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    NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M..only 128mb?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gogo2390, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. gogo2390

    gogo2390 Notebook Consultant

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    I was at dells, and they offer the nvs 140m, and it has 256mb...also checked nvidia's site, it says up to 256...why is this one only listed as 128mb on lenovo's site? Is that wrong? Are there 2 different video cards?

    Just wondering, I dont have the laptop yet its still being shipped.

    Thanx
     
    gogo2390, Jul 29, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    "Up to" means just that. Different manufacturers can choose how much memory they use for their cards. The Quadro 140M can come with 128 or 256 Mb of VRAM, not that it matters.
     
    Lithus, Jul 29, 2008
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    The 140M only has a 64-bit memory type so any memory greater than 128 MB wouldn't be used. Or at least that's how I understand it (please someone correct me if I'm wrong).
     
    sillybulanston, Jul 29, 2008
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    check dells offer more closely. there may be only 128mb (or 64mb) of dedicated vram (search for word combination "up to", usually this means that there is less dedicated vram, than is stated in tech specs - the rest is borrowed from your system ram). Of course this may be not the case - G86 supports more than 128mb of dedicated vram.

    you're wrong ;) 64bit is bus width (simply speaking that means how much data can be transfered from GPU to MEM in a moment of time).
     
    martynas, Jul 29, 2008
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    XanderD Notebook Geek

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    I've heard that because the bus width is only 64-bit, you will not receive better results whether you have 128 or 256 mb on the card. Is that true?
     
    XanderD, Jul 29, 2008
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    my t61 nvidia 140m has 128megs of dedicated. but keep in mind it will also use part of the system ram. With 4gigs installed, i have 1.4 gigs video ram. This lets you get past the requirements and play games like assassin's creed, devil may cry 4, etc...
     
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  7. gogo2390

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    cool thanx for clearing that up
     
    gogo2390, Jul 29, 2008
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