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    Dell 3110 or 1420 + Video Card Opinions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by markglass, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. markglass

    markglass Newbie

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    What do you guys reckon?

    1) The 3110 or the 1420?
    2) LED Screen if the 3110 or no LED screen (positives/negatives on each account)?
    3) Intel 3100 versus the nVidia 8400M GS? I really shouldn't be playing games, since being a student battery life ought to be the most important for me, but I want my cake and eat it too. I have a Toshiba M71 - FE5 with a discrete ATI X700 with 256MB of RAM and the power drain on the battery is atrocious...ATROCIOUS. Can I expect similar results with another discrete GPU even though it's not a high class one like the X700 was relative to when I purchased my Toshiba? I've heard the 8M series has some neat power saving protocols that ought to save watts. Any truth?

    Thanks for all your time guys!!!!

    Mark
     
    markglass, Aug 8, 2007
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  2. liquidplasma6

    liquidplasma6 Notebook Evangelist

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    what's a 3110?
     
    liquidplasma6, Aug 8, 2007
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  3. markglass

    markglass Newbie

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    Oh, geez my bad. I meant an M1330.
     
    markglass, Aug 9, 2007
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