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May 27, 2013 10:22:24 AM

I'm thinking about buying a new laptop, as mine is around 4 years old. I have everything decided about the laptop I want, I just want to make sure my graphics card and ability to play video games will either stay the same or increase (doesn't have to be great, I only play games occasionally). I have no idea how to compare two graphics cards, however.

The laptop I have now is a Dell Studio 17, and according to dxdiag.exe my graphics card is an "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650".

The laptop I am planning to purchase is a Thinkpad T530, and the best graphics card I can get for that is an "NVIDIA NVS 5400M Graphics with Optimus Technology, 1GB DDR3 Memory".

Right now I can play most games I've tried fairly well at low/medium settings. Will the new card improve this, make this worse, or keep it roughly the same? Thanks in advance.

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May 27, 2013 10:35:38 AM

You will do better than you think.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 has a passmark rating of 203.
The NVIDIA NVS 5400M has a passmark rating of 891.

As a added suggestion, buy your T530 with a minimal hard drive and replace it with a SSD. I have done this on several laptops, including a T430, and it absolutely transforms your experience.
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May 27, 2013 10:44:09 AM

geofelt said:
You will do better than you think.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 has a passmark rating of 203.
The NVIDIA NVS 5400M has a passmark rating of 891.

As a added suggestion, buy your T530 with a minimal hard drive and replace it with a SSD. I have done this on several laptops, including a T430, and it absolutely transforms your experience.


Thank you, that's exactly what I wanted to know.

As far as the SSD goes, I've had other people give me similar advice, but I honestly don't have the money to add one through Lenovo (they want $280 for 128 GB) or the know-how to add one myself (plus it probably costs decent $$ anyway). Thanks for the tip, but I think I'm just going to go with the 500 GB regular hard drive. This way I won't have to worry about running out of memory or shelling out tons of money.
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