GT540-2G

[George_07]

Hello,
I just bought a Acer Laptop, in the store it advertised the laptop as having 2gb dedicated graphics, my invoice says Gt540-2G, i opened the carton and the specs on the box and on the laptop surface says 1gb graphics, i'm confused what have i got 1 or 2gb graphics, and if i have only 1gb then is the store guilty of wrongfull advertising?
A reply would be helpfull, thanks...

 

[cps1974]

Hello,
I just bought a Acer Laptop, in the store it advertised the laptop as having 2gb dedicated graphics, my invoice says Gt540-2G, i opened the carton and the specs on the box and on the laptop surface says 1gb graphics, i'm confused what have i got 1 or 2gb graphics, and if i have only 1gb then is the store guilty of wrongfull advertising?
A reply would be helpfull, thanks...

well it seems there are both 1GB and 2GB versions of the GT 540M although with a quick scan of the internet I could not find any great level of confirmation

suggestion on this discussion is that the additional cost of the 2GB version is not worth it...

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/559942-nvidia-geforce-gt-540m-1-gb-2-gb.html

I would suggest running this great little application, GPU-Z:

after fully checking the specs - if you have 1GB version you could ask Acer (or the reseller) for the price difference to be refunded if the discussions on web convince you 2GB is not value. Alternatively if you prefer the 2GB version ask them to ship what you have actually paid for, citing the trade descriptions act (if need be) if you're in the UK:

The Trade Descriptions 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevents manufacturers, retailers or service industry providers from misleading consumers as to what they are spending their money on. This law empowers the judiciary to punish companies or individuals who make false claims about the products or services that they sell.

if not in the UK I hope you have similar law

Acers are great machines - I bet its performance is great going by the review of the gpu (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html) - that's the 1gb version btw


chaz