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    Battery life X3100 vs NVS 140M

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by The Fire Snake, Feb 17, 2008.

  1. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have read a lot of responses saying that integrated has much better battery life compared to a discrete graphics card. Obviously when you play a game using the discrete card it will pull a lot of juice. But if you have 2 laptops one integrated and one discrete both being used for non-3D tasks what is the difference in battery life for the 6 cell and 9cell batteries? Thanks.
     
    The Fire Snake, Feb 17, 2008
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  2. Arki

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    I think the difference is about 30-45min of battery life between the two cards.
     
    Arki, Feb 17, 2008
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  3. Hawkeye05

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    The NVS 140 is well worth it, in everything, trust me.
     
    Hawkeye05, Feb 17, 2008
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  4. ZaZ

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    Worth it for what? If you don't game, get the integrated card which as noted has better battery life.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 17, 2008
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  5. TheCynical1

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    What ZaZ said. If you're only using the ThinkPad for standard, "corporate" type activities (word processing, spreadsheets, email, web browsing, IM, etc.), a Quadro (of any type) isn't really necessary.
     
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  6. czhang

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    How much will having the NVS card help for video editing/encoding, Photoshop, and stuff like that?
     
    czhang, Feb 18, 2008
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    Not much. Those programs aren't particularly GPU-dependent.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Feb 18, 2008
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  8. Arki

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    A better processor would benefit you in those tasks more than a better video card would.
     
    Arki, Feb 18, 2008
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    RAM even more so - a higher-end CPU would only benefit you more in number crunching than rendering - if you compile programs then the CPU really counts - Photoshop is more RAM intensive than CPU or GPU. 3GB's would make Photoshop sail with the wind.
     
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  10. czhang

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    okay, thanks!
     
    czhang, Feb 18, 2008
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