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October 24th, 2004 16:00

Poor gameplay

I recently went out and bought madden 2005 for my Inspiron 5150, the gameplay is very poor.  Very choppy and slow.  I tried setting my options to the lowest and it looks like dirt and is still choppy.  The movies i watch are a little fuzzy too.  Is there any way to upgrade the video card.  I saw a Ge Force Fx Go 5200 128mb card and wanted to put that in my labtop, but i keep getting told that i cant upgrade.  I dont understand how i can pay 2,000 dollars for a labtop and cant upgrade on it.  Thats the whole point of upgrading, you should be able to upgrade parts.  I am very dissappointed with Dell.. I dont want to be a customer with them anymore, and I am at the point that if anybody i know is looking for a labtop is asking about Dell im going to tell them to pass, not worth the hassel.  I have had this labtop for 3 months and already had a full system crash.  Had to spend numerous hours on the phone to get a tech to come out and replace my hard drive, video card, and LCD.  I payed a lot of money for this system and got poor quality.  If anybody can help me, please reply
  • PYROTAK

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    Posted October 24th, 2004 17:00

    you aren't supposed to be able to upgrade laptops to begin with.

    and btw dell is the only laptop brand where users can self-upgrade like video, but only on the 8x00 line.

    do your research before you start blaming dell.
  • jlokun

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    Posted November 8th, 2004 13:00

    Sorry you had to put up with a bunch of problems with your new LAPtop.  I got my Inspiron 1150 a couple of months ago, and it 's working fine for me.  I just wish I'd gotten a bigger hard drive and 512mb, instead of 256.  I've been using it for some gaming with no problems.  You just have to make sure that anything you're trying to run doesn't exceed your configuration.  Most of the games I've run are a couple years old, but they're still good.
     
    Jedi Outcast-no problems
    Jedi Academy-ran choppy at first, but great after I downloaded Intel's newest drivers
    Halo-same as JA, choppy, but better after the new drivers
    Mechwarrior 4-Mercenaries-no problem
    Max Payne-no problem
    Morrowind-no problem
    Black and White-no problem
    I was able to get Star Wars:Battlefront to run, but it was kind of choppy.  I haven't tried it after downloading the latest drivers.
     
    Again, just watch what you're trying to run.  I bought a budget laptop, and wasn't expecting stellar performance.  Besides the slow performance with the 256mb, I've been happy w/ it.  Unfortunately laptops just aren't made to be heavily upgradeable.  That's how they get all that stuff in such a little box.  Most of the time, the only things you can change are the hard drive and the amount of mem you have.