Dell Precision 5510 Owner's Lounge

I suspect it will be the Quadro P1000M there are a lot of typo's in that spec, it's looks like an early draft. The upcoming XPS 9560 has a 1050 and given that's the near identical consumer version of the 5520 I'd be surprised if it didn't.

Few manufacturer's now completely redesign their respective laptop ranges with each processor/GPU update. The current XPS/5510 series is only just over 12 months old and this is the first technical specification update for both models. It's quite common to get a 'gen 2' update for any individual laptop model. The update to the XPS 13" is effectively a 3rd generation update. We also need to recognise the release of updated hardware has slowed considerably. Kaby Lake is a pretty minor spec bump.

Suspect we won't see a completely refreshed 5500 series until approaching CES 2018 at the earliest and more likely when Cannon Lake and Coffee Lake are released.

 

Given the headaches that Thunderbolt has caused, Dell might be cautious about jumping on the Optane wagon if it creates potential compatibility issues with the various storage drive options available on this notebook. I would like a slightly rearranged keyboard with a set of navigation keys along the right side but that would need to wait for a chassis refresh.

John

 

I bought an UHD/Touch i5-6300HQ Precision with a 2.5 SSD, then dumped a Samsung 960 Pro 512GB in it (cloned the SSD). Worked great (and I use a LOT of CPU), but other developers were looking at me funny when I said I had an i5, so I got a reconditioned Xeon E3-1505M v5 M/B and stuck that in instead. Did a WinSAT (b4 and after) on Win 10:

Test, i5, Xeon
System, 6.4, 5.7
Memory, 8.1, 8.3
Cpu, 7.8, 8.3
VideoEncode, 7.7, 8.2
Graphics, 6.4, 5.7
Gaming, 9.9, 9.9
Disk, 9, 9

So it doesn't make much difference really, and the Xeon has worse integrated graphics. Save your money and go for the i5?

 

The Xeon is 4 core with hyperthreading while the i5-6300HQ has no hyperthreading. As a result it uses less power and runs a little cooler. This might let the iGPU run a little faster. However, run HWiNFO and enable sensors to see the Xeon's package power and temperature under full load.

I would also suggest that you disable the hyperthreading in the BIOS and re-run the tests for the Xeon (I have the i7-6820HQ in my 5510 and disabled hyperthreading as I don't run programs which benefit from the extra threads).

John

 

How much was the difference? In consumption heat and in performance? I think if you are going to use it mainly plugged is not worthy that kind of changes, besides more and more programmes are designed to take advantage of the multicores

 

Disabling hyperthreading reduced the maximum CPU package power from 35W to 28W while wPrime 32M time increased from 7.6s to 10.8s. One audible benefit is that the fans are less likely to go into hair drier mode.

John

 

this is not exactly related to the precision topic but i couldn't find anything about it so i resort to you,guys.

Bought the DELL 3100 docking station and connected my EIZO cs270 to it via displayport.I can't seem to find the external(EIZO) display in any of the display settings menus.When connected via HDMI directly from the laptop,the setup works fine-finds the display and all that.The problem with EIZOs is whenever connected via HDMI the max resolution is 1080.My display is QHD so i need the displayport link whick can output display's max resolution.When hooked via the dock station it is unavailable-the display is duplicated by my generic laptop one but in none of the display settings i can't find it.I have installed the displaylink driver but still to no avail.Tomorrow i'll get a HDMI to Displayport cable streaming directly from the laptop.DELL's dock station seems to bypass the external display for unknown reasons.

If anyone have some experience with any of DELL's dock stations and know the solution,i will be most grateful.

Merry XMas and happy holidays,guys


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Just to clarify,i can use the external EIZO but it lags severely when using post production software-i guess it's because it's only supported by the intel integrated video but not the Quadro graphics.


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The Dell 3100 dock is the USB 3.0 dock. The video output is not handled by either the Intel GPU or the Quadro GPU, but by a mostly software-based GPU integrated into the dock. USB-based graphics output is known to be laggy/jittery due to limited bandwidth, and 3D applications will take a big hit because the laptop's GPU cannot be used.

With USB-C, a DisplayPort connection and a USB connection can be passed over the same cable. If you use the WD15 USB-C based dock, the output is passed from the Intel GPU over the USB-C DIsplayPort connection (the Intel GPU will drive the external displays, just like it drives the internal display, and the Quadro can provide rendering support via NVIDIA Optimus). You will get the same performance that you get from the internal display.

 

Thank you,Aaron,it all make sence.I got HDMI to DisplayPort cable so i hope the performance will not suffer.


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