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On 19 July 2011, at 21:47, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Screens; a choice between |
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> 1920x1080 WLED |
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> 1920x1080 RGBLED IPS |
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> The IPS screen only comes with an NVIDIA Quadro 2000M with 2GB GDDR3, |
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> The regular screen comes with these choices of video card: |
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> AMD FirePro M5950 Mobility Pro with 1GB GDDR5 dedicated memory |
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> NVIDIA Quadro 1000M with 2GB GDDR3 dedicated memory |
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> NVIDIA Quadro 2000M with 2GB GDDR3 dedicated memory |
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> The price difference is substantial. Considering that my usage is |
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> nothing more stressful than KDE eye-candy and mplayer, is the IPS |
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> screen worth the extra price? |
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I *believe* that the difference between IPS screen and the other may manifest itself in things like viewing angle, accuracy or consistency of colour reproduction (for photographers / graphics designers) and clarity of viewing in daylight. |
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This thread is 5 years old, so there may well have been developments since: |
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http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/44510-what-ips-screen.html |
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This may not matter at all to you, and maybe you're just asking about the GPU, but I thought I'd address the question you actually posed. ;) |
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Stroller. |
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