sandmarine opened this issue on Oct 14, 2009 · 64 posts
aeilkema posted Mon, 19 October 2009 at 4:55 AM
That wouldn't matter much with that machine. I've noticed it has a Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator as graphics card. That one uses the systems memory, so you will not have the full 4GB available at all. The graphics card will take away 128-512Mb (or even more, can't say for sure, since it doesn't state which type it is).
Since Poser is your livelihood, I'm not sure if I would recommend this laptop at all. The graphics card will be a bottleneck in the system for sure. It's not that good at all. If you can, I would opt for a ATI or nVidia GFX Card that has dedicated memory, in other words it has it's own memory and doesn't take it away from the system's memory. Those cards will be a lot faster, will display OpenGL a lot better. The Intel® Graphics Media is a low level, low entry graphics card.
Another thing to consider is the 12.1" screen. Since the laptop is mainly for Poser, that kind of screen size is very small for it. I wouldn't go below 15 inch really for Poser use.
I would spent a little bit more money on it if possible or wait a little while longer.
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