Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

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Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

#1 Post by henni » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:07 am

We have a request from an artist to purchase a Thinkpad with the best graphics card in terms of

(1) Fastest Graphics Rendering support, e.g. 3D Max Studio
(2) Largest available Video Ram, e.g. Autodesk Autocad

which model would have this capability in the Txx,Rxx,Xxx,Wxx series ?

size of Thinkpad LCD is not that important, just the graphics performance.

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Re: Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:56 am

I think the W510 (~15") would nicely fill the specs:

Up to Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition (2.0GHz)
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
Other editions of Windows 7 are available.
15.6" multitouch widescreen panel
Up to NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 880M with 1GB DDR3 discrete graphics
Up to 16GB memory

This machine already has the new USB3.0

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Re: Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

#3 Post by henni » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:11 am

am replying to myself but posting this here so it may be useful to anyone else

W700 has the ultimate video/graphics card, no more sold on lenovo site

...to be replaced march 2010 with new W710 which then will have the latest and greatest

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Re: Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:37 am

You asked what was available, not what had ...
And as the W7xx series is 'slightly' oversized, I don't consider that a laptop any more...
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Re: Which Thinkpad has the best graphics card?

#5 Post by visionviper » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:16 am

RealBlackStuff wrote:You asked what was available, not what had ...
And as the W7xx series is 'slightly' oversized, I don't consider that a laptop any more...
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