The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Gaming On Lenovo's Thinkpad T420

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by junior21, Jul 31, 2011.

  1. junior21

    junior21 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    260
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I'm no hardcore gamer but I think I might want to play some games once I go away to college (maybe wow, sc2, the new diablo when it comes out, idunno). I'm wondering how the gaming is on the thinkpad t420 if I add the NVIDIA Quadro NVS4200M .

    Or should I just get the y470... I'm concerned about battery life during school, that's the problem...

    Also how does the NVS4200M stack up against the GT 525 and the GT 555?
    I know GT 555 > GT 525 > NVS4200, but I'm not sure exactly by how much.
     
    junior21, Jul 31, 2011
    #1
  2. anemoneman

    anemoneman Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    21
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have the T420, and it does not handle PC games well (can't run Oblivion or Fallout 3). However, it is a great laptop. I don't know how the NVS would run, however, being that it is made for business, not gaming.

    However, the build quality of this notebook is absolutely superb, and i would recommend it to anyone, especially students or businessmen. The Ideapads, in comparison, seem structurally sub par.
     
    anemoneman, Jul 31, 2011
    #2
  3. serialk11r

    serialk11r Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    229
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If you can accept low performance it should work. But look into an eGPU, I am going to college and I am planning to use such a setup.
     
    serialk11r, Jul 31, 2011
    #3
  4. junior21

    junior21 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    260
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    What exactly is an eGPU? I'm not very tech savvy. Basically I just want to play wow, sc2, the new diablo when it comes out.

    I don't really plan on playing any fps.
     
    junior21, Aug 1, 2011
    #4
  5. Xerloq

    Xerloq Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    31
    Messages:
    416
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    External GPU. Kind of kills the portability of a laptop, though, eh?

    Any reason for the T420? I was looking at it a while back for SATA III support and the understated look, but I needed something for gaming. Still deciding, but some of the Sager notebooks look good, and are around the same price as the T420.
     
    Xerloq, Aug 1, 2011
    #5