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Re: Looking for a laptop for CAD
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Originally Posted by luckof13 View Post
If you do choose an integrated GPU, be sure to increase the system memory as the integrated GPU will use the system memory as its video memory. Almost any discrete GPU with dedicated memory will perform much better.
Not really true, I used to run HD 3000 on my desktop and am now running a very fast 270x. The difference in cad performance is negligible. I would bet that a low end discrete GPU would perform worse.
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