Thinkpads Forum

i want to buy the W520 because its a powerful computer, and lenovo thinkpad have his place in quality computers but i want to have user experience, and it is realy impotant to have FHD screen?,it is very better the quadro 2000 than the 1000 I also want to play some game like BF3 ! and if I remove 1333 Mhz ram for put 1600 Mhz ram did the computer accept it or he will down speed it to 1333 Mhz, and he have big difference with better wifi cards and the GPS comme whith the computer ? I know i have a lot of question, thank you for your time and your answer

PS ; I am an serious buyer!

Mike from canada

My future config for this time :
Version deWindows 7 Professionnel (64 bits)
Processeur Intel Core i7-2760QM (2,40 GHz, 6 Mo L3, 1333 MHz)
Écran HD+ DEL de 15,6 po (1600 x 900) avec rétroéclairage et antireflets, antenne sans fil WAN
Technologie NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Optimus Graphics (2 Go)
Mémoire de 4 Go PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333 MHz SODIMM (1 DIMM)
UltraNav (TrackPoint et TouchPad) avec lecteur d’empreinte digitale
Disque dur de 320 Go, 7200 tr/min
DVD-R / Bluetooth 3.0 / ThinkPad 1x1 b/g/n
Batterie Li-ion à 9 cellules 2.8 Ah

For games I recommend buying a gaming notebook (or even better: regular PC) like Alienware. ThinkPads are designed for professional use and optimized for CAD/CAM and such. A G770 could also be a contender but will not match Alienware or other gaming notebook specifications.

i will just play somes games during maybe one year not more because in one year i will finish school

BF3 might struggle on the Quadro 1000M. It goes 30FPS on my Quadro 2000M at 1920x1080 at low/medium. You can definitely get a good overclock on the card though.

The W520 will accept faster RAM and run it faster (if you use matching pairs), but the effect is small.