mehrotra.akash
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Or about how VRAM affects performance
Graphic Cards I dont think I agree with Dell on which tasks require a dedicated GPU
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Or about how VRAM affects performance
V-RAM does affect performance in the following scenarios --
- in 1080p gaming with high details, in most current generation graphics engines [like FrostBite 2 and RED Engine] as the textures used are generally HD uncompressed.
- In multi-monitor set-ups where again textures raise their heads.
- With decent amount of memory a single high-end card is enough for most games these days, but till date anything over 2GB even in the most high end cards does not cause a great performance increment.
I do agree that most low-end cards are hyped with high amount of V-RAM from a sales point of view but, digress on the point that V-RAM is completely useless in the gaming scenario. Just that it needs to be paired with the right card.
And the above is a clear cut case of marketing, but 'dabba' manufacturers like Dell and HP are like this only, nothing can be done about the mass market.
Hope this helps clear the point, Cheers!!
mehrotra.akash
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No doubt about your points on VRAM, but when VRAM is the primary selling point instead of the GPU...
(and its painful to see laptops being sold with 1GB Video cards, and buyers having no clue which GPU is actually in there)
No doubt about your points on VRAM, but when VRAM is the primary selling point instead of the GPU...
(and its painful to see laptops being sold with 1GB Video cards, and buyers having no clue which GPU is actually in there)
challapradyumna
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Many laptops come with Intel HD 3000 does it even count as a graphic card and gaming possiblities ?? AFAIK they are incapable of gaming.
mehrotra.akash
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Depends on the definition of gaming
Havent used a HD3000, but my GMA950 does run Portal at acceptable settings (nothing awesome, but it runs. The exhaust feels like a hair dryer though)
Complex Presentations - MS Powerpoint 2007 and above has GPU assisted hardware acceleration. I can see extremely complex presentations benefiting from a dedicated GPU. Other than that, presentations also often take the from of high definition video, flash animations, PDFs, real time 3D rendering which all benefit from GPU acceleration.
Financial Analysis - Financial Analysis software do seem to be utilizing GPGPU (especially CUDA) based computing these days.
High Resolution Video - Definitely benefits from GPU acceleration and a dedicated GPU.
Video Conferences - software used for high resolution video conferencing benefit from GPU acceleration
Dual Monitor setup - Multi-monitor setups is always a forte of dedicated GPUs.
I don't see anything here that is an outright lie and bad enough to be borderline fraud like for instance is the case with most of Apples marketing. The market is comprised of both techies and non-techies and people in between. techies don't need marketing to understand such things. However for non-techies, companies have to put down the benefits in a more practical and down to earth terms and the same is often over exaggerated as well.
Financial Analysis - Financial Analysis software do seem to be utilizing GPGPU (especially CUDA) based computing these days.
High Resolution Video - Definitely benefits from GPU acceleration and a dedicated GPU.
Video Conferences - software used for high resolution video conferencing benefit from GPU acceleration
Dual Monitor setup - Multi-monitor setups is always a forte of dedicated GPUs.
I don't see anything here that is an outright lie and bad enough to be borderline fraud like for instance is the case with most of Apples marketing. The market is comprised of both techies and non-techies and people in between. techies don't need marketing to understand such things. However for non-techies, companies have to put down the benefits in a more practical and down to earth terms and the same is often over exaggerated as well.