Gaming on the T410S

How is gaming with integrated graphics on the T410S?

I'm not familiar with benchmarks so if someone could give a breakdown of real world performance that would be super helpful.

I'm thinking about games like Mass Effect 2.

Nikki

 

No.

( now to be helpful)

I don't expect the new Intel graphics to improve upon the 4500mhd by much.

 

very very poor
integrated graphics are not for gaming
mass effect 2? hahahaha not even close

 

Playing mass effect 2 on a T410s will make your gaming experience no fun, probably ruined.
T410s is designed for road warriors and office based users, not gaming players.

 

That being said the integrated graphics chip is quite good for integrated graphics. But no you cannot play mass effect 2 to any enjoyable level (if at all...?).

 

Is Mass Effect 1 playable on the integrated graphics then? Haha.

And will ME2 be playable on the switchable T410S graphics?

Finally, any news on whether the switchable graphics will be Optimus?

Thanks.

NikkiSixx

 

me1 would probably not be good on the integrated

the switchable graphics that are supposed to eventually show up on the t410s will still be very poor for modern gaming - you might be able to run me2, but i wouldn't think it would be "playable"

there is no news on whether it will be optimus

 

Damn, are there any portable (<5 lb) business laptops with good graphics power then?

 

m11x, vaio z, ul30vt, ul80vt

Although, t410s with discrete should be able to play it. People with HD3200's are playing ME1 at low settings.

 

you're asking to play a very current, very demanding game on machines that don't have anything close to a gaming video card

if gaming is your primary goal maybe you should look more at gaming laptops that have some business-laptop features rather than trying to find a business laptop with gaming-laptop features

 

I don't know why people want a thin and light-weight laptop, and then want to play heavy 3D games on it. These things can not come together. That's that.

 

With ViDock or XGP technology, they can.

 

Awesome, thanks man

 

Yeah, the first, these technologies are not completely mature.
the second, they're expensive.
the third, ViDoc/XGP require (heavy) peripherals device and extensive power , which make your backpack much more heavier. Then your thin and light-weight notebooks lose all their advantages. Buy a gaming notebook instead.

I keep in mind that T4xx laptops are business laptops, They're best suitable for office uses, not gaming. Buy them if you don't want to play games, and if you want to play heavy 3D games, then, forget them.

 

Lol, look at my sig.
Vidock2 is powerful and mature enough now.
XGP is behind with all the by-model-restrictions.
Nobody is asking you bring the external monitors and all those extra boxes with you to a business meeting, but some might want to save some money and instead of buying a gaming rig, invest 300-400$ for a box and use their home plasma for the output, plus the external keyboard of course.

Many will change their minds again when the Sandy is out and the hybrid switching is mature enough. You'll have a powerful graphics and a better battery life in a slim-shady business notebook. It's getting there.

 

"Buy a gaming notebook instead" - not for you, but for nikkisixx

IMO, if you want "gaming anywhere", then buy a gaming laptop. And if you just want to play games at home, why not buy a console (best choice) or a high-end PC? I think it would be much more satisfied.

And T410s is not cheap, it's more expensive than many gaming laptops out there. I love Thinkpads, but they cannot do well what they're not destined to do.

 

Very true. Deep inside I wish Lenovo would make a new line - for gamers and steal a huge slice of the AW/Clevo pie.
Alas...

 

I know at least one T400s owner is interested in a DIY ViDock implementation as shown here. If it's WWAN slot turns out to also have pci-e pins and is port1, then could do a x2 1.0 implementation giving very decent performance. Consider too that expresscard 2.0 systems are to be released this year, in which case x2 1.0 or even better x2 2.0 will give gaming systems some more competition.