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    NP530U4B Performance and review

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Niren, Apr 28, 2012.

  1. Niren

    Niren Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I am thinking of buying this from Bestbuy.ca, but the reviews I can find seems to be pointing to a slightly different model.

    As far as I can tell, there is a NP530U4B-A01US model, which is really close to the NP530U3B model and doesn't have the 1GB AMD Radeon HD7550M. So I am just wondering how much improved performance can I expect over the NP530U3B (or NP530U4B-A01US) reviews or is there a exact review of the model I want to buy.

    Here is a comparison of differences:
     
    Niren, Apr 28, 2012
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    The full details of the NP530U4B-S01CA are on the Samsung Canada website. Provided Best Buy are offering that model then it should have the AMD graphics (unless Samsung have made a mistake in the listing - not unknown).

    You can compare the difference in GPU performance using notebookchecks' mobile GPU benchmark list.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 29, 2012
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