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    Consumption of Graphic Card in dependence on Amount of Memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cohen, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. cohen

    cohen Newbie

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    I wonder what is the diference between the overall consumption of eg. nVidia GeForce 9650M GT 512 MB and 1024 MB versions if there is any? And also if there is any consumption deference between GDDR2 and GDDR3, and influence on general cunsumption of Mobile Graphic Card...
     
    cohen, Sep 18, 2008
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  2. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    As in power consumption? The amount of memory it has to address makes virtually no difference to power consumption, but yes, the type of memory does. GDDR3 is somewhat more efficient than DDR2(GDDR2 hasn't been used on graphics card since at least 3 years.. )
     
    sesshomaru, Sep 18, 2008
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  3. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    I just can't figure out what you want to say, can you word it differently?
    do you mean market share?
     
    tianxia, Sep 18, 2008
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    I think it does
    more gfx memory=more memory chips, usually speaking
    or is it more bandwidth=more chips
    I got myself confused :confused:
     
    tianxia, Sep 18, 2008
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  5. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Yeah?tell this to HP ;)
     
    Xirurg, Sep 18, 2008
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    DDR2, not GDDR2.. That is what HP uses.. (Or at least should.. )
     
    sesshomaru, Sep 18, 2008
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    I am form the Czech republic and we have here on the market many notebook with GDDR2. I think they do that because it is cheaper for manufacturer.
    And don´t tell me that you have in India notebooks only with GDDR3...
     
    cohen, Sep 18, 2008
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    BTW i think that eg. nVidia GeForce 9500 GS is produced only with GDDR2 all around the world
     
    cohen, Sep 18, 2008
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    DDR2 and GDDR2 memory are not the same. GPUs use either DDR2 or GDDR3 memory these days.
     
    SmoothTofu, Sep 18, 2008
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