Graphics Card Question

[TheHitMan-1973]

I have a nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 inside my laptop , i am no expert , how good is it ?

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Depends, what do you want to do with it?

I dont play games thats for sure . . .

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Well, it is a decent card if not gaming what are you looking to do with it?

I only use laptop for Photoshop CS5 & Microsoft Word thats it , i upgraded laptop last week

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Should be fine Certainly meets minimum spec for photoshop CS5 as far as i can tell. As for Microsoft Word....well..i wouldnt worry

With photoshop i believe you'll get more out of better cpu/memory than gpu, so if you're meeting the minimum spec i imagine you'll be fine..

My spec below , had for 3 years seems o.k . . . I was thinking could i get faster memory ?

Dell Inspiron 1720 T7500 @ 2.20GHz
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB 7200RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB 7200RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200)
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Faster memory? Dunno how far you could go there or how effective it would be. Might be worth a post in GH on the viability, but i wouldnt hold out too much hope .


That sounds like quite a nice little spec there, has it been performing badly or something?

I was going to change for XPS laptop but think i would be wasting my money . . .