptop video chipsets and ram configuration. If you want to supply budget, preffered brand, perhaps location or preferred shop then we can point you in the right direction. If your going to source via an appliance store then write down 3 or 4 models as recomended by the salesmen and we can advise if they fit the bill. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 438864 | 2006-03-17 00:00:00 | Hi Metla, I picked up on your Nov 04 posts re video cards. Excellent posts, many thanks. We are considering a acer 5001WLMi up graded from 512MB to 1024MB of ram. This modle shares the ram, 128KB of it, for its video otherwise all the other specs seem quite good. My daughter was told to get a "seperate graphics card" but I had never heard of this option with lap tops, thus my confusion. Thanks, Phil. |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 438865 | 2006-03-17 00:19:00 | Hmm, Seems to be a runout model exclusive to DSE, Overall it looks to be a damn fine notebook at a good price., The only weakness is the video chipset. It may do the required work just fine though. | Metla (12) | ||
| 438866 | 2006-03-17 00:30:00 | The ASUS A6V as listed on the DSE site would suit the task better, though it is more expensive (but then it is ASUS...woot woot) The video chipset in this model has its own 64 MB of ram, Its not what I would call a gaming chip but if the prep was to build a desktop system for graphic design I wouldn't go any lower (its an Nvidia 6200 btw) Chances are that other resellers will have the same model Asus with a better video chipset for less then DSE as their Asus line tends to be under-specced. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 438867 | 2006-03-17 01:19:00 | What sort of design degree is it (graphic, CAD etc)? Just that a lot of professional graphic designers use Mac's. Might pay to think about the content of the course and the likely job at the end of it. If your employer's use a mac then might pay to learn on one. Just my :2cents: |
Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 438868 | 2006-03-17 01:21:00 | Metla - is there such a thing as a PCMCIA addin graphics card? | Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 438869 | 2006-03-17 02:04:00 | Metla - is there such a thing as a PCMCIA addin graphics card? No! As for the 5001WLMi, while a good cpu, the video (SIS) is pants!. You can do better than that, DSE is not the place to be purchasing laptops from. If you have been warned about graphic requirements, I wouldnt be wasting money on budget equipment, not if you are going to Uni in the 1st place. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 438870 | 2006-03-17 02:23:00 | interior architecture. | jupiter1 (2578) | ||
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