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    Thinkpad W520 & ViDock compatibility

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dimm0k, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. dimm0k

    dimm0k Notebook Consultant

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    Currently have the Thinkpad W520 and am looking to upgrade the video via a ViDock mainly so I can run Diablo 3 without any lag due to the video bottleneck of the 2000M. Not sure how many others tried out the beta this past weekend, but when there was large amounts of action the game was really choppy and this was with settings all at low with a native resolution of 1920x1080. I'm fine with low settings, but I want to at least be able to run it at the native resolution. Anyway, my question is does anyone have a W520 with a ViDock and are there any hurdles going with this option? Older messages from 2011 stated BIOS issues and RAM limits? My W520 is running 64-bit Windows wih 16GB of RAM...
     
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  2. His Dudiness

    His Dudiness Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm assuming you have already seen this video ViDock 4 - Hardware Setup - Vid 2 of 7 - YouTube
    The dude in the video is running Vidock 4 on Lenovo X201 (may be wrong), but anyway w520 should run it even better. Basically if you have ExpressCard - you are good to go. There are some hassle with setup (BIOS and drivers) though, but that will get sorted out as more vidock's are coming out to the market.
     
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  3. Mech0z

    Mech0z Notebook Evangelist

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    From what I heard you have to disable the dGPU to get it to work
     
    Mech0z, Apr 23, 2012
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  4. bogatyr

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    Check the eGPU thread in I think the hardware (or gaming?) forum here. They'll have the info you need, even on disabling the dGPU to use the ViDock and example benchmarks you can expect (full table of user reported results with laptop and graphics card models).

    I'd link it but I'm using my phone to post.


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