Precision 7560 & 7760 Owners' Thread

That's 2 points higher than my score (I have the 7760). Looks like the CPU thermals between the 7560 and the 7760 are the same, with the GPU wattage being the biggest difference.

 

Does anybody with the 7560/7760 have an issue with the dGPU not turning off on battery (even with iGPU enabled in Nvidia Control Panel)?
I have tried all the solutions that I know, but the solutions that @Aaron44126 are above my technical level as I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of Windows/software.
It would be greatly appreciated if anybody with the issue could do the advanced troubleshooting steps.

 

Looking for some help regarding manual fan control. Since my 7560 is not in yet...

Can someone with a 7560 or 7760 please:
* Download dmicode http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/dmidecode-2.10-bin.zip
* Extract the zip file
* Run command prompt "as administrator" -- run the command sbin\dmidecode.exe
* Capture the output to a text file and upload that here.

The tables that get dumped out contain information which I can use to determine what "hooks" the BIOS has for setting various controls.

Thanks.

 

Here you go

 

OK. I just pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys. @Aaron44126 and all the other users here, thanks for the excellent advice and tests and first impressions. I opted for the A4000 instead of A5000 as this is the "sweet spot" for price and performance (and actually has been for multiple generations), and also the Express Charge Battery instead of the Long Term Battery, due directly to the advice here. Also, after struggling with the FIPS fingerprint readers on the 7730, I'm going with the much cheaper option. Anecdotally speaking, my "Long Term" battery for the 7730 is now at 50% capacity after 3 years, so it sounds like Express Charge with a ceiling set is a vastly better idea.

Base Specs:

Xeon W-11955M, 1 x 8 GB RAM (lowest default), WiFi + BT, 256GB NVME (lowest default), Bottom Cover w/ Quick Access Slot, Backlit Keyboard w/ Palmrest Fingerprint Reader, 17.3" IPS UHD, 3840x2160 120Hz w/IR Cam/Mic,Windows for Workstation (6 Core +), WLAN, NVIDIA RTX A4000 w/8 GB GDDR6, ProSupport + Accidental Damage 4 years
4 x 32GB ECC RAM purchased within same purchase order (vastly cheaper this way).

I also have a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB purchased separately that will replace the token 256GB drive.

 

Congrats on your smart purchase.

 

Could you get it warranty replaced since they say the battery is supposed to hold 75% charge after 3 years?

 

I guess for my use case, I can pretty easily hit the 8GB VRAM limit in the A4000. When using the iGPU for the display, a scene that I made uses up 7GB VRAM. Powering the display with the dGPU takes up 1-1.5GB VRAM. So with dGPU only mode, I will exceed the VRAM limit. However, this isn't a huge problem if I don't go too much out of the GPU memory since I barely scraped by using the scene on my old laptop (4GB VRAM).
To be fair, my scene has lots of high res textures with multiple maps for each (displacement, reflection, normals, etc.). But it still shows that 8GB isn't that impressive in 2021 for 3D modelling especially considering that these GPU's are capable of rendering in higher resolutions (which would warrant higher texture resolutions). However, with video editing, I haven't used more than 6GB VRAM yet (iGPU powering the display).

 

Also, the A4000 supports resizable bar, and the A3000 and A5000 also should.

^^In Nvidia control panel