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    W520: Quadro 1000M with 2GB Vs. 2000M with 2GB

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bashar, Jul 15, 2011.

  1. Bashar

    Bashar Notebook Evangelist

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    Both of them 2GB i tried to google the hell out of them but couldn't really find whats the difference that adds $250 on top of the price!

    can anyone enlighten me please? :)

    Thanks
     
    Bashar, Jul 15, 2011
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  2. Mech0z

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    3dmark 06
    1000m 8.5-9.5k
    2000m 11.5-12.5k
     
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  3. Bashar

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    since i didn't understand what does this mean, i suppose i'll go with the 1000M :D

    Thanks!
     
    Bashar, Jul 15, 2011
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  4. Mech0z

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    Its just a syntethic benchmark but it gives you an idear about the difference between the 2 cards in %
     
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    meaning the 1000M won't support 3D and the second will support 3D ?
     
    Bashar, Jul 15, 2011
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    Nono, the 2000m is just a more powerful version of the 1000M they can do the same, the 2000m is just faster at it.
     
    Mech0z, Jul 15, 2011
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    As the others have stated, they are basically the same chip, but the 2000m has more shader units which means that it can do certain things faster, such as applications that do per-pixel lighting, such as games and other types of visualization. If you have a high resolution monitor such as a 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 or higher, the faster processor might be a good choice.

    Other desktop applications can use the chip for math operations such as Photoshop's filters and such, a few ray-tracers, and some science applications.
     
    BrendaEM, Jul 15, 2011
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