Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

Actually, A GeForce GTX is a dumbed down Quadro of sorts with the double-precision floating point unit disabled, among other things.

Quadro drivers are tuned for SPECIFIC software vendors' software, for persons and companies that need hardware that MUST work with their software, and part of ISV certification. Software that can cost 10-50 times what the machine costs. And that's where a lot of the value is in. Stability is more important than breakneck speed and thus Quadro are not (usually) overclocked.

Quadro also has ECC support turned on, and shut off on GeForce. Quadro also likely has better OpenGL support which is essential to many professional graphics and engineering software.

 

Just my opinion here. I don't really need an optical drive. I'll be using it mostly for visual studio / C# .Net development and testing, VMs, automation, etc.

I do hope it's sturdy. I do like the decrease in bulk compared to the previous model. I do like the four USB 3 ports. For my purposes I think it will be great.

 

That's not just likely, it's a fact. Quadro has far, far better OpenGL support, and can be ten times or more faster for certain OpenGL operations. If you need a machine for work and use professional graphics and engineering software, you will not consider anything else.

 

Aluminum isn't the only metal, or necessarily the best for laptops - people just think it is because everyone wants to copy Apple.

Magnesium alloys can be stronger and lighter, and aren't buttery soft like aluminum, which I've heard called "shiny wood".


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Yes... Magnesium is about HALF as light as aluminum. Dell has been using it for their inner frames for a while. Aluminum is normally alloyed with magnesium to give it more rigidity, indeed there are some aluminum alloys that are more rigid and some more ductile. Aluminum and magnesium are also free-machining which makes it an easier choice by production standards. Magnesium must be painted and is subject to corrosion with exposure to moisture which is probably why you don't see it used bare for outer cases. 7000 series aluminum can be pretty hard, 5000 very soft. (marine grade)

 

Got my 7510 last night and would really like to post a positive review but.... It worked just long enough to get the OS set up and added to the domain. On reboot there is no display at all... no Dell logo.. nothing. Looks like I'll be returning it and wait for the bugs to get worked out before I order again. Other than that.. it seems to be a pretty nice workstation.

 

Try turning it back on... then hold the power button down until the computer powers back on. See if that works.

If it does, it may be the sleep mode that causes problems.

 

Anyone know what drive the "High performance NVMe pcie 512" really is?

 

Dell will not commit to a specific drive model, but rather they will use any drive that meets a certain set of criteria.
(We do not know what the criteria are.)

 

I believe the switch from 16:10 to 16:9 is more a matter of economics. You get one extra panel per row out of a sheet going to 16:9. Honestly I don't mind either way, and most of what I do is CAD/CAM. Aside from the occasional letters and such I don't do a whole hell of a lot of text editing. And if that is what I did, I could do that on a Dell Latitude or Vostro - a Precision Mobile Workstation is overkill for that! Also if one is doing content creation for TV it helps their workstation has the same aspect ratio as most all TVs today without the black bands on top and bottom. Don't get me wrong - I love my M6400 and M6500 which are the last of the Precisions with 16:10 screens, but my wife has an ASUS with a 16:9 screen and it's not like I feel I'm slowed down because of the aspect ratio. It also has smaller keys but I adjust just fine. If you can't, there are other options out there! I'm sure Dell will survive with or without your money!