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Old 11-22-2008   #1 (permalink)


vista 32bit operating system
 
 

hidden graphics card

hi, i have a dell inspiron 1520 laptop does anyone know the type of graphics card in it?? ive had a look in device manager but theres no mention of the nivadia card that should be present, i was told there is one in it but hidden some way????
just that my son was questioning what games he could get to play on it, he wants call of duty 4 but unsure if it would work.

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Old 11-22-2008   #2 (permalink)


Windows 7 x64
 
 

Re: hidden graphics card

Looking on the net, it has an 8600m 256mb graphics card. It should be able to play CoD4, but might need to keep the graphics down a bit, but it will be able to play it I'd imagine.
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Old 11-24-2008   #3 (permalink)


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Re: hidden graphics card

Incase it's not, you can always goto DirectX

- Start > Run
(Or hit Windows Key + R)
- Type dxdiag
Press Return/Enter
- It will ask you if you want to check if your drivers as WHQL signed.. just press no.
- Goto the Display tab, it will have the name of it there.

Also take note of the drivers on the right hand side. If they are quite old you should goto the Dell site and try and find an upgrade.
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Old 11-24-2008   #4 (permalink)


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Re: hidden graphics card

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by beaua View Post
Incase it's not, you can always goto DirectX

- Start > Run
(Or hit Windows Key + R)
- Type dxdiag
Press Return/Enter
- It will ask you if you want to check if your drivers as WHQL signed.. just press no.
- Goto the Display tab, it will have the name of it there.

Also take note of the drivers on the right hand side. If they are quite old you should goto the Dell site and try and find an upgrade.
hi, tried that but comes up intel chipset family under the device heading, but as stated on net should have good card??
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Old 11-24-2008   #5 (permalink)


Windows 7 x64
 
 

Re: hidden graphics card

Well go to the Nvidia site and download drivers for the 8600. If they install, then you have an 8600 on your laptop.
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