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    nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jrsryder, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. jrsryder

    jrsryder Notebook Consultant

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    Is this a decent card configuration for a T61 14" widescreen? I could not find any reviews with this card installed.. Any opinions would be appreciated.
     
    jrsryder, Dec 29, 2007
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    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    The quadro card is mainly made for business applications, if you would like to see some performance on it go to www.notebookcheck.com it gives some performance marks on this card.
     
    Acorn, Dec 29, 2007
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  3. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    its actually notebookcheck.net. the other one is not in english
     
    sly, Dec 29, 2007
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    It's a very decent card. If you click the "My T61" link in my sig you can see a few benchmarks. This is all that is necessary for the typical user to run Vista, typical applications, photo and video applications, mild gaming. However, this is a mediocre "card" for demanding games or professional 3D applications. If gaming or professional 3D applications are a must then go with the 570M 256mb option. The 570M is among the best for laptops right now.
     
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    jrsryder Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the replies.. I'm not sure if the 570M,256mb option is available on the T61 14" widescreen? Could it be added after (would it physically fit in the chassis)?
     
    jrsryder, Dec 30, 2007
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    It ain't avaliable. Not sure about the hot rodding part but you would void your warranty.
     
    BaldwinHillsTrojan, Dec 30, 2007
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  8. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    It is virtually impossible to upgrade a video "card" on a laptop. Most all laptops made today are using video cards that are part of the motherboard and removal is not usually attempted by even the most techno savvy. Further, the typical consumer can't buy an internal video card for a laptop. Your local computer shop probably can't get one either. Swapping out the motherboard that includes the video card you desire is the only semi-realistic route to upgrade. Most people would just sell the laptop and by a new one if they need the upgrade. I think this information is pretty accurate. Maybe someone else will chime in.
     
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    Otter Notebook Consultant

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    I've been using mine to play Titan Quest, Dawn of Magic, Avencast, Witcher. For Titan Quest I run it on max with low shadows at 1680x1050 ( 22" external LCD ) - It plays perfectly fine. The free rate can get a little low playing at that resolution but if it becomes a problem I can always drop down a notch.

    Playing on the native laptop screen resolution it does very well with all of the games above.

    Having said that, if you can get the 570 do it, with games the more power you have the better - you can just never go wrong buying the best graphics card for gaming - also view it as an investment, you can't update it so if anything you should get the best you can now so it will last longer.
     
    Otter, Dec 31, 2007
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  10. SkeeteRX8

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    The only 14" T61 with the Quadro FX570m is the standard-screen T61p, and since it uses a smaller memory bus (64-bit GDDR3 rather than the 128-bit GDDR3 in the 15.4" widescreen T61p), it only has 128 MB of on-board memory.
     
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    I ran some games yesterday, and all were OK in max resolution, highest of which was in Anno 1701 that ran at 1400x1050
     
    miro_gt, Jan 2, 2008
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  12. jbauchet

    jbauchet Notebook Geek

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    the 140m is a very decent card. As for drivers, I'm using lv2go's 169.13 (or 169.17, can't remember) and the Crysis demo at low settings on my t61 is very fluid. Quite surprised, actually. HTH

    (I'm running Vista on a T7500 with 2G of RAM)
     
    jbauchet, Jan 2, 2008
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