Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

Thanks

 

That is the great thing about the E Port Dock.

 

I am very close to pulling the trigger. My question for everyone here: What are the chances the Thunderbolt 3/UBS-C on the 7510 WILL support the new releases of eGPU systems? (I think it will be beneficial to know since I would go that route and not invest in the 4GB internal MXM card and just rely on the P580 when mobile). Also, is there any real need to initially invest the 91kwh battery? It can be swapped out later correct?

 

Battery can be swapped out.
We've had Dell reps state that the current Precision line supports the BIOS extensions needed for eGPU support over Thunderbolt, but I haven't seen anyone actually try it yet. I have seen a report showing the Razer Core working with the XPS15, which is similar to the Precision 5510. I think it's a good bet but not a sure thing.

You can swap the battery later.

 

Is any one able to confirm whether this memory is compatible with 77510:

https://www.skhynix.com/products.view.do?vseq=1563&cseq=75

 

Since it shows as ECC ("Supports ECC error correction and detection") they will only work if you have the 7510 with the Xeon processor; the 7510 with the i7 will not work with that.

 

Okay I'll get the
512GB M.2 PCIe High Performance Solid State Drive, MPWS

Still don't know whether to go for i7 or Xeon. Can I put it to you this way:
If money was not an issue what one would you go for (for Revit/Photoshop/Vray)?

A previous poster stated - "I would go with the Xeon simply because the Irirs Pro 580 graphics are twice as fast as HD 530."

If this is true then Xeon is the way forward for me, or is it?

Again thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it!

 

The Intel graphics matter less in this system than in others, because you have the discrete (NVIDIA) GPU available as well. That said, if money is really not a consideration, get the Xeon.

 

Actually, at 4K the Iris may be of some benefit. If you're relying on optimus, there are some situations where the system will opt to use the integrated GPU which may be better suited to a more powerful device. One good example of this is certain web videos; at 4K resolution, viewing these in full screen can be pretty hard on the intel HD 530, potentially resulting in stuttering. Major video outlets such as YouTube shouldn't exhibit this behavior, but I experienced it frequently on my m3800 with 3200x1800 resolution on the odd third party player. This resulted in video streams jumping and skipping erratically, creating a most unpleasing experience. I solved it by forcing Chrome to use the nvidia GPU, but this was far from ideal. This is one of the reasons I vowed not to get an extremely high resolution screen on a laptop.

I would assume the Iris Pro 580 would mitigate issues such as these. I don't think I'd recommend it for the penny pinching consumer, but as Aaron said above, if money's no object...

 

The HD 530 graphics in the i7-6820hq is quite a bit faster than the HD 4600 in the i7-4702hq/4712hq, so this should be a bit better to begin with.