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    Thinkpad P73 gaming performance

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hendra, Jul 3, 2019.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Potentially, but keep in mind that this is a Quadro and the gaming performance will vary depending on driver support and optimizations. Also, the cooling on the P73 is yet to be seen. It might not be adequate, who knows.
     
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    P2000 vs 1050ti shows how well paper specs translate to gaming. It’s generally not meant for it
     
    Richard Zheng, Jul 3, 2019
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    Generally its mostly the core speed reduction that hits the performance for gaming, but it should still do quite well.
     
    Reciever, Jul 3, 2019
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    The P4200 games like my desktop 1070 so it should be alright. Btw, keep an eye on Lenovo's forums for irate early adopters before jumping in and buying one of these. Trust me, I learned the hard way.
     
    Eclipse2016, Jul 4, 2019
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    The P73 with the RTX 5000 will be crazy expensive. I suppose you really need it for something else than gaming like....work on these certified programs ?
    Other than that it has the same chassis and cooling than the P72, which should be adequate.
     
    bobbie424242, Jul 5, 2019
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    If it's older games, I think it will do just fine. But for newer games, I don't think NVidia will release drivers that are suitable, soon enough since that's not the use case.
     
    Mr.Claw, Jul 19, 2019
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    If that matters, latest NVIDIA GeForce drivers (430.something) recognize my Quadro P600 just fine. Even installed from GeForce Experience. Speaking of which, there is a "Quadro Experience" currently in beta.
     
    bobbie424242, Jul 19, 2019
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    Oh, that's news to me. :eek: I stand corrected, if that's the case.
     
    Mr.Claw, Jul 19, 2019
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    I was so pleased to find this out some time ago until the latest NVIDIA drivers started to cause video glitches on my system. I had to reinstall HP's much older NVIDIA Quadro drivers to fix it.
     
    Eclipse2016, Jul 19, 2019
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    I've found my P2000 basically on par with the 1050Ti. Works great for KF2, Prey, Doom, etc.
     
    Eason, Jul 26, 2019
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