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Which video card is better for gaming?
I am getting a laptop and like to play games (Diablo 3 for instance) and have found 2 laptops that I like, both with an AMD Radeon graphics chip. One has a Radeon HD 6750M with 1 gig of GDDR5 discrete graphics memory and the other has "up to 3061 Total graphics memory" and the other has a Radeon HD 6620G.
I am still working on the difference in discrete vs total memory and how they handle different, but any input from people who really know graphic chips and cards would be helpful
Andy, thank you for the quick response. I was thinking that was the difference between discrete and total, but I wasn't sure yet and I did notice the speed difference but I didn't know if more RAM ("up to" 3 times) would compensate. I'm going to go with the one with the 6750M card then thank you!
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- Mello MasterLv 59 years agoFavorite Answer
Graphic Card > Graphic Chip aka Intergrated Graphics.
Intergrated graphics basically means your CPU (processor) is doing all your video rendering as well as processing the program, for this reason intergrated graphics are not really meant to run games. They are more for playing movies, youtube and making your display nicer.
Now an actual graphics card (or Mobility card for a laptop, hence the M at the end of the card model) is what laptops use to actual power games. I know that the Radeon HD 6750M can run run Skyrim on Medium settings w/ AA on low or High settings with AA off, for Diablo 3 you should pass at high on everything depending on the resolution of the laptop. If you're at a 1366x768 resolution, you can play Diablo 3 on high with easy, however, if the resolution is 1920x1080 (1080p) then you'll have a tougher time running D3 as it will require more video RAM.
Anyway, you definitely want the one with the mobility graphic card (6750M).
- 9 years ago
Discrete means dedicated while total memory includes your RAM memory (which your graphics card uses if it does not have discrete(dedicated) memory). The 6750M is better though, has a higher Core speed (600 MHZ compared to 400 MHZ) and Shader speed (600 MHZ compared to 400 MHZ)
- 9 years ago
Just have a look at these and then you will know that
PCï¼
System: updated Windows ? XP/Vista / 7 DirectX 9.0 c
The processor: Intel pentium 2.8 GHz or AMD athlon TM64 X24400 + (or better)
Video: NVIDIA ? (the British weida TM) GeForce ? (pure depending on the TM) 7800 GT or ATI RadeonTMX1950 PRO (or better)
Memory: 1 GB memory (with Windows XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7)
Hard disks: 12 GB available hard drive space
Driver: dvd-rom drive (only retail cd-rom version)
The Internet: a broadband Internet connection
Image: minimum 1024 x768 resolution for the video Settings
MACï¼
System: MAC OS X 10.6.8, 10.7 X or updated version
The processor: Intel KuRui 2 dual-core CPU (or better)
Video: NVIDIA ? GeForce ? 8600 M GT or ATI RadeonTM high clear 2600 (or better)
Memory: 2 GB memory,
Hard disks: 12 GB available hard drive space
Driver: dvd-rom drive (only retail cd-rom version)
The Internet: a broadband Internet connection
Image: video Settings to minimum resolution 1024 x 768
