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    335M adds how much to M11x size

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by anthonykit, Mar 3, 2011.

  1. anthonykit

    anthonykit Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone have any idea how much smaller the M11x would be if just the intel integrated graphics were used and not the 335M ?

    I just wonder how large this card is.
     
    anthonykit, Mar 3, 2011
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  2. Zathu

    Zathu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Pretty small. It's not a separate card, just takes up a small portion of the motherboard which is only half of the width of the laptop. Most of the chassis is battery and hard drive.
     
    Zathu, Mar 3, 2011
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  3. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Can't really answer that question.

    The actual chip itself is pretty small... we're talking about the size of a playing card for the GPU, all of the video RAM, and all of the interconnects for that GPU.

    But the entire laptop was designed and engineered around that chip. The cooling system, the chassis, the layout, the power... all of it designed around an nVidia 335M GPU, instead of integrated graphics.

    It would be like asking "How much smaller would a car be if it didn't have a back seat?" That's not really a very good question to ask, because the back seat itself isn't too big... around 150-200lbs, and the size of a large desk. What really takes up space is that the rest of the car was designed with the assumption that there would be a back seat.
     
    kent1146, Mar 3, 2011
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    posts removed - closed over bickering. trolling is not permitted here on NBR.
     
    BatBoy, Mar 6, 2011
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