Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

HWiNFO64 is showing 8 bits. Will have to do more checking to see if that is correct. That said, it looks every bit as good as the U3216Q sitting next to it - possibly better.

 

Will be getting testing together for a full review, but holy crap the P5000 graphics card is fast. Huge step up over the M5000M.

 

See what Moninfo says.

John

 

Hello. I have a similar query

To keep it short, Can the Precision 5520 be fitted with the Quadro M2200?
And most importantly, would Dell be ready to supply such an configuration?

Presently the 7520 can take in either the M2200 or M1200. So those quadros seem to be 'similar'?
But the 5520's are fitted with a max GPU of Quadro M1200.
So can the Precision 5520 be fitted with the Quadro M2200? That would make the 5520 meet all my requirements!
I would sooooo want to have that configuration!!!


EDIT: Ok, I would explain the reasons for my interest.
Apart from all the other factors, I like the form factor and the availability of QHD Touch in 5520. And I dont find this in 7520.
But since my work in this would be primarily on Video Editing, I would like to have the M2200 on my machine. The folks in several Video Editing forums suggest having a minimum of 1000 cores for the GPU to make a difference. M1200 has 640 Cores. M2200 has 1024 cores.

I'm not technically knowledged. But I can make the effort to learn! Any suggestions would be most welcome!

 

The 5520 does not have an MXM slot for the GPU, but rather, the GPU is soldered onto the motherboard directly. Dell has elected not to include the M2200 as a choice, probably for size/heat/power reasons. (Recall that the 5520 has a 130W PSU while the 7520 has a 180W PSU, plus a more beefy cooling system.) Dell doesn't change the GPU choices in the Precision after the systems launch, so I do not think that you will see this.

 

For Dell, what you see available on the configurator is what is going to be available until the next refresh of system which is most likely this time next year.

And no, the 5520 can only have a M1200 GPU at the most and once its on there, you cannot change it because its soldered on.

In terms choosing which machine, you will have to really decide what you really need, power or portability? As others mentioned, the 7520/7720 are designed to be able to run at 99% without getting too hot for LOOOOoooong time while the 5520 is more for the occasional spikes of high usage.

Personally, if I am making money out of the laptop, I will take the weight penalty and get the 7520/7720.

 

The next good news: My 7720 is on the road to me.

 

I've had my 7720 for a few hours now. A few preliminary thoughts:

- First, it's gorgeous and looks really neat.
- On the BIOS setup screen, the trackpad and pointer stick were barely functional or usable to move the cursor around. You could use the keyboard for the most part, but I'd say this was a teething pain more than anything else.
- The keyboard is nicely backlit and doesn't flex when you press down the keys - it's very solid. Compared to other keyboards, I'd say the keypress is not too firm or not soft - pretty in between the range I've laptop keyboards.
- To install my gumstick Samsung 960 Pro 2TB, I had to unscrew the two screws on the fixed based, slide it off, undo the NGFF cover screw and the NGFF screw. The NGFF cover has a heat spreader pad - a very nice touch to prevent thermal throttling on the SSD.
- The end of the power cord is lit up with a blue light. It makes it much easier to keep track of.

Plugged-in benchmark Results via UserBenchMark:
Integrated Graphics: www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3384400
P4000 Graphics: www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3384456

Battery Discharge, Integrated Graphics (91W/hr in battery), keyboard backlight on, doing nothing:
WiFi On, 0% Brightness, Discharge Rate: 8W/hr
WiFi On, 40% Brightness, Discharge Rate: 12W/hr
WiFi On, 100% Brightness, Discharge Rate: 16W/hr
WiFi Off, 40% Brightness, Discharge Rate: 11W/hr

Watching a YouTube video on 40% brightness pushed the consumption up to around 20-22W.

3DMark: TimeSpy got a 3875 Graphics Score, 4248 CPU Score, 3926 combined score - with lots of warnings that neither the GPU nor CPU was recognized

 

If you need a faster GPU, the XPS 15 9560 has the GTX 1050 which is more powerful. It is not a Quadro though. And the 9560 doesn't come with more than i7-7700hq.

The real issue is that the cooling system of the 5510/5520/9550/9560 is a borderline thermal design. Superpowers are required to make the 9560 work under longer GPU+CPU load without downthrottling.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...nchmarks-xps-15-9560-kaby-lake.802345/page-12

 

Which GPU?