Practical use for NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

[danthespaceman]

After 4 years on my Core Duo MBP, I'm about to upgrade to an 2010 model. Don't worry, I've read enough 'i5 vs i7' threads to know what I need to know regarding difference in processor speeds.

My question pertains the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics card. 256mb or 512? Here is my scenario.

-Running a 24" LED Cinema Display
-Majority of time spent in Photoshop (designing brochures, posters, business cards etc)
-Occasional light video editing in FCP (Transitions, titles and a nice grade)
-I like to spend a lot of free time on Youtube.

So how much of my typical use would take advantage of 512 over 256 vram? If I am otherwise fine with the i5 2.4ghz, would it would be better to invest in 8 GB RAM?

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I don't see anything you do that requires a good graphics card, I would think the 256 version would be sufficient.

 

[Hellhammer]

There are several threads about this. You won't notice any difference between those two unless you are going to do something graphics intensive such as gaming with 30" monitor

 

[demonsavatar]

Gaming and CUDA programming can use the extra 512MB Vram. Not too sure about Adobe and Final Cut, but I don't think they especially benefit from it.