At least I was able to explain a bit of difference between your 2 choices. Unfortunately I havn't gotten 3ds max running on this laptop yet (had a goof up with forgetting to export the license from main computer first), so I honestly i can't comment whether Alias or 3ds max would make windows use the cpu/gpu or dedicated nvidia card.Īs per your original question of choosing a laptop with or without a dedicated video card for this exact purpose I can't give you a proper yes / no answer regarding Alias (i don't have Alias) or in my case 3ds max. Hence the reason why I opted for a laptop with a dedicated graphics card system. Generally it uses the intel 4400 graphics for desktop, youtube/dvd uses, and if i fire up a game like Diablo III or even Mechwarrior Online or Star Wars: The Old Republic, I can play those games quite comfortably with a usb 3button mouse attached. The benefit here with the 2gb nvidia card is windows can switch back and forth between either video card solution as per needs and requirement. Now, in addition to the i7-4500U cpu / Intel 4400 Graphics, my laptop also has a dedicated nvidia 740m graphics card with 2gb onboard dedicated ram, much like a desktop system with a nvidia or ati/amd PCI-e graphics card. It does have 3d acceleration capabilities like a dedicated nvidia or ati/amd graphics card but without the dedicated onboard memory wich can play certain games fine, and the other game types not so well. Which is fine for desktop browsing, youtube / dvd movie watching. One main caveat is that the video processing has no actual onboard memory but uses the system's shared DDR3 / DDR4 memory instead. It's a combination CPU with built in graphics processing, negating the need for a dedicated graphics card. I myself have an Asus Windows 8.1 Laptop with an i7-4500U mobile cpu which has the integrated Intel Graphics 4400 GPU video GPU. There's a couple things to understand first:
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