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    VGN-SR45G/B/N or VGN-CS36GJ

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by amindzo, Dec 8, 2009.

  1. amindzo

    amindzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i want to buy a Sony notebook, i find two model that is suitable for me and i want to chooser one of them, i want to know which graphic is better? (i'm an electronic engineering and i don't want to play game with my notebook).

    model1 : VGN-SR45G/B/N with Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelelerator 4500MHD
    complete specifications: http://www.sony-mea.com/product/vgn-sr45g

    model2 : VGN-CS36GJ with NVIDIA Geforce 9300 GS
    complete specifications: http://www.sony-mea.com/product/vgn-cs36gj

    i prefer VGN-SR45G because of lower weight, lower size, 13.3" LED, 32 bit windows (because i have a lot of expensive electronic software that works with 32 bit windows) and i will change the RAM up to 4G but my problem is about graphic, do you think this graphic is good or not?
    Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelelerator 4500MHD is a chip and will reduce the speed of the system, if i add the ram up to 4G it will reduce the system speed too?
    but, on the other hand there are a lot of complaint about CS series, is CS series good or not?
     
    amindzo, Dec 8, 2009
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  2. amindzo

    amindzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    any answer?
     
    amindzo, Dec 9, 2009
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The X4500 is much worse than the Geforce 9300.

    If you don't play games or do any GPU heavy tasks, the X4500 will be ok.
    It will also give better battery life (slightly).

    The X4500 should not use much system ram unless you are playing a game or something similar.
     
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  4. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    As you were already informed in the thread you started in the hardware forum the 9300GS is better.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=439426

    It will run cooler and give you better battery life.
    You already know of the potential problems with the CS series and fan. You have to decide if you want to deal possibly deal with those potential problems if they arise.
    I have found it a headache having to deal with fan issues on another laptop.
    Other than that the CS is a good laptop, at 5.7lbs it is a bit heavy and the build of the SR is better and so is the display.

    There are engineers that use laptops with integrated graphics.

    Edited to add:
    It might be an idea if you outlined what you do with your computer that is software related.
     
    Rachel, Dec 9, 2009
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  5. amindzo

    amindzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    i don't want to play games but i i will do CPU heavy tasks so SR45 is not good for me, CS ceries have problems, SR46 is expensive for me, mabye it's better to buy Dell Vostro 1320, i got confused!
     
    amindzo, Dec 10, 2009
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