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    N51VN-A1 with Nvidia GT 240m available on Newegg

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by neilnat, Jul 21, 2009.

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    Yup I ordered one :)
     
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    What is the big deal about the card?
     
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    Also, is this faster then the ati 4650?
     
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    Both cards are 128 bit, GT240 ought to be a bit slower than 9700m GTS, which is about same speed as 4650. Means both cards are similarly performing, however 4650 may have the edge.

    But Ati's mobility driver isn't always great, where as for NV, you get arguably more mature driver releases more often; plus all the bonus of stuff, like Cuda, PhysX support; not to mention it's 40nm - potentially more power friendly.
     
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    the 240M is a bit disappointing. I have already seen benchmarks. It is the same mid range level performance as usual, just a tad bit more due to the increase of the sps.

    The HD4670 GDDR3 should remain king for now. Still, at least it is a small upgrade.

    Also, ATi has the CUDA competition etc, called FireStream or something like that, and also soon will have physics so it doesn't really matter.

    I believe the 240M should have been GDDR5, that way it would have the performance of a 9700M GTS and be actually decent for mid-high gaming.
     
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    I think itl be pretty good, its still a high end card.

    Stream tech is good though, i dont know about cuda but when the stream processors on an ati card are used properly, 2 hour video conversions and so on can be cut down to like 7 minutes etc, but then it depends on the conversion types and so on.
     
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    Those are old reviews. Ati fixed those issues with quality in May. Actually, CUDA and ATi Stream are basically on equal footing, there is no longer an adavantage to nvidia.

    Check out a recent article:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-stream

    The problem is that it is not a High end card at all. It is a mid-range card along the lines of a 130M GT or a 9600M GT. the "high end" cards begin with the 250M, which would be about a 9800M GT, and the 260M GTS being around 9800M GT and GTX.

    If the 240M had GDDR5, it could easily be a great mid range card with the level of performance that the 9700M GTS has, and clearly, they would have outclassed the HD4670. But again, we have "strong" sounding names, with subpar performance.
     
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