Hey buying my first laptop... is this the right choice?

TheSpaceDude

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Jul 14, 2013
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10,510
http://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-ideapad-z500-59-380480-laptop-3rd-gen-ci5-4gb-1tb-win8-1gb-graph/p/itmdhz79kjhjz5qz?pid=COMDHZ74QBWHCMZF&otracker=from-search&srno=t_1&query=740M&ref=34478a32-fe75-46a5-b563-87fd962144a6

Its an i5 3230M with 740M. Looks like a great deal.

The reason I'm buying it because no other laptop in that price range has a 740M graphics card.

But I just wanna know is that will 740M run it's best with the i5?
Also, does the 1GB model work the same as 2GB?(I've heard that it's a marketing gimmick because midrange graphics cards dont use all that VRAM)
 
Solution
Looks like a good rig, I'd upgrade it to 8GB DRAM, which will come in handy (and also if the GPU want's to share DRAM you'll have the extra, 1 vs 2 isn't that big of a deal....I'd say go for it