Futureproofing a Lenovo E540

[Shauny-O]

I am buying an i5 Lenovo E540 and have an option to include a NVIDEA GeForce NV14P-GV2 GT740M + 2 GBVRAM card.

Although I plan to use this for office and low-end multimedia (movies, music), is it worth investing in the GPU now to improve the longevity of the laptop? I plan to use it for 5-6 years.

 

[spdragoo]

Yes, definitely go for the GPU upgrade.

 

[Shauny-O]

Yes, definitely go for the GPU upgrade.

Thanks for the reply.

Some sources suggest that, with lower-end graphics use, the graphics card will barely run as the automatic graphics switching technology will only use the IGP - so the GPU will remain redundant.

My question is: do people believe that future developments in lower-end multimedia (hi-res movies, hi-end visual interfaces, the streaming of large media content) over the next few years will create more & more need for dedicated GPUs, and will a GPU therefore add longevity to a machine?

(I am not interested in or referring to games here, by the way - I will not be using this machine for this.)