1420 - Questions.

I recently ordered a Dell Inspiron 1420, and I have some questions.

1) I ordered the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, and I was wondering if that will work well with Windows Vista Premium. I do not plan on playing any computer games at all. I am going to be using my laptop for web surfing, messaging, and music. Will this card suit me well?

2) I also ordered the Intel C2D T5450. Will this also suit me for the same purposes stated above?

*And if it helps, I have 2 GB of RAM*

Thank you for any help!

 

1) yes works well
2) yes works well again

 

Can anyone else back that up?

Also, after getting off with Dell Chat, I was offered free, next-day shipping. How long will it take to update this on my order status page?

 

yes, you will be able to utilize aero and the web with your configuration.

 

Yeah for most uses other than gaming, your laptop will work excellently.

Then again, even with the dedicated graphics card, gaming will not be awesome or anything. I got the dedicated graphics card hoping that having a separate graphics card will lighten system resources when I'm multitasking and watching movies/youtube/etc.

Integrated graphics cards use system RAM... although with 2GB, I doubt you will notice any difference

 

GPU has really nothing to do with any of that. It's for gaming, otherwise it's really going to waste and hurting battery life.

GO 8400GS will play most games pretty well, and newer stuff on low. Nobody expects a 14.1" notebook to be a gaming powerhouse.

 

The integrated graphics will suit best, lowest temps and power consumption.

If you are looking for a budget system, yes that C2D will do fine. The current recommendation to make it "future proof" though is the T7300...but again, you are a very light user.

As for the NBD shipping, sometimes it is never reflected at all...the order status page sucks

 

Thank you for the help everyone! I am convinced now that what I chose is perfect for me!

And the Next-Day shipping was reflected on my order status page!

 

Seriously do you really think that the graphics card won't improve a graphics rich interface in Windows Vista while playing video and multitasking?

I am not convinced... but whatev.

 

Playing video has nothing to do with the graphics card. There is no convincing to do. If you believe otherwise, then you are mostly unsure of how computer components actually work.

Video cards do complex equations while rendering real time 3D and 2D images, not decoding compressed formats.

 

Your mom does complex equations while rendering real time 3D and 2D images.

Wait, that's not funny.

 

My mom only gets 3 FPS in F.E.A.R.

 

In all seriousness, if I don't plan to play games very much if at all would it be more worthwhile to get rid of the ded graphics card and upgrade something else?

 

You will be fine with the much improved x3100.

 

Yes, you'll see more benefit in general productivity by going with, say, a 7200RPM drive, or a faster FSB, or more RAM, than you will by using a dedicated graphics chip.