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    Radeon 6770M 1GB vs 2GB

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Althernai, May 19, 2011.

  1. coastal_carolina

    coastal_carolina Notebook Evangelist

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    I bet one thing that buying the 2GB graphics cards will help with is resale.

    3 or 4 years from now when I go to sell this Dv7t Quad with 2GB of video memory, I bet someone looking @ it goes wooooooooo..... 2GB of video memory, thats what the standard today is...I gotta go fast, gotta go fast! lol
     
    coastal_carolina, May 25, 2011
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  2. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    3 or 4 years from now, integrated graphics will embarrass the 6770M.
     
    Kevin, May 25, 2011
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  3. coastal_carolina

    coastal_carolina Notebook Evangelist

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    try explaining that to the average user, they wont understand
     
    coastal_carolina, May 25, 2011
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  4. Phinagle

    Phinagle Notebook Prophet

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    It should take less than half that time. 4-way arch on 32nm Trinity APU. :D
     
    Phinagle, May 28, 2011
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  5. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    3 or 4 years from now 10770M will embarrass the Integrated Graphics. :rolleyes:
     
    weinter, May 28, 2011
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  6. alxlbf2

    alxlbf2 Notebook Consultant

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    My GMA3150 is better than a GeForce 3 Ti500 o_o.
     
    alxlbf2, May 28, 2011
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  7. daranik

    daranik Notebook Deity

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    Wouldn't it help with ingame streaming of graphics. Lets say with Crysis you turn of graphic streaming wouldn't it use more of the vram to store the whole maps textures in it instead of buffering on the fly?
     
    daranik, May 28, 2011
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  8. MetuoMe95

    MetuoMe95 Notebook Geek

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    Which games can the 6770M play on medium???
     
    MetuoMe95, Jun 12, 2011
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  9. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    All of them? I mean seriously, define medium and at what resolution, the framerates you consider playable.

    You basically just asked how long is a piece of string.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 12, 2011
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  10. wittynorseman

    wittynorseman Notebook Consultant

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    Most certainly there is little value in the 2GB HD 6770M over the 1GB HD 6770M, but at $35.00 & $33.50 with the 30% & 33% off coupons what harm is there if one is willing to pay for the extra VRAM, if it makes one feel better, just go for it. However, if one has money to burn I would suggest looking at a system with a higher class GPU.

    I can think of a very few circumstances that would utilize the 2GB without heavily taxing the GPU, but because what I'm thinking has no real world application no one would have any reason to do so.

    ***** Off topic rant *****

    Anyone who has more than 4GB of RAM in their laptop and says that the 2GB HD 6770M is a waste is being hypocritical. When not running multiple programs, performing professional photo editing, utilizing VMs, or running high load services no one will receive benefit from more than 4GB. :rolleyes:

    Who here isn't guilty of retched excess? Who ever needed a candy bar, a shiny gold watch, spoilers on slow cars, athletic shoes on fat people, or a good looking mate for that matter? I do not know anyone who does not like nicer things. Anyone with more than 4GB RAM who says a 2GB 6770M buyer is a sucker, professes themselves also to be a hypocritical sucker, good luck in afterlife. ;)

    If you can't handle it, take a fast ride in a bad packet against a closed IP port. :D

    "The truth is out there, but the lies are inside your head."
     
    wittynorseman, Jun 18, 2011
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  11. reflex99

    reflex99 Notebook Guru

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    I got the 2GB one for the resale value.

    People on craigslist instantly thing more vram=more winning
     
    reflex99, Jun 18, 2011
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  12. Mr_Mysterious

    Mr_Mysterious Like...duuuuuude

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    That's because in America, bigger is better!

    That is, until the iPod came along :p

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Jun 18, 2011
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  13. reflex99

    reflex99 Notebook Guru

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    for a $40 upgrade, it will probably help maintain like $50+ of resale value
     
    reflex99, Jun 18, 2011
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  14. Meaker@Sager

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    Ofc if it dies out of warranty then you are out an extra $40.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 18, 2011
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  15. reflex99

    reflex99 Notebook Guru

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    what? You would be out that if any card died...
     
    reflex99, Jun 18, 2011
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  16. Meaker@Sager

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    Yes but if you spent $40 less rather than an upgrade which gave you nothing over the life of the machine, that would be $40 saved.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 18, 2011
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  17. reflex99

    reflex99 Notebook Guru

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    oh noes $40!!!!

    It's a risk i am willing to take.
     
    reflex99, Jun 18, 2011
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  18. scoleman58

    scoleman58 Newbie

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    I have read a lot on here and got some great information. Seems like the 2GB is only good for higher resolutions. I have a 28 inch 1020 TV that I plan on hooking this laptop up to for Blu-Ray and DvD, maybe use it for gaming too (but I doubt it). Would this 2GB provide me any benefit at all with any of these scenario's? I have seen some mention that the card is not really powerful enough to use the 2GB.

    Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me!
     
    scoleman58, Aug 20, 2011
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  19. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    2GB starts kicking in at 5760x1080. The physical size of the monitor has 0 impact.

    1080p on my 15.6" notebook display will have the same performance of 1080p on a 28" TV.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 20, 2011
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  20. XEROenvy

    XEROenvy Notebook Consultant

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    Since I have been Modding Oblivion and Skyrim with High Resolution textures and LOD's and such, would I notice an improvement with the 2GB? Also, I've tried to let Skyrim use some of the 8GB I have in RAM. In task manager, I see only ~800MB (I know that doesn't indicate all, maybe not even the vram used) and used patched to allow the .exe to use more than 2GB ram, don't see a difference...any thoughts?
     
    XEROenvy, Nov 23, 2011
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  21. WileyCoyote

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    no. 2gb vram is a waste. Look at desktop cards. They top out at 1.5 gb and thats for top end cards expecting to run games at 2056x1440. Skyrim LLP refers to your regular memory, it allows you to utilize over 2gb of ram.
     
    WileyCoyote, Nov 23, 2011
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  22. Berkshire

    Berkshire Newbie

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    Wow! Some of this stuff is over my head, and yet I have a question.
    Does the difference between 1GB Radeon HD 6770M GDDR5 or 2GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics (When included in a laptop) have any impact when using high-end desifn programs such as Photoshop? Will video editing and computer-generated 3D design programs be able to make use of the 2GB?

    (I'm trying to buy a laptop right now, and the upgrade is $50)
     
    Berkshire, Nov 28, 2011
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  23. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    My desktop cards have 2GB of RAM. You actually use it when you're playing in Eyefinity resolutions ;) There are also special versions of the GeForce 580 that have 3GB of RAM, made for multi-GPU setups at crazy resolutions.

    But the answer on the 6770M is still the same, 1GB is plenty. The GPU itself will be too slow to address all that memory.


    No effect whatsoever. By the time you're running things at a high enough resolution with enough antialiasing and such turned on to actually use the 2GB of RAM, the GPU will have ground nearly to a halt.
     
    Pitabred, Nov 28, 2011
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