Looking for a second opinion on a laptop purchase

Chugalug_

Estimable
You won't utilize even 2GB of GDDR5 realistically with that level of GPU power. :)
The SSD is definitely a good addition, but that means after OS there will only be 200GB of storage which is a bit small if you plan to store games etc. on there.
I always recommend at least 1TB of storage with any PC unless it's an email machine. :p
 

Xenowarrior

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Feb 28, 2016
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I do have a separate home desktop that I primarily game on. I really wouldn't use more than 200 for games. I don't play too much at the same time. Generally I don't run out of storage very often.
 

Xenowarrior

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The one from best buy lists 2 gig ddr3l as VRAM. The one from Newegg lists gddr5. According to the Nvidia site there are two variants and both memory types are supported
 

Chugalug_

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Best buy is wrong.
DDR3L is a type of system memory that goes with the laptop! :)
When it states compatibility, it is referring to the fact that it (DDR3L) can actually run alongside the graphics chip.
Both feature the same graphics chip in the 940MX which has GDDR5 VRAM..
 

Xenowarrior

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Feb 28, 2016
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So when the nvidia site http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-940mx/specifications says that the memory interface includes ddr3 it does not mean that the ddr3 is used for vram?
 

Chugalug_

Estimable
No it does not, it means that the graphics card will work with DDR3 memory.
The memory interface refers to what types of memory it will work with, DDR3 being one of them.
It actually also supports DDR3L and DDR4, as they are just lower voltage versions, and the page hasn't been updated in a while.

 

Xenowarrior

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Feb 28, 2016
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ahh okay that makes sense. So the extra 2 gigs of vram wouldn't make a difference because they're both running the same turd card. Thanks for clarifying! I might actually still go with my original thought in that case