128 vs 256 vram - noticeable difference anything but games?

I've poured over the threads about OC and differences between the two 15" MBP when it comes to games. However, I don't game very much - so those specs don't really help me determine what the benefit of 256 would be in more "creative" situations.

I would be interested in specs for the use of Photoshop CS3, medium duty video editing, and with or without an external monitor attached. I'm concerned that if I get the 128 that it will be underpowered to push to an external display when rendering etc...

Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

photoshop is a lot more cpu dependent, it shoudl be fine doing medium duty video editing. one worry although is that when powering 2 monitors the 128mb gets spilt so its 64mb for each monitor, this is only if you want to use both monitors simultaneously though.

i got the 128mb version and im happy with it and planning to use maya on it although im sure it'll hold up, could you mention what programs you'll be using.

 

So I use Photoshop and Premiere exclusively at the moment on a now dead PC. Originally my plan was to upgrade to a mbp next spring - however since the current machine bit the dust hard this week I have to make the move sooner than I was expecting.

I'm thinking that I can fork heavy duty video stuff over to a mac pro later on when the money is there to pay for it - but for the time being I want to be able to crunch on the lappy. I'm just concerned that if I extend the desktop over to another monitor that I will run into lag issues with either rendering or the occasional game.

I'm also curious if there is any issues with building flash/flex apps from a rendering time standpoint?

 

I'm also using Photoshop on split screens with the 128Mb card. It works very well. I can keep tools on one screen, and edit on another. Excellent performance from a notebook computer!