Hands on Dell Precision 7710

Something is bugging me.

This review says that on full CPU load the GPU throttles hard.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Precision-7710-Workstation-Review.158505.0.html

Can anyone confirm this? Tested with the AMD GPU. Does the NVIDIA show the same behavior?

If so, this is deeply disappointing.

 

There is a review in german that shows nvidia gpu throttling as well. Sadly the Lenovo P50/70 tested shows CPU throttling while full load on both.

Pick your poison I guess.

 

Is USB-C and Thurnderbolt the same thing on the 7710? Looking at photos, I see where the USB-C goes but not the Thunderbolt.

Also, anyone know when these will be available?

 

The thunderbolt 3 versions 'should' be order able now/coming week. According to Dell announcement late last year. Everything up to now has been without thunderbolt option.

It was my assumption that usb c and thunderbolt 3 were the same port/plug, but that was my assumption. Based on my Alienware 17, supposed to have USB c and thunderbolt port, and other than normal ports there's 1 USB c, so that's why I'm assuming that it's one in the same port.

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anyone with real information on thunderbolt on 7710 ? It's still not here obviously and I am really getting tired of waiting for don't want to pay nearly $1K more for a zbook 17 g3.

 

Sure, but here we have a different case. The CPU doesn't throttle and keeps turbo while the GPU throttles for no reason except to "reduce" the used power? The powersupply is 240 Watts but it looks like it's artificially limited to ~180 watts? Is this some flaw? are NVIDIA GPUs affected?

It would be nice to have someone test it.

 

Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB-C port. The connector is the same.

 

Oh I understand. I was just implying that, for different reasons, the precision has gpu throttle and p50/p70 have cpu throttling.

Wouldn't be a nvidia issue as only precision seems to have this issue. And 240w I don't think, as p50 similar specs has 170w. Yes they both throttle, but that's a 70w difference and Lenovo is not throttling over 70w performance. If that makes sense.

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I thought so, but haven't personally seen a thunderbolt connector. I've USB c cables and hubs now, but they stated USB c not thunderbolt 3.

But thanks for clearing that up.

Also found out today, USB c on alot of machines is 3.0, and all USB c phones are 2.0. Very few laptops have USB c 3.1 ports. And if it's not 3.1, it's no faster, all you gain is physically reversable plug that is hard to find lol.

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Yes its kind of strange. All Thunderbolt 3 ports are USB-C, but it is not the case that all USB-C ports are Thunderbolt 3. (Just because you see a USB-C port doesn't mean it'll work with Thunderbolt devices.)
In the case of the 7710 though, you don't get the USB-C port unless you order the machine with Thunderbolt, so they might as well be one and the same.