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    S13: 640m 1 or 2gb

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Jvanmil, Jun 19, 2012.

  1. Jvanmil

    Jvanmil Notebook Geek

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    I am interested in a Sony SV-S13, but i am not sure what the difference will be between the 1gb or the 2gb Nvidia 640m GPU. Why would one choose the one over the other?

    Thanks
     
    Jvanmil, Jun 19, 2012
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    Malmer, Jun 19, 2012
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    Stick with the 1gb, the 640m isn't a really powerful card so, the bottleneck will be the gpu speed rather than a vram limitation. Unless of course, like the person in the other thread mentioned, you play a really old game with massive texture mods (even then I don't think you'd use up 1gb before your performance really suffers). Sadly, for most people the 1gb or 2gb gram is what most people use as a judgement of gpu performance (in high end desktop cards, it actually does matter... depending on the game ie. bf3)
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Jun 19, 2012
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    Really? hmm I guess I can save the extra few bucks and not get the 2gb version.
     
    ascariss, Jun 19, 2012
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    ^ Lol, as if you couldn't do that before
     
    niffcreature, Jun 19, 2012
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    2GB version might be useful in 3-monitor configuration. It also might help in 3D modeling application where you paint on a multi-layer textured object with high resolution textures, viewport is OpenGL, and driver supports this. A lot of ifs here.
     
    ZugZug, Jun 19, 2012
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    @niffcreature

    In poland the s13 comes with 1 gig, while s13a comes with 2 gigs, there are no cto models to customize the laptop, so no you can't do it before.
     
    ascariss, Jun 19, 2012
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    You missed my point...
     
    niffcreature, Jun 19, 2012
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  9. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    For 99% of the people out there, they won't get any performance bonus whether it ends up they will never use anything that'll require the extra performance (not sure you can even hook up 3-monitors to a SA) or they'll hit the limit of the card before they hit the limit the vram presents.
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Jun 19, 2012
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  10. Jvanmil

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    Thanks all for your information. Right now i have settled for the Sony S13 with:
    Intel®Core(TM)i5-3210M, 2,5GHz
    Legitieme Windows® 7 Home Premium
    500 GB Serieel ATA (7200 rpm)
    12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3-SDRAM
    DVD-station
    33,7 cm LCD, 1600x900+camera
    NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M 1GB

    Should be a enough future proof for me

    Thank you!
     
    Jvanmil, Jun 20, 2012
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  11. ascariss

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    then please make your point clearer since no CTO in poland, no way to select 1 vs 2GB for certain models.
     
    ascariss, Jun 20, 2012
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  12. luckyknight

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    My setup is tripple monitors (24" LED - 1080p, 50" Plasma - 1080p) as well as the integrated screen. Would I be better with 1GB 640M or 2GB 640M LE?
     
    luckyknight, Jul 29, 2012
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  13. jano_lapino

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    yeah, definitely go with 2 gb... the more monitors you have, the more vram you need. Go with 2gb for the love of god
     
    jano_lapino, Jul 29, 2012
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