Hello,
I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I would like to buy a Dell Studio 17 laptop because I find it to be the most reasonably priced for what I need out of a machine.
However, the thing that bothers me the most, is that it only comes with the ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3650 graphics adapter. I've read quite a few reviews and the card in question is very poorly rated.
I'm not a gamer and will probably never use my laptop for gaming. I do, however use it for graphics applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, etc. and video editing with Sony Vegas.
I currently have a Toshiba Satellite P100-192 with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 - 256 MB
Is the ATI 3650 also too weak for me if I don't play games?
If you really want a graphic design video card you should either consider buying a notebook with an ati FireGL card, or a notebook with an Nvidia Quadro. These are specifically designed for these tasks and will perform better then any other card. But to answer your question, yes, the 3650 will probably run things like Photoshop, Flash and such quite fine.
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