Quado fx370,NVS 160 How about a different of this 2 GPU? Is it worth for FX370???

I'd like to buy dell laptop which have 2 choice.
1. Lattitude E6400 w/QuadoNVS 160M
2. Precision M2400 w/Quado FX370
I've heard that Quardo FX is better for 3D render on 3DSMAX,CAD
In this case , Is it worth for Quardo FX370? or a little different from NVS 160M.
FX370 > NVS160 > 9300GS Is that right? for 3d work.
And the another question is WXGA 14 inch display w/1280x800 and 14 inch display /1440x900 LED. How about a different? With high resolution 1440x900 LED.It's more durable and look slim than normal WXGA???
I prefer E6400 w/metal black but m2400 w/wavy lid. Is that possible to take it out from Dell? Only simple lid.

 

FX370M: 8 cuda cores, 256MB GDDR3, 64bit (low-end), 9.6GB/sec. bandwidth, 20w

NVS 160M: 8 stream processors, 256MB GDDR3, 64bit (low-end), 11.2gb/sec. bandwidth, 12w

There's really not much difference, if you're a serious 3D man the precision series is better for you and the lid is simply a magnesium allow lid which looks much better in real life. Are you going to notice a big difference with the NVS? I doubt it. They are both low-end cards with tiny differences.

 

Thank you for your advice.
I've one more question. If I choose Quardo FX370 for my laptop. Is it better for CAD , 3DMAX render? I've heard that quardo is differnt on 3D , OpenGL..... Real OpenGL. Is this right???
If I compared it with Gforce 8600GT. Only performance on working , Something like Direct3D , OpenGL , etc. Is it better than a gamer card??? (I've already know that they are not same core) Does it worth to use Quardo FX??? I don't care about a game performance.I'm a less gamer.

PS. I've seen some laptop w/8600 GT and QUARDO FX370. And prices are a little bit different. Dell Precision and Dell XPS.

 

the FX370 is inferior to the 8600M GT... it's based on the lower end 9400M GS (G98).

 

Yes, Quadro FX is optimized for OpenGL/3D and directly supports different drivers for different programs. There's an entire list of certified drivers for the Quadro FX XXXM cards (http://www.nvidia.com/page/partner_certified_drivers.html). However, you'll notice only slight performance improvements using low-end GPU cards and they probably won't perform as well on more demanding programs (3DSM, Maya, SolidWorks, etc.). Its not necessarily better than a gamer card, a mid-range gaming card can easily outperform a low-end business card on the same application (depending on which mid-range card we're talking about and how low is low-end). Unfortunately, the card you're after is worse than the GeForce 8600M GT, you can compare specs directly using online tables and you'll find that even with a slight 3D edge for the Quadro, the 8600M outperforms it as a mid-range gaming card.