X301, Displayport and Dell 3008 monitor

[laughingtonto]

Just wanted to let folks know the X301 can drive a 30 inch monitor at 2560x1600 through the digital displayport connector. It's wonderful having a high resolution digital connection and was really my only harp on the x300.

Well, the 128G drive on the x301 is nice as well.

-Todd

[nacy333]

Interesting...Out of curiosity, what was the max resolution you could get out of the X300 via VGA?

[jketzetera]

The Thinkpad Tabook states that all new Montevina Thinkpads have a maximal external resolution of 2048x1536@75Hz. The new Thinkpads with digital video out are:

R400
T500
X200 (through dock)
X301
W700

Even for the monster Workstation W700, the tabook states:
Max external resolution: 2048x1536@85Hz (DB-15 port); 2048x1536 (DisplayPort)

[jketzetera]

Just wanted to let folks know the X301 can drive a 30 inch monitor at 2560x1600 through the digital displayport connector. It's wonderful having a high resolution digital connection and was really my only harp on the x300.

Well, the 128G drive on the x301 is nice as well.

-Todd

It is awesome that the X301 can drive 2560x1600 (in native resolution I assume), despite the info in the Tabook that claims otherwise. Gives me hope that I might be able to use the X200 with dock to drive 2560x1600.

Would you mind running a few benchmarks on the 128GB Samsung. I cannot find a single review of it on the internets.

[laughingtonto]

The Thinkpad Tabook states that all new Montevina Thinkpads have a maximal external resolution of 2048x1536@75Hz. The new Thinkpads with digital video out are:

R400
T500
X200 (through dock)
X301
W700

Even for the monster Workstation W700, the tabook states:
Max external resolution: 2048x1536@85Hz (DB-15 port); 2048x1536 (DisplayPort)

The X301 is running Intel's GMA X4500HD chipset -- rest assured, it supports 2560x1600 and it's running through my DisplayPort connection now.

-Todd

[laughingtonto]

It is awesome that the X301 can drive 2560x1600 (in native resolution I assume), despite the info in the Tabook that claims otherwise. Gives me hope that I might be able to use the X200 with dock to drive 2560x1600.

Would you mind running a few benchmarks on the 128GB Samsung. I cannot find a single review of it on the internets.

Not at all. If you can point me to a benchmark app that will run under 64-bit Vista, I'll run and post here.

-Todd

[jketzetera]

It is awesome that the X301 can drive 2560x1600 (in native resolution I assume), despite the info in the Tabook that claims otherwise. Gives me hope that I might be able to use the X200 with dock to drive 2560x1600.

Would you mind running a few benchmarks on the 128GB Samsung. I cannot find a single review of it on the internets.

Not at all. If you can point me to a benchmark app that will run under 64-bit Vista, I'll run and post here.

-Todd

Crystal DiskMark is Vista 64bit compatible and can export results into text (appropriate for posting here on thinkpads.com)

http://crystalmark.info/download/index- ... alDiskMark

[erik]

If you can point me to a benchmark app that will run under 64-bit Vista, I'll run and post here.

just about all of the benchmark apps will run under x64.   i use hdtune and atto disk benchmark without issue under server 2008 x64.

[laughingtonto]

Crystal DiskMark is Vista 64bit compatible and can export results into text (appropriate for posting here on thinkpads.com)

http://crystalmark.info/download/index- ... alDiskMark

Crystal gave me the following set to a 100MB test size:

--------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 96.347 MB/s
Sequential Write : 62.480 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 92.825 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 60.742 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 12.726 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 5.114 MB/s

Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2008/09/23 10:08:43

-Todd

[phr]

The Thinkpad Tabook states that all new Montevina Thinkpads have a maximal external resolution of 2048x1536@75Hz. The new Thinkpads with digital video out are:

R400
T500
X200 (through dock)
X301
W700

Even for the monster Workstation W700, the tabook states:
Max external resolution: 2048x1536@85Hz (DB-15 port); 2048x1536 (DisplayPort)

Wow, that is very interesting, I had the opposite impression from some of the spec sheets. It looked like the resolution was limited to a lower amount.

What about the T400, is that on there?

This creates a real dilemma, the Montevina thinkpads are limited to 4gb of expensive DDR3 memory while the older T61/X61/X300 could use 8gb of much less expensive DDR2 memory. I had been thinking of grabbing an X61 or X300 for that reason.

[Goran]

Even for the monster Workstation W700, the tabook states:
Max external resolution: 2048x1536@85Hz (DB-15 port); 2048x1536 (DisplayPort)

I'd point out the "85 Hz" part of the specification. Since LCD's run at 60 Hz, this means that there is extra bandwidth.

[jketzetera]

Sequential Read : 96.347 MB/s
Sequential Write : 62.480 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 92.825 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 60.742 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 12.726 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 5.114 MB/s

Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2008/09/23 10:08:43

Interesting. As soon as I get my SSD (64GB Samsung SLC) pimped X200, I will post comparison numbers.