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    Nvidia N13-NS vs Nvidia NVS 5200 graphics

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Temp9976542113579, Aug 27, 2012.

  1. Temp9976542113579

    Temp9976542113579 Notebook Guru

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    I am considering buying a Thinkpad T430 from Lenovo, but I stumble upon the question of picking a better discrete graphics card. I don't know which graphics card works better.

    The N13-NS ships with an i5-3210m processor, whereas the NVS 5200 ships with the i5-3320 and i7-3520 processors.

    I am debating which setup to get.

    Also, how well does either graphics card work with Maya 2012 or Source Filmmaker?

    Thanks!
     
    Temp9976542113579, Aug 27, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Afaik, the only dGPU that's offered on the T430 is the NVS 5400M... and that's all I can see on the Lenovo website at the moment. Where are you seeing N13-NS or NVS 5200M?
     
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    I'm sorry, I meant the T430s.
     
    Temp9976542113579, Aug 27, 2012
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Pretty sure it's still the same thing... as in N13S-NM = NVS 5200M. Someone's just doing a poor job keeping the site consistent. I just saw one blurb that claimed the T430 had the 5200M, too.
     
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    I did some further research and found it was the N13M-NS, and they are the same. XD derpy me.
     
    Temp9976542113579, Aug 27, 2012
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