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    3g 555m if plan on using 20"+ monitor?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Orion916, May 12, 2011.

  1. Orion916

    Orion916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know everyone says that the 100$ for the increase vram is pointless, but i remember reading somewhere that the extra vram would be useful if you plan to game on an external monitor. Is this true? Would i be able to game on an external monitor without sacrificing settings? Thanks for your help =p
     
    Orion916, May 12, 2011
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    1.5gb is apparently enough for any 1080p monitor..... I purchased the 3gb card and play on a 23" 1080p monitor and it runs great!...... runs everything i have on ultra.... mostly playing rift at solid 30fps
     
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    1,5gb will be enough even if you plan on gaming in 2560x1600, the vram is the last thing that will bottleneck this card.

    Save the 100$ and put them towards something more useful, the better screen, maybe an SSD or more RAM (not from dell though, outrages prices there).
     
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    Hint to anyone even considering thinking about that:

    Do not try and game at 2560x1600 with an M14x; Photobucket and ImageShack can both make very pretty slideshows, in much less time.
     
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    LMAO... its funny because its true :p
     
    Paddon, May 12, 2011
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    Where's the Like button??
     
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    Alrite cool, thanks for the help =p i was gonna order within the next two weeks and just read aafes lowered their dell discount :( sucha shame. Have yet to check myself
     
    Orion916, May 13, 2011
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    so for sure i cant do 2560x1600?
     
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    crysis at 2560x1600 on m14x............ a frame a week
     
    Croatoan, May 13, 2011
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    There's absolutely nothing stopping you doing 2560x1600. The problem arises when you try and find a game you can play at that resolution on the M14x. If you were to try and find a game that was playable at an average of 30FPS at 2560x1600, you'd keep looking at older and older games, until the game being so old that it doesn't support 25x16 becomes a real possibility.
     
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    Well, I wasn't exactly recommending crysis at that resolution, just making a point. ;)

    For example, even a GTX 580 didn't benefit from 3gb vs 1,5gb at that resolution, and a GTX 580 (desktop ofc) is immensly more powerful than the GT 555m (like comparing a tricycle to a to a F1-car).
     
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    Quake Live would probably play fine at that resolution, lol.

    I bet you could manage something like Starcraft 2 on the lowest setting too...
     
    asgiov, May 15, 2011
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