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    128mb 8400M GS vs 256mb 8600M Gt

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by maddogg2k7, Jun 28, 2007.

  1. maddogg2k7

    maddogg2k7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK I am not a big pc gamer. I have an xbox 360 so that is what i play my games on. Would I be able to view high defintion videos with the 128mb. Also is there a big difference between the two graphic cards?
     
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    revoletion Notebook Consultant

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    Ya anything thats not intergrated will be able to do HD stuff. The 8400GS is a pretty good card for general purpose. just not gaming.
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    there is a big difference between those two cards.

    the 8600m gt is much faster. it is approaching the power of your xbox360 gpu.

    the 8400m gs is a very crippled card by comparison. it WOULD help a lot with high def. video though. I think it can run high def video (h.264 only - you find that in blu-ray and hd-dvd, and its pretty common) entirely on its own, without using the cpu.
     
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