"I don't even know why people are reaslly arguing about this though."
I don't think anyone is really arguing. I think we'll all thrilled to have this solution here! Thanks again! But I think the real debate is what's better to do:
1) Run the game at the current desktop res and take a chance on the game running choppy due to the desktop res being too large.
2) Find out which modes are available and pick the closest mode that will fit.
"If so, that's great. So a 2D style action game runs perfectly acceptably on one of the lowest end systems now available. And of course a puzzle game would be no problem at all."
Depends on the card, the graphics mode, updated drivers, OpenGl, DirectX, etc. Nothing's guaranteed, prepare for the worse, hope for the best. ;)
"So that Inspiron, that has an intel graphics chip right?"
Most of the Inspiron's available now have the newer Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 or 128mb Nvida Geforce Cards. It's awesome that they're making them available with Vista or XP. ;)
I don't think anyone is really arguing. I think we'll all thrilled to have this solution here! Thanks again! But I think the real debate is what's better to do:
1) Run the game at the current desktop res and take a chance on the game running choppy due to the desktop res being too large.
2) Find out which modes are available and pick the closest mode that will fit.
"If so, that's great. So a 2D style action game runs perfectly acceptably on one of the lowest end systems now available. And of course a puzzle game would be no problem at all."
Depends on the card, the graphics mode, updated drivers, OpenGl, DirectX, etc. Nothing's guaranteed, prepare for the worse, hope for the best. ;)
"So that Inspiron, that has an intel graphics chip right?"
Most of the Inspiron's available now have the newer Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 or 128mb Nvida Geforce Cards. It's awesome that they're making them available with Vista or XP. ;)