For Nvidia, the best laptop GPU's is as far as I know, Quadro FX3800M. I am not 100% sure, but that is what I have found so far. Yes CPU i7 940XM is the best you can get, as far as I understand.
Because the video chip is no longer on a separate card. Though Dell was the last major company to follow the others (HP/Compaq, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, Apple, etc. all did this long before), it now integrates the video chip on almost all models - certainly all Studio, Inspiron, XPS, Vostro, etc. models.
The only remaining systems with separate video cards are the Alienware 15" and 17" and the high-end Precision mobile workstations. All others have a video chip and memory permanently soldered to the system board - they cannot be upgraded later.
Thorvald1973
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September 24th, 2010 01:00
For Nvidia, the best laptop GPU's is as far as I know, Quadro FX3800M. I am not 100% sure, but that is what I have found so far. Yes CPU i7 940XM is the best you can get, as far as I understand.
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September 24th, 2010 06:00
The answer to the other question is no - you cannot upgrade the video once you purchase the system.
jtblue
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October 5th, 2010 22:00
Why not?
ejn63
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Because the video chip is no longer on a separate card. Though Dell was the last major company to follow the others (HP/Compaq, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, Apple, etc. all did this long before), it now integrates the video chip on almost all models - certainly all Studio, Inspiron, XPS, Vostro, etc. models.
The only remaining systems with separate video cards are the Alienware 15" and 17" and the high-end Precision mobile workstations. All others have a video chip and memory permanently soldered to the system board - they cannot be upgraded later.