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If you have a moment...Laptop GPU and Good or Bad

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SeanFarr
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If you have a moment...Laptop GPU and Good or Bad

I know there is a hardware forum for these types of questions, but there is a ton more traffic here and Inventor Pro 2013 is our primary software. I am looking at getting a mobile workstation, best 2 GPU options are the:

  1. Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 Video Memory   +CA$412.00
  2. Nvidia Quadro K5000M Graphics with 4GB GDDR5 Video Memory   +CA$2,060.00

Compered the two cards here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

 

I have a feeling of which one to choose, but If you have a moment, anyone using a laptop, can you tell me what GPU you have and if it is good or bad.

 

Thanks Alot!!!

 

Sean

Sean Farr
Product Designer at TESInc.ca

Inventor Professional 2014-Update 2 - AutoCAD Electrical 2014
Win7-x64 | ASUS P8Z77-V | i7 3770 -3.4 GHz | 32GB RAM |
240GB SSD | nVidia GTX 670 4GB - 320.49
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Message 2 of 14
DarrenP
in reply to: SeanFarr

i have no.2

i have no problems with it i guess the bad thing is the price

this is actually the 1st quadro card i have had

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LT.Rusty
in reply to: SeanFarr

Just for reference, I've got a GT540M on my laptop, which has I think 1GB.  I don't have any real problems with Inventor 2013 Pro on it.

 

Either one of those cards you've listed will do just fine.

Rusty

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DarrenP
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what are the rest of the specs of the laptop?

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LT.Rusty
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@DarrenP wrote:

what are the rest of the specs of the laptop?


 

See my sig line - it's the Toshiba.

Rusty

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DarrenP
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whoops

i was asking the op

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LT.Rusty
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D'oh!

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Message 8 of 14
SeanFarr
in reply to: DarrenP

Something like this from here (local for me): http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/

 

Model: DP9570

Display: 17.3"

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 Video Memory (probably)

CPU: i7-3820 Processor ( 10MB L3 Cache, 3.60GHz / 3.80GHz in Turbo Mode, 4 Cores)

OS: Windows 7 Pro x64

RAM: 32GB Quad Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
Primary Drive: 240GB Intel 520 Series SSD

Secondary: 750GB 7200rpm HDD

Optical: BluRay Burner

Productivity: MS Office 2010 Home and Business

 

With Tax, sits at about $3700, but I think it will be a beast.

 

The shell of sager laptop look good too, lots or inputs and outputs included...and looks like lots of venting for heat escape.

 

Thanks for the input so far...

 

Sean

Sean Farr
Product Designer at TESInc.ca

Inventor Professional 2014-Update 2 - AutoCAD Electrical 2014
Win7-x64 | ASUS P8Z77-V | i7 3770 -3.4 GHz | 32GB RAM |
240GB SSD | nVidia GTX 670 4GB - 320.49
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DarrenP
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that will be an awesome machine

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DarrenP
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the only thing i would change is the blu ray burner

unlessyou  plan to make a lot blu ray discs i would just get a blu ray reader so you can blu ray movies on your laptop or downgrade it to just a regular dvd/cd read/write drive if it saves some money

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SeanFarr
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Yea I don't plan on making a ton blurays, however, the burner is $97 and the reader is $56, difference of $41, figured it was a worthwhile option to have.

 

Was really concerned with the video card options,but now that I seem some specs with people using GeForce cards, much older the 680M with no issues, gives a bit of relief with my decision. Was not like that $2000 price tag on the Quadro 5000K!!

 

Thanks

 

Sean

Sean Farr
Product Designer at TESInc.ca

Inventor Professional 2014-Update 2 - AutoCAD Electrical 2014
Win7-x64 | ASUS P8Z77-V | i7 3770 -3.4 GHz | 32GB RAM |
240GB SSD | nVidia GTX 670 4GB - 320.49
Message 12 of 14
sam_m
in reply to: DarrenP


@DarrenP wrote:

that will be an awesome machine


depending on the screen resolution, which isn't mentioned...  as long as it's a 1080 (or higher) screen instead of a 720/768 which would be frustrating given the competency of the rest of the spec.



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sam_m
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there are a few die-hard Quadro fans but at the end of the day they're only needed for OpenGL applications (like Solidworks, and thus them appearing on 99% "cad pc's").  Inventor moved to DirectX (typical gaming graphics system) with something like release 11 (not even 2011 but 11) and with that we've been able to use gaming cards pretty much just as well as workstation cards, sometimes better - all without the massive financial overhead.  Saying this... if you use any other application which is OpenGL then you might be better with the Quadro, you will have to consider all other applications, just keep in mind that Inventor is happy with either.



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Message 14 of 14
SeanFarr
in reply to: sam_m

I do not have any complaints with the Quadro series, currently using the 600, but i just don't understand the $2000K price tag...might be more justifiable if it was $800-$1000, but way too much, especially if the GeForce cards can handle most, if not all tasks thrown at it. Also I don't see us switching to OpenGL software anytime soon, I hope.

 

Screen Resolution is indeed 1920x1080.

 

Thanks


Sean

Sean Farr
Product Designer at TESInc.ca

Inventor Professional 2014-Update 2 - AutoCAD Electrical 2014
Win7-x64 | ASUS P8Z77-V | i7 3770 -3.4 GHz | 32GB RAM |
240GB SSD | nVidia GTX 670 4GB - 320.49

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