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| 1218987 | 2011-07-25 10:22:00 | Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a laptop, mostly for playing slightly older games (Far Cry 2, Fallout 3). Here are the main specs for the laptop I'm considering: PROCESSOR - 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz VIDEO CARD - 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M graphics HARD DRIVE - 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive How would this fare? Thanks, VendettaSteel |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1218988 | 2011-07-25 10:42:00 | IMHO the words Gaming and Laptop do not belong together, coz you can always do better gaming with a desktop. Just my 2 cents. No offence, I'd love to have your laptop all the same. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1218989 | 2011-07-25 11:25:00 | Probably wont be able to go full settings at games but should run quite well. | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1218990 | 2011-07-25 11:39:00 | Thanks for the input guys. I was wondering, is the GT 540 card is worth it when, for $130 less I could have the GT 525 card? |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1218991 | 2011-07-25 20:11:00 | Thanks for the input guys. I was wondering, is the GT 540 card is worth it when, for $130 less I could have the GT 525 card? Neither are gaming quality. For gaming you need the best GPU you can afford. And even then buy the next one up. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1218992 | 2011-07-25 21:21:00 | Depending on what the resolution of the laptop is, the 540 may well be fine for older games at 720p..... NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M/540M/550M 96 CUDA Cores, 16 TMUs, 4 ROPs, Core Clocks: 600MHz/672MHz/740MHz (525M/540M/550M), Shader Clocks: 1200MHz/1344MHz/1480MHz (525M/540M/550M) 128-bit Memory Bus, DDR3, Effective Memory Clocks: 1.8GHZ Desktop Counterpart: GeForce GT 430 (GF108) While the GF108 that powers these three largely indistinguishable chips is slightly slower than the already anemic desktop GeForce GT 240 with the same number of shaders, it's a healthy boost for the low-to-mid end. The differences between these three are strictly clock speeds, and anecdotal experience with overclocking mobile NVIDIA chips has generally been very positive, so odds are decent the enterprising end user with the skill for it can probably get the 525M to gain about 25 model points. At about the 540M mark, though, 1600x900 gaming starts becoming a real possibility. The chip is still hampered by the memory bus (and NVIDIA has had a harder time taming GDDR5 than AMD has), but it's an effective midrange solution. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1218993 | 2011-07-25 23:23:00 | Thanks for the detailed response SolMiester. Would there be a considerable differerence in framerates between playing, say, Bad Company 2 at medium settings, the resolution at 1366x768 on the GT 540 and GT 525? | VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1218994 | 2011-07-25 23:34:00 | the difference in clock speeds is a little over 10% and will relate fairly directly to framerates IMO. So if for example the 525 got 30 fps, the 540 should get around 33-4 and the 550 36-37. Not huge but it can be just enough to make something playable or turn the eye candy up slightly. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1218995 | 2011-07-25 23:53:00 | Thanks for the detailed response SolMiester. Would there be a considerable differerence in framerates between playing, say, Bad Company 2 at medium settings, the resolution at 1366x768 on the GT 540 and GT 525? Hard to say, as already stated, the only difference between them is clock speed, so I would say the difference would be linear, and likely around 10% difference in frame rates, however at 1366x768, you should have any problems with either card at such a low resolution! |
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