What is the better graphics card?

Mr_P_5

Hi

Looking at 2 laptops and the main diff seems to be the graphics card. Which is the better of the 2?

Shared graphics of 1340mb

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/594997/TOSHIBA-SAT-L500-19X/tab/specification

or 512mb DDR3

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1817775228.1258822945@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdcadeilimmjdlcflgceggdhhmdfhk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=003083&category_oid=


help appreciated!

thanks

Mobeer

The Toshiba graphics use a portion of the main system memory - up to 1340 MB(!) but in reality far less than this.
The Samsung has it's own memory and might be a bit better.
But (i) if the Samsung comes with 32-bit Windows 7, that video memory would make an equivalent amount of system memory unavailable for use
(ii) neither set of graphics is that impressive if for example you compare where they are in this ranking:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

Mr_P_5

.. so i'm guessing the samsung??

i know neither are fantastic but i only have around £500 to spend!

thanks

GeoffX

Only high-end gaming graphics cards need lots of memory, and as Intel are notoriously hopeless at graphics chipsets I'd favour ATI over them any day.

I think this is the same laptop at Dabs, but it's £448.98 there with free delivery. Whether it's possible to haggle with PC World...

brittny1401

yes Toshiba with ATI Mobility Radeon 512MB graphics will be good.

Mr_P_5

im guessing neither of these are anygood for games? mind you not main reason why i am getting it

thanks all

davester

The Dedicated Graphics care will stuggle with the lastest games, but will give you a good midrange game selection. however it will be much better than the shared, and anyway the Dedicated card can share some RAM if it really needs it, but its 512MB less than the other card will steal from your processor.

Mr_P_5

thanks for the help guys... think i will go for the Samsung!

brittny1401

Mr_P wrote: »

thanks for the help guys... think i will go for the Samsung!

yeah its a good choice