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Visual difference between GTX 980M 4GB & 8GB


marteng

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Hello,

I recently purchased a new GTX 980M 8GB for my Clevo P150EM. Now I'm trying to install the drivers successfully. But my first question:

Can you tell me, how to differentiate visually the 8GB from the 4GB version?

The mxm card has the PCI-ID: 10DE:13D7

Thank you.

Martin

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Hello marteng,

in my opinion you dont need the 8 GB VRAM because with an GTX 980M you can play in 1080p or 1440p - not 4k.

(Higher resolution => More VRAM)

If you wanna play in 4k you will need an desktop-pc with an high-end graphicskard (GTX 980).

Best regards

HeAdHuNtErGER

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Thank you for your awnsers. I didn't know that the capacity of the memory chips is fixed so that you can determine the VRAM from the numbers of RAM chips.

I'm in need for the 8GB version not for gaming. I'm doing GPU rendering with really complex scenes so the additional VRAM is a must. I know of professional quadro cards, but this laptop installation is a proof-of-concept to estimate the possibilities and advantages of GPU rendering. There are no desktop cards under $1000 with that much ram that I know of.

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