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    Intel X4500 vs. 256MB NVIDIA 9200M GS in heat control/power

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by oschrndz, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. oschrndz

    oschrndz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS create significantly more heat than the Intel X4500? And what about with power usage? I do want a good battery life since the laptop will be used for college.

    I am not sure whether to stick with the Intel X4500 or the NVIDIA 9200M GS for my laptop. I won't be playing games on the laptop so my first choice was to go with the Intel X4500, but then I will be watching movies and running Photoshop (as a hobby) and so I was then suggested to get the 9200M GS. I don't mind paying the extra bucks for the dedicated graphics card but is it worth doing it? I don't want a heat producing machine that will give me only 1hr of battery life.
    And will I have problems surfing the web, watching movies and running Windows Vista with just the x4500? Need some suggestions here. Thanks
     
    oschrndz, Sep 12, 2008
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  2. Rahul

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    The X4500 would be just fine for the tasks you want to do. I don't think you would see a large difference with the Nvidia graphics, if any.
     
    Rahul, Sep 12, 2008
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    why don't you go with hybrid sli, the sony vaio z comes with both the intel x4500 and nvidia 9300m gs which you can switch back and forth for better power consumption and heat reduction. Switch the 9300m gs when you are watching movies or doing photoshop and just switch to the intel x4500 when your watching movies
     
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  4. Rahul

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    Thats not hybrid SLI, thats just hybrid graphics.

    Hybrid SLI is when the integrated graphics give a boost to the dedicated graphics when on AC power, too bad its not in the Vaio Z series.
     
    Rahul, Sep 12, 2008
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    What about when it comes to watching DVDs or general video playback?
    I occasionally do illustrations on Photoshop for fun, does GPU come into play here too?
     
    oschrndz, Sep 12, 2008
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    since my first laptop, my rule of the thumb is get at least a low end dedicated gpu :D you'll not know when you need the extra power
     
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    my vista score for gfx is 3.2 (x4500mhd) while i saw another laptop with 9200m gs score of 3.5, so i say not much difference.

    i am able to play videos fine.
     
    ufogeek, Sep 12, 2008
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  8. TehSuigi

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    Modern GPUs can take some of the work of video decoding from the CPU and do it itself. The X4500HD and 9200M GS are both capable of improving DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD playback. (the regular X4500 can only improve DVD).
    MPEG-4/AVC codecs can also offload work to the GPU, if they're coded for it.
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 12, 2008
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    how do i find out if mine is x4500 or x4500hd? it says x4500hd on the box, but inside the laptop it just says 4 series.
     
    ufogeek, Sep 12, 2008
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  10. Micaiah

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    You have the X4500MHD, that's the only one available for notebooks. The X4500HD is the desktop version, and is found in motherboards with the G45 chipset. The regular X4500 comes with the G43 desktop chipset.
     
    Micaiah, Sep 13, 2008
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  11. TehSuigi

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    Thanks for clearing that up, TRF.
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 13, 2008
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