[ltp] Current state of the art T20 graphics/screen?

Evgeni Golov linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 29 May 2013 07:18:52 +0200


On 05/29/2013 02:39 AM, Steven J. Owens wrote:

>      I bought my t520 in 2001

Can I have your Delorean for a ride? :)

>, it has nvidia graphics and as a result
> the external video doesn't work unless you're using nvidia, so I can't
> use it with my nice spiffy dell 24" monitor.  It has an intel
> i7-2720QM 2.2Ghz processor and the 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) screen.  Should
> I just order the same thing, or are there better options?

A T520 is a T520, they do not change much after the release.
Looking at http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T520 your setup is
pretty much maxxed out. What you could do is to go with the newer T530
instead, but that's "only" newer generation hardware, nothing too exciting.

Greets
Evgeni