Hi all,
My current/former (motherboard failed) laptop:
Acer 5740G
Intel I5 430m
15.6 inch screen
ATI HD 5470 Graphics 512MB
RAM (was upgraded) 4GB
Due to high cost of motherboard replacement I was considering buying a new laptop, preferably an Ultrabook, 15.6inch screen, minimum i5 processor, preferred dedicated graphics, minimum 4GB (which i could upgrade). Tedious searching gives me this laptop
Asus S56 Windows 8 Laptop - S56CA-XX081H
Screen size - 15.6 in
Processor - Intel Core i5 3315U
RAM - 4GB
Hard Drive - 750 GB + SSD 24GB
Graphics card Shared Intel® HD 4000
My dilemma lies with the graphics card as it is integrated. Brief looks at GPU benchmark scores gives a higher score to the Intel HD 4000 than the ATI HD 5470 (if I was looking at the right numbers!) with which I could do all I needed to do on a laptop.
Is this HD 4000 going to be sufficient on that basis? Especially considering the higher spec CPU and RAM which I could upgrade to 8GB.
I also believe the HD 4000 shares RAM memory if I upgraded to 8GB, how much memory could I potentially 'give' to the graphics?
Sidenote: (that would solve all my problems, has anyone seen the Asus S56CM for sale anywhere?! -it has dedicated graphics!
Thank you
Sxc_Claire
My current/former (motherboard failed) laptop:
Acer 5740G
Intel I5 430m
15.6 inch screen
ATI HD 5470 Graphics 512MB
RAM (was upgraded) 4GB
Due to high cost of motherboard replacement I was considering buying a new laptop, preferably an Ultrabook, 15.6inch screen, minimum i5 processor, preferred dedicated graphics, minimum 4GB (which i could upgrade). Tedious searching gives me this laptop
Asus S56 Windows 8 Laptop - S56CA-XX081H
Screen size - 15.6 in
Processor - Intel Core i5 3315U
RAM - 4GB
Hard Drive - 750 GB + SSD 24GB
Graphics card Shared Intel® HD 4000
My dilemma lies with the graphics card as it is integrated. Brief looks at GPU benchmark scores gives a higher score to the Intel HD 4000 than the ATI HD 5470 (if I was looking at the right numbers!) with which I could do all I needed to do on a laptop.
Is this HD 4000 going to be sufficient on that basis? Especially considering the higher spec CPU and RAM which I could upgrade to 8GB.
I also believe the HD 4000 shares RAM memory if I upgraded to 8GB, how much memory could I potentially 'give' to the graphics?
Sidenote: (that would solve all my problems, has anyone seen the Asus S56CM for sale anywhere?! -it has dedicated graphics!
Thank you
Sxc_Claire