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    W Series Switchable Graphics

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by manekineko, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. manekineko

    manekineko Notebook Geek

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    Does the W series of Thinkpads still have switchable graphics? I have found tons of references to the fact that it does online, but I haven't found anything on Lenovo's site itself that indicates this is the case, and even in the PDF spec sheet it doesn't seem to be mentioned.

    They didn't cut this feature did they?
     
    manekineko, Jun 19, 2009
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  2. NecessaryEvil

    NecessaryEvil Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm pretty sure they don't have switchable on the W series.

    Quite sad, as I'd rather have switchable, but only the W series has 1920x1200
     
    NecessaryEvil, Jun 19, 2009
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  3. pacmandelight

    pacmandelight Notebook Deity

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    I thought the W500 has switchable graphics (FireGL + Intel). I think the W700 does not have switchable graphics.
     
    pacmandelight, Jun 19, 2009
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  4. MidnightSun

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    pacmandelight is correct.

    The W500 does have switchable graphics. It is identical to the T500 except that its discrete ATI card has workstations drivers, so it has switchable graphics just like the T500.

    The W700/W700ds does not have switchable graphics.
     
    MidnightSun, Jun 19, 2009
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  5. DrDan99

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    Definitely does. I'm looking at it now.
     
    DrDan99, Jun 19, 2009
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