T420 HD+ panel info

[ThinkRob]

I'll post a full review at some point, but for now I just wanted to share what I suppose many of us are curious about: the make/model of the T420's HD+ panel.

The answer: AUO B140RW02 V1.

The verdict: Not great, but not horrible.

[Colonel O'Neill]

Good to know. Waiting on that full review!

Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.

[dhave]

Yeah, I'd very much like to read a full review or, if you need more time for that, at some of your initial impressions (screen quality, overall responsiveness, etc.). Thanks.

[ThinkRob]

Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.

Just Intel integrated. I don't game.

Overall impression so far is quite positive. Mechanically it's excellent, and performance wise it's a nice improvement over the T410 (I got the T420i w/ a Core i3.)

[dhave]

So, how about the display quality? Are these new displays really a step down from past years?

[ThinkRob]

So, how about the display quality? Are these new displays really a step down from past years?

No. Not in terms of quality, sharpness, contrast ratio, or viewing angle -- at least not unless you're comparing to FlexView panels.

[dhave]

No. Not in terms of quality, sharpness, contrast ratio, or viewing angle -- at least not unless you're comparing to FlexView panels.

Thanks. Looking forward to your full review.

[ThinkRob]

Thanks. Looking forward to your full review.

Here you go: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=95459

[jdrou]

Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.

Notebookcheck has benchmarks on it now. Not many actual game benchmarks yet though:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-NVS ... 343.0.html

[Colonel O'Neill]

Yeah I noticed it recently too.

Not as good as I'd like it to be. *cough*overclock*cough*

O.o
It runs on DDR3?
And the test machine is an i3 Latitude...

[jdrou]

Not as good as I'd like it to be.

Same here. I was hoping it would at least equal my 2-generation-old Precision M4400 with Quadro 770M.
I was looking quite seriously at the 14" Latitude 6420 with quad-core CPU (not available on T420 apparently). I'll probably end up getting a W520 now.