The Inspiron 600m has the video card integrated onto the motherboard. You cannot change the video card, and I know of no way to add more video RAM. Changing the video card means changing the motherboard.
If you want the laptop to be better for gaming, I'd order it with the 64MB ATI Radeon card, not the 32MB card. If you click on the "learn more" button under video cards on the 600m configuration page, they're both listed as Radeon 9000 cards... not sure where you're getting the info that the 64MB card is a 7500 - if I'm wrong, post a link and I'll take a look.
I'm not sure about how the laptop will fare in the games you mentioned... the last PC game I bought was WC3:TFT. You might want to post in the gaming forum. Be warned that most of the posters will be desktop owners, and they may scoff at your specs even if they're okay, because you can get much better specs on a desktop than a laptop.
I Have AA, Battle Field 1942, HALO, Need for Speed Underground, Simpsons HIT AND RUN, etc.. SO i have many NEW games. All of which need GOOD graphics. And every single one of these games runs in all settings maxed without any lag at all. I DO HAVE THE 64MB DDR ATi MOBILITY Radeon 9000. NOT ONE BIT OF lag. THIS IS A GREAT IDEA FOR ALL GAMES NOW and to run future games like DOOM 3 in medium to high graphics settings.
MY SYSTEM SPECS ARE:
INTEL Centrino 1.5GHZ PROCESSER
40gig 4,200RPM HARD DRIVE
512MB DDR RAM
14.1in SXGA Native resolution=1400x1050. Highest resolution=1400x1050 (Higher resolution than XGA)
MOBILITY RADEON 9000 64MB non-integrated(although the video ram is non integrated and dedicated to video, i think you need to replace the MOTHER BOARD to put a NEW CARD IN)
i can just tell you NOW that the MOBILITY RADEON 7500 64MB is a big downgrade from the MOBILITY RADEON 9000 64MB when playing NEWER GAMES. I have used a friends laptop which has the 7500 in it and my 600m has the 9000 in it.
BUT THEN AGAIN i think the inspiron 8000 can have the graphics upgraded.
It's not an option it's an ebay auction at a good price! Okay it's 600 bucks, what do you think? I want to play ravenshield... and get okay performance... Sam
The benchmarks say it's about 60-70% as fast as a 64 MB card. It will get about 5000 on 3dMark 2001 vs 7000 for the 64 MB card. The benchmark is a DX 8.1 card. With DX 8.1, the fastest graphics cards are getting about 11-12k. So it will play any game released last year or earlier that doesn't use DX9 without any hickups at 1024x768. Moving forward is when the computer will show weakness as games become DX9 dependent. For 600, there is no new computer with better features... most entry level computers use integrated graphics which have much lower performance. There are always other used computers, such as an I8500 with a GF4200 or a I8200 with the same processor but both of those computers weigh more.
Yes, I know the ATI M9000 64mb Kicks some serius a$S! But does anyone have experiance with the 32mb ATI M9? I'm just curios if maybe it would perform equaly to the 64mb ati rad7500 at least? SO experiances with like ravenshield (one of those new games) the max resolution would be 1024x768
Looking at 3dmark 2001 scores the ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 32mb scores 4985 or so and the ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64mb gets 3728 or so... I don't know how 3dmark 2k1 translates to gameplay, but if i'm understanding right this 32mb r9000 will kick my 64mb ati m7's A$S!!! Is that true??? My brane says no way in |-|ell a 32mb can beat a 64mb card... Maybe I don't know... Would rather 64mb m9, but uhm, don't want to pay 300 unafordable dollars... TY
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January 7th, 2004 13:00
Rabid_Monkey,
The Inspiron 600m has the video card integrated onto the motherboard. You cannot change the video card, and I know of no way to add more video RAM. Changing the video card means changing the motherboard.
Ancientmtk
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January 7th, 2004 17:00
spiked_martini
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January 7th, 2004 19:00
If you want the laptop to be better for gaming, I'd order it with the 64MB ATI Radeon card, not the 32MB card. If you click on the "learn more" button under video cards on the 600m configuration page, they're both listed as Radeon 9000 cards... not sure where you're getting the info that the 64MB card is a 7500 - if I'm wrong, post a link and I'll take a look.
I'm not sure about how the laptop will fare in the games you mentioned... the last PC game I bought was WC3:TFT. You might want to post in the gaming forum. Be warned that most of the posters will be desktop owners, and they may scoff at your specs even if they're okay, because you can get much better specs on a desktop than a laptop.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums?category.id=Gaming
Sterlin254
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January 7th, 2004 21:00
I Have AA, Battle Field 1942, HALO, Need for Speed Underground, Simpsons HIT AND RUN, etc.. SO i have many NEW games. All of which need GOOD graphics. And every single one of these games runs in all settings maxed without any lag at all. I DO HAVE THE 64MB DDR ATi MOBILITY Radeon 9000. NOT ONE BIT OF lag. THIS IS A GREAT IDEA FOR ALL GAMES NOW and to run future games like DOOM 3 in medium to high graphics settings.
MY SYSTEM SPECS ARE:
INTEL Centrino 1.5GHZ PROCESSER
40gig 4,200RPM HARD DRIVE
512MB DDR RAM
14.1in SXGA Native resolution=1400x1050. Highest resolution=1400x1050 (Higher resolution than XGA)
MOBILITY RADEON 9000 64MB non-integrated(although the video ram is non integrated and dedicated to video, i think you need to replace the MOTHER BOARD to put a NEW CARD IN)
It is VERY VERY VERY GOOD FOR CURRENT GAMING.
Sterlin254
394 Posts
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January 7th, 2004 21:00
i can just tell you NOW that the MOBILITY RADEON 7500 64MB is a big downgrade from the MOBILITY RADEON 9000 64MB when playing NEWER GAMES. I have used a friends laptop which has the 7500 in it and my 600m has the 9000 in it.
BUT THEN AGAIN i think the inspiron 8000 can have the graphics upgraded.
Rabid_Monkey
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January 7th, 2004 21:00
rp3w600m
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January 7th, 2004 21:00
The benchmarks say it's about 60-70% as fast as a 64 MB card. It will get about 5000 on 3dMark 2001 vs 7000 for the 64 MB card. The benchmark is a DX 8.1 card. With DX 8.1, the fastest graphics cards are getting about 11-12k. So it will play any game released last year or earlier that doesn't use DX9 without any hickups at 1024x768. Moving forward is when the computer will show weakness as games become DX9 dependent. For 600, there is no new computer with better features... most entry level computers use integrated graphics which have much lower performance. There are always other used computers, such as an I8500 with a GF4200 or a I8200 with the same processor but both of those computers weigh more.
Rabid_Monkey
53 Posts
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January 8th, 2004 00:00
Yes, I know the ATI M9000 64mb Kicks some serius a$S! But does anyone have experiance with the 32mb ATI M9? I'm just curios if maybe it would perform equaly to the 64mb ati rad7500 at least? SO experiances with like ravenshield (one of those new games) the max resolution would be 1024x768
Looking at 3dmark 2001 scores the ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 32mb scores 4985 or so and the ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64mb gets 3728 or so... I don't know how 3dmark 2k1 translates to gameplay, but if i'm understanding right this 32mb r9000 will kick my 64mb ati m7's A$S!!! Is that true??? My brane says no way in |-|ell a 32mb can beat a 64mb card... Maybe I don't know... Would rather 64mb m9, but uhm, don't want to pay 300 unafordable dollars... TY