Integrated and/or Dedicated GPU for laptops?

[Wuttah3ll]

Hey guys,
Recently I've been considering buying a laptop and after long search for the best option, I decided to go with the Intel Inspiron 7559.

The question more precisely is
Is it worth getting a integrated and a dedicated GPU on a laptop to extend the battery life and how much would it actually change?
Is it worth throwing in an extra 90 € for an Intel HD Graphics 530 (1493p) on top of the GTX 960M to extend battery life?

(And I definitely wont use the 530 for anything other than videos, documents or browsing)
Any information is appreciated

 

[Laquer Head]

How is adding a 960M going to extend battery life?

530 is useless for any type of gaming, and the 960 is decent for gaming but certainly won't extend battery life.

 

[Wuttah3ll]

How is adding a 960M going to extend battery life?

530 is useless for any type of gaming, and the 960 is decent for gaming but certainly won't extend battery life.

I never said I would add the 960M
You don't add a GPU to a laptop, laptops come with the graphics cards in them.
And I said I wont use the 530 for any type of gaming, and I didn't say that I will always use the 960 to use up all my battery.
The point is to use the 530 when I'm doing everything else and 960M when I work with 3D models or games.

 

[Laquer Head]

I never said I would add the 960M
You don't add a GPU to a laptop, laptops come with the graphics cards in them.
And I said I wont use the 530 for any type of gaming, and I didn't say that I will always use the 960 to use up all my battery.
The point is to use the 530 when I'm doing everything else and 960M when I work with 3D models or games.

Thank you for the info

My question to you, did you join with the intention of being an ignorant asswipe, or was that a spur of the moment decision?

 

[Intel_man]

Is it worth throwing in an extra 90 € for an Intel HD Graphics 530 (1493p) on top of the GTX 960M

LOL. you got that all backwards bruh.

 

[spirit]

To answer your question, it's only worth getting a laptop with a GPU if you want to game or do anything that benefits from having a GPU, like photo or video editing. The 960M is alright, will do some gaming but it won't be as good as a proper gaming desktop PC. Having a dedicated GPU tends to make the laptop run hotter, give more to go wrong and decrease battery life.

I think you've got your pricing wrong. It will come with the Intel HD Graphics as standard because they're built into the CPU. The 960M, which would be the additional GPU on top of the HD Graphics it already has as standard, is likely the 90 Euro optional extra.

 

[Laquer Head]

I got a headache...LOL

 

[spirit]

I got a headache...LOL

Yeah me too... that post was an exercise of the mind!

Basically... if you're doing basic stuff like going on Facebook and writing emails, save your 90 Euros.

If you want to do some gaming, get the 960M, but if you're into gaming then an Inspiron isn't the type of laptop you should be looking at. You'd be wanting to look at more gaming-orientated laptops like Alienwares or perhaps a custom-build from a system builder.

 

[Wuttah3ll]

LOL. you got that all backwards bruh.

Laptops have different versions, and the 90 € more expensive version has an integrated GPU added, nothing more.

Yeah me too... that post was an exercise of the mind!

Basically... if you're doing basic stuff like going on Facebook and writing emails, save your 90 Euros.

If you want to do some gaming, get the 960M, but if you're into gaming then an Inspiron isn't the type of laptop you should be looking at. You'd be wanting to look at more gaming-orientated laptops like Alienwares or perhaps a custom-build from a system builder.

Yeah, English isn't my first language and I haven't found any information about how useful having an integrated and a dedicated GPU actually is other than "It helps".

 

[spirit]

Laptops have different versions, and the 90 € more expensive version has an integrated GPU added, nothing more.

No, the one for 90 Euros more has the dedicated NVIDIA 960M GPU as well as the integrated one. You can't buy it without the integrated GPU.

Yeah, English isn't my first language and I haven't found any information about how useful having an integrated and a dedicated GPU actually is other than "It helps".

Well, it can help depending on what you need to/want to do with your laptop, which you haven't actually mentioned at all yet.

 

[Wuttah3ll]

Well, it can help depending on what you need to/want to do with your laptop, which you haven't actually mentioned at all yet.

Yeah, I noticed that now but I didn't give it much attention as the post was mainly about how efficient the integrated GPU is relative to the dedicated GPU in terms of battery life.
I did kinda mention videos, documents, basically normal schoolwork. And later I mentioned 3D modeling in what was a pretty rude reply to Laquer Head.

Thank you for the info

My question to you, did you join with the intention of being an ignorant asswipe, or was that a spur of the moment decision?

Yeah the response seemed really rude, but I never said in the original post that I would add a 960m. I meant adding 90€ for a newer version with an integrated and dedicated GPU.
("Is it worth throwing in an extra 90 € for an Intel HD Graphics 530 (1493p) on top of the GTX 960M to extend battery life?")

 

[spirit]

Yeah, I noticed that now but I didn't give it much attention as the post was mainly about how efficient the integrated GPU is relative to the dedicated GPU in terms of battery life.
I did kinda mention videos, documents, basically normal schoolwork. And later I mentioned 3D modeling in what was a pretty rude reply to Laquer Head.

If you're interested in 3D modelling and the software you use for that can take advantage of NVIDIA CUDA, then yes, having the 960M will be advantageous for you and worth spending the extra for.

3D modelling software should run OK on that machine with the quad-core i7 and the 960M, might not run absolutely amazingly though. Hard to tell without knowing what software you want to use.