Precision 7560 & 7760 Owners' Thread

Memory benchmarks, AIDA predominantly, as well as graphics benchmarks (which tend to show a smaller improvement). Again, the point is that just getting a minimal amount of slow Dell RAM plus Kingston Impact of the desired capacity actually works out cheaper, so whether it's +5% or +20% extra performance in your domains of interest, it's essentially free with some pocket money to spare.

 

Different intended markets. The Precision and other workstation models aren't intended for performance as their primary concern, but reliability. It's the same reason that they use Quadros instead of gaming GPUs, and older drivers instead of the latest from NVidia. Kingston Impact might offer more performance than the RAM sticks they put in there, but the sticks they put in there are (at least in their opinion) more stable and reliable.

Also don't forget that the usual market for Precisions is not us as individual users, but corporations that would buy large quantities of these at a time. Most IT departments don't have the time to spend tweaking and upgrading 100 individual notebooks.

 

How do you all do that benchmark in AIDA64 beta?

 

Look under Tools->Cache and Memory Benchmark.

 

thanks

here is mine for what it's worth...

 

Incidentally, the HP ZBook Fury 15 and 17 G8 are open for configuration and purchase.

They look really good, but the pricing is mental.

 

From what I understand, the toolless disassembly of these machines is second to none, and they look like they got some custom remote access software too. But the configurator only allows half the ECC RAM capacity of the Precision line - I imagine this is more of getting a supply of those sweet, sweet 32GB ECC SODIMMS than hardware limitations. I didn't see mention of 120Hz screens for the 17" model (pretty sure the 15" model does, tho), and a nice chunky 40-50% $ increase for equivalent hardware.

Oh, and:

 

I don't think there is evidence that Impact is less reliable. It's conservatively specced in terms of voltage and latencies compared to very low latency modules such as G. Skill or Ballistix, which indeed sometimes don't play ball with fragile hardware. It's just cost and, more precisely, the operating model where they do not commit to particular RAM specs, and just ship cheapest to deliver.

Agree Precision line is not geared towards the user demanding top performance, which is unfortunate given they have also dumbed down their performance AW laptops.

As for provision for corporate clients, they could just offer Impact RAM as an option, instead of the "3466 Performance RAM" gimmick (to put it mildly).

 

Consistent with the new "flagship" AW x17.
To provide some context, my 2019 AW m15 R1 with 2666 HyperX impact scores 64ns latency. There are other 11th gen platforms getting better results too.

 

The Thinkpad T15g Gen2 is a good option too. It is basically their workstation P15 chassis but with a Geforce modular GPU card instead. You can get an 11800H/RTX3070/FHD/16GB/512GB config for 2000USD which is much cheaper than the A4000. It supports up to 128GB memory and three M.2 SSD's. It has a revamped cooling system with more heatpipes and Sunon maglev fans, which is much quieter than the last gen. Oh, and I don't need to mention dedicated PgUp/PgDn/Home/End keys and Trackpoint. Sadly the MUX only controls the integrated panel and does not have the ability to switch the TB4 ports GPU connection.