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    Dell 1420 vista premium ready?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Exzee, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. Exzee

    Exzee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered a 1420 that I've yet to receive. However, yesterday I went to a friend's house and used his HP with 128mb integrated (shared) graphics, and his windows vista with aero lagged quite a bit. The "aero experience index" or whatever was rated 1.0. My 1420 has a 128mb DEDICATED card, but im still worried it might not be enough to run aero smoothly. Can anyone here with a 1420 describe his experience with vista so far? Is a 128mb ded card really enough to run it flawlessly? Thanks.
     
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  2. xScorp1on

    xScorp1on Notebook Evangelist

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    A dedicated card should run it fine. Integrated is generally crap.
     
    xScorp1on, Aug 19, 2007
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  3. manzi

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    Yh the 8400 GS will run it flawlessly. Nothing to worry about.
     
    manzi, Aug 19, 2007
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    i have the integrated card w/ 2gb ram and 160gb hard drive and windows vista/aero works excellent...no lag whatsoever.
     
    ace2525, Aug 19, 2007
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    I have the same exact specs as you, and I can vouch for your statement. No problems here!
     
    redsox6391, Aug 19, 2007
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    make sure you feed it with plenty of RAM. the onboard graphics can use a little help from the system ram.
     
    chrisL2, Aug 19, 2007
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    Thats a pretty dumb thing to say, wheres your evidence? The onboard intel
    x3100 is perfectly adequete and meets vista premium/aero requirements.
     
    J400uk, Aug 19, 2007
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  8. DoubleBlack

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    I believe the stock WEI is around 3.7 (very different from 1.0) ;)
     
    DoubleBlack, Aug 19, 2007
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