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    1gb or 2gb

    Discussion in 'HP' started by HeatFireAsh, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. HeatFireAsh

    HeatFireAsh Notebook Guru

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    For gaming is there really any need to get th 2gb 6770. Most games don't use the full 1gb anyway. So i just wanted to make sure the cards are the same and not a lesser bus speed or any other disadvantage for the 1gb card.
     
    HeatFireAsh, Jun 17, 2011
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  2. otacon

    otacon Notebook Evangelist

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    1GB is more than enough for the 6770M. It all comes down to personal preference. More HP marketing than anything else IMO and not worth the upgrade. I put that $50 towards an SSD.
     
    otacon, Jun 17, 2011
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  3. HeatFireAsh

    HeatFireAsh Notebook Guru

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    Thats what I was thinking. I just needed some reassurance :)
     
    HeatFireAsh, Jun 17, 2011
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  4. JunkStory

    JunkStory Notebook Consultant

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    agree with otacon
     
    JunkStory, Jun 18, 2011
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    kurosawa79 Notebook Consultant

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    Agreed. I have a 6950 in my desktop...its 2gb and I dont know of any of my games that fully utilise that at 1080. On a laptop GPU I think it's a joke...the processing power of the 6770 will become the bottleneck before the ram ever will.
     
    kurosawa79, Jun 18, 2011
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  6. xabial

    xabial Notebook Geek

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    Doesnt make a difference. i think by the time games use 2gb graphics radeon 6770m will be long obsolete. 2gb is major overkill IMO.
     
    xabial, Jun 18, 2011
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    reflex99 Notebook Guru

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    the 2GB is 100% marketing. The 6770m uses a 128bit bus, so there is not nearly enough bandwidth for it to ever allocate 2GB efficently.

    But it does help with resale, so i bought the upgrade anyways
     
    reflex99, Jun 18, 2011
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