Dell E1505 Graphic Card 1400 - worth it??

A. Intel Media Accelerator 950
B. 128MB ATI X1300
c. 256MB ATI X1400 add $179

They all have the same spec except memory. Why pay $179 extra? Worth it???

Spec:
PCI Express - No
Data With - 256-bit
RAMDAC - 400 MHz
Maximum Resoultion - 1920 x 1200
TV Out - Yes
Extended Desktop - Yes
Simulscan Mode - Yes

Different:
A. Between 128 and 224 MB of system memory may be allocated to support graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors.

B. The total of local and shared system memory used by this graphics card is up to 128MB. Local on-board memory is 64MB. Up to 64MB of system memory may be allocated to support graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors.

C. The total of local and shared system memory used by this graphics card is up to 256MB. Local on-board memory is 128MB. Up to 128MB of system memory may be allocated to support graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors.

 

Mmm... I'm pretty sure that both radeon's are PCI-Express

 

The info is from Dell E1505 Graphic card help. Strange under E1705 the Ati Radeon X1400 said PCI Express x16

Are they use the same card on both laptop or is different?????

 

They're the same card on both laptops, it's just a mistake. They both are PCI-Express.

 

I agree. The X1300 and X1400 are PCI-E. The other is on-board, non-dedicated.

 

the difference with the x1300 and x1400 is the clock speed I think

 

So are you going to be playing any games? If so what games? If your not going to be playing any games, or really out dated ones then the Intel 950GMA is fine for you. But if your going to be playing newer games the X1400 is definitely worth the $179

 

Games are the most likely need for a dedicated graphics card but there are others... If you do any 3d stuff a dedicated card is a big plus... if you think you will upgrade to Windows VISTA on the machine in the future A dedicated card might be handy with their new 3d user interface features.

if you dont care about graphics, dont do 3d gaming, etc... then go with the Intel 950 integrated... if you want to do some gaming, but can't spring for the $179 x1400 the x1300 is a good upgrade.

Also, its not a guarantee but if you buy a dell notebook with a dedicated video card, then the motherboard at least is designed for dedicated video... so if Dell offers a better card in the future you might be able to buy it from dell parts and install it. Not a guarantee, but if you go with the integrated its guaranteed to not be upgradable.

 

Thanks everyone. I did ordered with the Ati x1400. Just Dell made a mistake on the graphic card descritpion on the E1505.

 

ATI 1300 has 64mb of dedicated memory while ATI 1400 has 128MB dedicated memory. Found this info on E1505 User manual.

 

same card..

 

Correct... The X1300 has 64Mb's of hypermemory. The X1400 has 128MB's of hypermemory. So the extra hypermemory might come in handy when running demanding games / apps.

 

The x1400 is advertised by Dell as being 256MB!

 

Its misleading, but its described as 256mb with hypermemory. What it actually is is... 128mb Dedicated video ram, and the ability to pull an additional 128mb of system ram for use as video ram if needed. 128mb+128mb = 256mb.

 

Would the GMA be good enough to run The Movies game?

 

good thing I ordered 2 gig of ram for my e1505 then. So the graphics card will pull from this ram if needed?