how much of VRAM is sufficient for modern games??

........i waz just wonderin' hw does double the size of (dedicated)vram effect the graphics for the relevant games of today...

say whatz d difference between a nvidia 7600 go with 128mb dedicated vram and 7600 go with 256mb deciated vram

can anyone pin point the games that won't run on the former but will on the latter...n hw much the gameplay would be affected?

 

Most modern games will be OK with 128MB of dedicated VRAM. It is now starting to get to where 256MB is going to be needed. I should point out that the go 7600 does not come with any shared memory, so newer games that will use more than 128MB of VRAM will have some slowdown.

If you have 128MB dedicated and 128MB shared VRAM, then whenever the application uses more than 128MB, the system needs to borrow system RAM--this is effectively slower than using dedicated VRAM.

If you are heavy into gaming, I'd recommend the 256 version. But if you're in a budget crunch, the 128 version should do fine for a while.

 

k thnx fr d reply.....now the thing is suppose later i want to change my graphics card.....would it b possible......i got fe38gp....or will i have no option but to change my notebook(darn i luv my fe38gp)...........probably will buy ps3 or smthing if so

 

The blanket answer to that question is, no, you cannot change/replace/upgrade your notebook's graphics card.

Remember too that when you ask what sort of graphics card you need to play any particular game, most people will respond assuming that you want to run games at the highest detail settings --- I've grown so accustomed to playing computer games on lower-specc'd computer hardware that I tend to set graphics low by default.. and when you lower your graphic standards a bit, you can get away with a lot more.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

 

What elizabex said is very true. There are basic requirements, but settings level will also increase/decrease the amount that you will tax your system to perform.

GPUs in notebooks are essentially a non-upgradeable component.