2013 upgraded graphics card option?

[stanw]

1.) It seems like you can only get the upgraded graphics card if you get the 3.4GHz model?

2.) What types of situations will the extra GB of video memory be helpful? Video editing? Video games? etc.

Thanks.

 

[leman]

1.) It seems like you can only get the upgraded graphics card if you get the 3.4GHz model?

2.) What types of situations will the extra GB of video memory be helpful? Video editing? Video games? etc.

Thanks.

1. Yes

2. Demanding video games at high settings (I am talking about really demanding games here). There are also some games with badly coded engines that can benefit from it (some flight simulators come to mind).

 

[stanw]

so there will not likely be noticeable performance gains from using Photoshop, Premiere or watching videos, etc.?

Thanks.

 

[elithrar]

so there will not likely be noticeable performance gains from using Photoshop, Premiere or watching videos, etc.?

Thanks.

Almost nil, unless you're working on huge composite effects in Photoshop or After Effects (and even then...).

 

[TwoBytes]

I wonder for those heavy tab users like me (glims and 30 tabs) if a gpu upgrade will help with loading youtube videos?

 

[elithrar]

No. You won't be maxing out lesser hardware; an upgrade won't do anything.

 

[Bear]

1.) It seems like you can only get the upgraded graphics card if you get the 3.4GHz model?

2.) What types of situations will the extra GB of video memory be helpful? Video editing? Video games? etc.

Thanks.

Certain video games and some (not all) video editing applications. Other than that, upgrading to the 780M won't be of real use.