Is the graphics card on this the same or better than the former version (black)??? In terms of performance.
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I am not sure as to what the black version has/had, but I've been playing Batman Arkham City on everything set to Very High with 4x AA minus DX11 options and I've ran the benchmark and it came out to 35fps average which is more than enough for me. Everything is smooth and I've played about 5 games so far on the machine. It might not be the greatest and fastest GPU out there, but for the price it will play new games just fine. Typically I aim for at least 30fps as above that point I can't tell a diffrence and am not willing to pay extra just to say that I am getting 100fps.
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Tucker, I can't really answer that question because I don't know what card they put in the previous version. I can tell you, however that the AMD Radeon HD 7870 that they put into this version rated extremely well and in a comparison to the NVidia or Intel graphics card it was clearly the best card. I am extremely pleased with the graphics!
848062
It is worse. See notebookreview.com for rankings. Tigerdirect has the ibuypower with nvidia 675mx for 1249
848063
Way slower, probably 25 percent, it is just fast enough to do StartCraft 2 on ultra with mid 40s, which is good enough for me because I play RTS games.
848064
I don't know since my last laptop was old and crappy, though I will say that so far I am very impressed.
1127296
no you are better off getting something with a better graphic card. the card on this machine is good but not great. try the 18 inch way better card.
1703425
Not bad at all. I had an old NVida 6200 with 512 Mgs. memory and replaced it with this card. (This as an older Dell and only has PCI slots.) I couldn't believe how much better it runs graphics and games with this card. Since I can't upgrade my system (no money at present), I've upgraded the hardware as much as possible. I've noted there is this same model with 1 gig Video RAM and if I can find it on Amazon, I'll get it if it's not too high.
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My kids say SIM City played better on the set up this replaced. That was an AMD Athlon 2 with a dedicated 512MB GeForce video card. Both our systems now have no dedicated video and our AMD A10 plays games better. I don't know if that helps, but that's our experience.
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It should definitely improve your graphics experience, but double check that your power supply can handle the new card. Also, is your current graphics handler integrated into the cpu or mobo?
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It is great. I did have an artifact problem with mine and had to rma it, but otherwise the card is great. It runs everything I have at the highest graphics without sacrificing speed. They have a newer card, but I think this one is faster than that for a lower price.
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No, but it's performance is impressive all the same. It performs as well as some dedicated memory cards. You might want to look up a summary of the Radeon HD 7660G on the website notebookcheck.net. I play World of Warcraft and Starcraft II, and have not been disappointed. I have my graphics settings between Medium to High in these games, and consistently get framerates in the 30-50fps range.
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This card has more video memory, so I'd like to think that the picture quality's gonna be just a tad better than the 2Gb GDDR card. Mine's been running cool & stable for the last year, so I can vouch for it's reliability as well...
304478
Yes.You can always google something like "gtx 630 vs 670" to get specs & stats differences, but the short version is that this is a significant upgrade over the 630. I've been very happy with it for over a year now; plays everything at 1080p maxed out with good frame rates that I've ever tried. Would recommend.
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Personally. I would say stay with you EVGA gf GTX660 s2 than upgrading to the 760. However, Overall yes its better but the bump you get from it is like going from a 3ghz processor to a 3.5ghz processor. On paper ya its faster. Its better. But will you notice it right now in games. Probably not. I would wait for the next generation cards. IE the Geforce 860(dunno if thats gonna be the name but you follow what im saying) or even the 960. I went from the EVGA GTX 460 to this. So, dunno if this helps but thats my 2 cents worth.
360860
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics card - I have played many games and had no problems with performance. There have been two upgrades from GeForce since I purchased this laptop.
467705
Yes, but remember this is an old machine. There are faster alternatives with better graphics cards.
1435549
It is most comparable to the GTX 760. It is much better than the GTX 750ti, and a tad worse in benchmarks than the GTX 760.
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GTX 750 is significantly better than the GTS 240, more powerful yet utilizing less power in a compact, cooler and quieter package. A good leap forward in terms of technology. I would absolutely make the jump assuming it is compatible with your OS & PC configuration. To compare, GTX 750 specs here: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-750/specifications AND GTS 240 OEM specs here: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts-240-oem-product/specifications
1967712
Yeah I bought this bad boy 2 years ago exactly to the day, loving it so far! But the graphics card on this is pretty weak, even with games like Minecraft (Vanilla, no mods or texture packs) I'm lucky to get 50 FPS even with fast setting (Low graphics settings in the game options). And one of the fans pooped out the other day lol, but that happens with all PC's after a year or so. Overall great PC, it's not hard to rip the 550TI out and slap in the 770 that M. Martin suggested. Anyhoo my 2 cents! :)
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Most of the ones selling on amazon have NVIDIA Dual SLI GT650M so it's two card with two gigs each for a total of 4 gigs all together I can play a lot of games on it with the seeting set to high/ultra and still get a decent frame rate in the range of 40/60 frames a second sometimes even more.
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Depends...you usually want a balance between cpu power/ram and graphics.. But yeah a upgrade with g-card will usually give good results