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fender967   11-06-2009 at 05:38:51 AM

Hi Guys

In short, I am a graphic designer and I would like to sometimes not have to sit at my desk while I work. The programs I mainly use are Photoshop / Illustrator. My price range for a laptop is $500-650. Every laptop I see in that range has a garbage integrated graphics card.

Does anyone know of a laptop that has a dedicated graphics card capable of running photoshop and playing DVDs for less than $650?

Andrew

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r_manic   11-09-2009 at 04:37:44 AM

Well, even for PS and Illustrator, a "garbage integrated graphics card" should provide enough power for most tasks related to the applications.

In any case, Dell offers relatively powerful laptops with dedicated graphics sometimes for $500. I suggest you check Dell's website.

------------------------------ Desktop | E7300 | P5KPL-AM | 2GB DDR2 667MHz | NVIDIA 9500 GT | ST3320613AS | w2228h
XPS M1330 | T8300 | Dell 0U8042 | 2GB DDR2 800MHz | NVIDIA 8400M GS | WD2500BEVS-75US | 1280 x 800
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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   11-09-2009 at 04:59:41 AM

Photoshop isn't GPU accelerated. You really won't notice a difference between a notebook with one and without one. All you really need for photoshop is a nice, large, high-res screen, 2+GB of memory, and a high-clocked dual core CPU.

------------------------------ Sager NP5793 | T8100 2.1GHz | 4GB DDR2-667 | 8800mGTX 512MB | 320GB 5400rpm | 1920x1200 17", 24" | Win 7 x64
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zacharybaisley   11-10-2009 at 04:31:37 PM

Yup, I agree with frozen, A good processor and a nice large, clear screen is much more important for 2d graphics work.

------------------------------ Alienware M17x | T9600 3.4GHz stable | 4GB DDR3-1333 | 250GB 7200rpm | 1920x1200 17"| Win 7 x64
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