Nvidia 7600 and 2GB of Ram, does it worth buying?

First of all I wanted to buy FE690 with Nvidia video-card and 2GB of 667Hz RAM from newegg.com, but now I am changing my mind. I mean I will use this notebook in college for mailing/researching/aim/word/Internet stuff. My major isn't computer engineering or web-design. Can I survive with integrated video card and 1GB of ram? Money is not issue, the issue is the temptation of playing games and stuff Oh and by the way, does video-card affects display? Does it make better image or not? Thanks a lot

 

First off in order to answer your question it depends on what kind of games you play, how old they are, and how much you play.

Right off the bat I can tell you that an integrated video solution is not going to give you any awesome gaming performance, and not to mention that the newer the games are most likely having you to turn down settings. I see that the GMA950 is the Integrated solution here, and I have seen videos online of people playing Half Life 2 on it with no lag. I would think its safe to assume that some settings were turned down.

If you are a big gamer, than you might want to look at a dedicated gpu. Of course more memory is always great to have, but just keep in mind that Windows is limited to 2GB of accessible memory, most laptops don't have support for anything more than that anyways, if yours does it wouldn't make much sense to purchase more than that.

As for Image quality like as normal pc usage, there is no real difference between the two, all that stuff is dependant on the display itself and how accurate it is with colors.

P.S. Don't go gaming too much there in college.

 

If it's a small price difference go with the dedicated video card. With Vista coming out in late Fall/Early next year, you will have less problems updating and using Vista to the fullest.
Also, if you use integrated, you will need more than 512mb to run an efficient system.
At least 1-2 gigs should be enough.

 

Hi Emil,

If you are going to be playing any sort of 3D games, my advice would be to buy a dedicated GPU. (You have stated that finances aren't the major issue.)

I hardly ever play games on my notebooks, but my screensaver which utilizes OpenGL routines bring the whole computer to its knees with the IntelGMAs. (Think 1 frame per second...)

If money isn't the biggest issue, I do not see why one shouldn't push for at a dedicated GPU.

 

Wait wait guys, forgot to mention, I do not want to play games, I mean it's a college, come on, girls, parties, school, sports and stuff my point is if I will but nVidia 7600 and 2 gigs of ram, I mean obviously I'll try to install some games.
The thing is, can I survive with integrated card while I'll basic stuff on notebook and same with 1 gig of ram, or it's really goot to have nVidia 7600 in?

 

Emil,

You said money isn't the concern...so...I don't really know what you're getting at for your question.

Anyway, if you want to save money and you're not going to play games, Intel's offerings are fine. They'll allow you to run your operating system, watch movies, listen to your mp3s yadda yadda.

 

Get the 7600.

And i've read many times that the GPU can indeed affect the quality of DVD/video playback.

 

I played lots of games through college. That was back in 1995 though so I was playing Doom II and Tie Fighter on my 486. My roommate got into partying and whatnot.

I graduated in 3 1/2 years and have an incredible wife and a nice house and a solid job while he, last I heard, was taking one class a semester and working in a pizza place.

All I'm saying is that you may possibly, like me, see the pointlessness and self-degradation of conquering drunken sorority sisters and building your alcohol tolerance through nightly binge drinking or you may not. But it'll be good to have the option.

 

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Don't worry man I was Most Academic 2006 in my school, so yea, I won't just drink and get laid with girls