Refer to this if you interested in my previous discussion: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4869826
Is ThunderBolt a MUST if you are buying laptop now
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 Nov 30 2019, 11:28 PM, updated 7y ago
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As per the title. Will you consider TB 3 is a must when you want to purchase a laptop now. I have a dilemma, whether to get TB3 or just get a laptop with DP 1.4 and HDMI 2.0. Spending extra RM 1000 make sense ? original budget is 3.5k-4k.
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Dec 1 2019, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE(Ludwig. @ Nov 30 2019, 11:34 PM) is the TB3 2 lane or 4 lane on the laptop youre looking at? Hi there, it seems you know the ports well. I was doing research for the past weeks, where i surprised to find Lenovo T490 offer TB3 just under 4000. More refer to this Lenovo T490if its 4 lane, that gives you more room for utilising eGPUs which is the main use case for TB3 on laptops right now imo. i got myself a Lenovo 730s with 2x 4-lane TB3 ports so that i can utilise the technology in the future; leaves room for futureproofing (somewhat). nevertheless, TB3 is a great piece of technology if you're keen on getting a dock and having a one cable solution, great for transporting between workplaces.  But fortunately, i digged deeper and found out this review by notebook check under "Gaming Performance" which it stated "The Thunderbolt 3 port that Lenovo has included only utilises two lanes of PCIe, which is not enough to get decent performance from an external GPU". More details: >> T490 So is the laptop i mentioned earlier worth buying ? |
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Dec 1 2019, 07:10 PM
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QUOTE(BeastX @ Dec 1 2019, 02:56 PM) Reduced price being last year's product....though a good RM 1k price premium would be the 4k panel used. The 4k monitor is tempting. With that price. But I gonna use another 4k external monitor as the main one. Which meant I will off the laptop monitor and only use external 4k monitor. Will this still stress my stress my gpu? |
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