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    Video card nVidia Quadro FX 570M

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bashar, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. Bashar

    Bashar Notebook Evangelist

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    some ebayers are writing 512MB of this card, how come?

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    the Ad. says: IBM T61p Duo 2 Core 2.5Ghz 2Gb 160gb DVD/RW Wi-Fi BT
    SXGA+ Fast T9300 Fingerprint 512mb Video memory Great!
     
    Bashar, Jul 31, 2008
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  2. tobius

    tobius Notebook Geek

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    The quadro FX 570M has 256mb of integrated video memory an it has (insert trademarked, technical sounding, but otherwise useless moniker) which means that it can access and use up to 256mb of your system memory.

    256mb dedicated
    + 256mb shared
    = 512mb total

    the performance is not as good as 512mb all dedicated, but that is what you get.
     
    tobius, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. zephyrus17

    zephyrus17 Notebook Deity

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    Even so, the card is very decent. If you game a lot, I suggest you to force your drivers to be GeForce. Follow the guide here

    Good luck on your purchase. Make sure to check for things like Memory, battery life, internal tampering, etc when you get the laptop.
     
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  4. Bashar

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    works well on linux ubuntu ?
     
    Bashar, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. zephyrus17

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    Works very well. I have that same card (see sig) and it works brilliantly in 32bit and 64bit. Drivers are good. Much better than the current ATi ones, I feel.
     
    zephyrus17, Jul 31, 2008
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