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Permalink Reply by slotnick on January 2, 2013 at 6:54am

No one able to help? Maybe someone from NcNeel?

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Permalink Reply by James Carruthers on January 2, 2013 at 12:39pm

I think McNeel are not inclined to offer specific recommendations lest they be held responsible for them. And notebook video isn't as sexy as desktop so you'll not find too many people with strong opinions.

You might as well go for the 650 even if it's not much faster. In my computer-buying experience there's just no savings in skimping on anything, you'll just need to upgrade again sooner. Wait as long as you can, spend as much as you can, and don't look back.

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Permalink Reply by John Brock on January 2, 2013 at 1:14pm

Here's the beat we have:

http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/rhino5videocards

JB

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Permalink Reply by Jesus Lopez on January 2, 2013 at 1:23pm

In my opinion there is no noticeable factor. It's almost the same, considering that you aren't a gamer. I believe that the worst factor you need to consider is wich resolution if you will use DVI output (bigger model, better output DVI)

Both graphic cards are optimal to use with Rhino and the softwares you mentioned

Jesus Lopez

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Permalink Reply by slotnick on January 2, 2013 at 2:57pm

Thanks for the advice guys! 

The newer 650M runs on the newer Kepler architetcure, while the 635m is made on a Fermi architecture. I'm not really familiar what hardware specs, so I don't know if this will influence working with 3D modelling?

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Permalink Reply by Dee See on March 27, 2013 at 8:48pm

Slotnick,

I'm curious: which graphics card did you end up purchasing, and how does it run Rhino 5? I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and I didn't know whether to aim for something better than the cards you mentioned, or if that was sufficient. The AMD Radeon HD 7670M also seems to be popular in the market.

I often read advice to "buy the best you can afford", but I'm not sure I agree. I only want to buy what I need for my 3D software since that is the most graphical intensive thing I will do on my computer.

Thanks in advance,

Dee

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Permalink Reply by John Brock on March 28, 2013 at 9:21am

To avoid confusion, here is a link to our statement and details on specific graphics cards:

http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/rhino5videocards

http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/videocards

John Brock - Rhinoceros Tech Support
Seattle - USA

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Permalink Reply by slotnick on March 31, 2013 at 11:20am

Hello Dee See,

I just have ordered mine with the 650M card. It wasn't urgent. I have seen that Rhino runs with this card on a colleague's notebook.

In terms of price there is not a really big difference between both cards, so I decided to buy the one which uses the new architecture.

Hope this helps

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