Mistake or Misunderstanding?

P R E D A T O R · Jun 22, 2017

Keen on buying the Acer Aspire VX 15 laptop. The online website shows nvidia gtx 1050 GPU with 4 GB VRAM, and this information checks out on the Acer official website as well.

However, there is no mention of a gtx 1050 having 4 GB VRAM on the Nvidia website, which shows it to have 2 GB VRAM. As, supposedly, only the gtx 1050 Ti variant has 4 GB of VRAM.

Question: Can a gtx 1050 have 4 GB VRAM as displayed on the online retail website as well as on the Acer official website?

Herc08 · Jun 22, 2017

Looking at https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series-features/aspirevx15 - it's a 1050 Ti.

I stand corrected. The $799 model is false showing the 1050 with 4GB. The 1050 does NOT ship with 4GB, only 2GB. could be a mistake on Acer's part.

geofelt · Jun 22, 2017

There is a difference between desktop GTX1050 cards and laptop GTX1050 graphics chips.
Regardless, the VRAM will be appropriate to the graphics card/adapter you buy.
Not really good as a selection criteria.

bignastyid · Jun 22, 2017

You must be looking at the specs for the desktop version of the 1050. Their laptop section clearly shows upto 4Gbs of vram for the 1050.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/laptops/

Herc08 · Jun 22, 2017

bignastyid :

It says up to, plus it's 1050 / 1050 Ti...so it's kinda confusing.

boosted1g · Jun 22, 2017

Acer is a very cheap low quality brand so you should be looking elsewhere from the get-go.
After gateway aquired them (because the gateway name was ran into the ground) they then trashed Acer.

Bo Lee · Jun 22, 2017

More than likely they just abbreviated it and said 1050 and left the Ti off the end. A mistake on their end, not entirely inaccurate.

bignastyid · Jun 22, 2017

Herc08 :

How's this confusing?

Laptop manufactures have been using extra vram for a long time now(yay marketing). A laptop GTX 1050 non Ti with 4Gb of vram is entirely possible and a much more likely explanation than it being a typo or abbreviation.

P R E D A T O R · Jun 23, 2017

P R E D A T O R :

Herc08 :

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Notebook.178614.0.html

Click on the above mentioned link. It shows the notebook 1050 to have 4 GB as well.

P R E D A T O R · Jun 23, 2017

boosted1g :

Being a student and on a budget, this seems to be the most viable option considering the specs and the price. This is after the fact that where I live, the $ 800 laptop retails for around $ 1200-1250.

P R E D A T O R · Jun 23, 2017

bignastyid :

Herc08 :

How's this confusing?

Laptop manufactures have been using extra vram for a long time now(yay marketing). A laptop GTX 1050 non Ti with 4Gb of vram is entirely possible and a much more likely explanation than it being a typo or abbreviation.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Notebook.178614.0.html

As evidenced by the above mentioned link, I think you do have a point.

P R E D A T O R · Jun 23, 2017

geofelt :

I do understand your point, but I think a gtx 1050 with 4 GB should be better than a 2 GB card for graphic-intensive AAA titles, and should be a bit more future-proof as well.

P R E D A T O R · Jun 23, 2017

bignastyid :

https://ibb.co/iJeHDQ

This is up on the official Nvidia website as well.

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