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I'm planning on buying the new Dell E6400 and it has the option of NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 160M1 256MB DDR2 or Mobile Intel® GMA 4500MHD. Which one would you choose, for best XBMC compatability? I'll be running XBMC on Vista. It isn't going to be dedicated to XBMC. I just want to be able to play with it on my laptop, when I'm not at my main PC. I also don't plan on running any games on it. Any input would be appriciated.
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No one? There has to be someone who has some input.
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Geeba
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How much are they?
I just bought a Dell 1530 XPS lappy... I love it! feels really well made and I spec'd it up to.... 2.6Ghz Core2, 4Gig RAM and a dedicated 256mb 8600GT nVidia GFX card... runs XBMC Win a treat.... so not only can I watch all my movies/media when I work away the onboard HDMI and S-Video mean I can connect up to pretty much any TV.... hacked the Dell media button to... now launches XBMC....
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With the feature-freeze now in place, is there an opinion on whether Intel X3100 graphics with a decent (>2.0 GHz dual core) CPU is a "good enough" combo? Judging from the previous forum posts that chipset seems to be right on the bubble for XBMC use...
I'm still eyeing a Dell Studio Hybrid XBMC build, but its older graphics have me a little worried it might fall short.
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Gamester17
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Yes Intel X3100 graphics is good enough as well, (this is all in the manual and FAQ you know).