Monday, May 7, 2012

What is the difference between these video cards for a laptop...?

256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD

i am ordering a laptop off of dell.com, what is the difference? i'm guessing the first one is better because its more expensive. i plan on using this laptop for music pictures it has a web cam and my friends and i edit movies, nothing big though just like youtube vids(I'm 16). so how important is this component etc. thank you!|||Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD is onboard graphics and tends to be weak because it "borrows" RAM from your motherboard.



The Radeon is a dedicated graphics card and faster. It has its own video RAM.



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