Is the Lenovo ThinkPad E485 a good laptop?

[Amit-thewaffle]

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/edge-series/ThinkPad-E485/p/22TP2TEE485

Is this 14" laptop good if I get the AMD Ryzen 7 and 500gb HDD. I can't spent more than £700 

I need a 14" laptop which is slim ( not stupid slim) and a powerful CPU and graphics card?

[Guest]

It all depends on your config. I would not take a 500GB HDD. I would get an SSD, especially for a laptop that will be carried around.

[NelizMastr]

You NEED graphics in a 14" slim laptop? Don't expect a miracle from that Vega 10. What's the laptop going to be used for exactly?

[genexis_x]

Acer Swift 3 with MX150 has better GPU performance

 

Any links of online stores? I can look for the best options for you

[LePips]

Sure it the MX150 has better GPU performance, the thing is if its worth it.

The Vega 8 benchmark wise should be in between the GTX 940M and the MX 150 (with both having the bonus of GDDR, instead of shared).

The problem is there are no benchmarks of the E485 out right now. It has a very interesting position where it could be very interesting for university with a few older games.

 

 

[genexis_x]

26 minutes ago, LePips said:

The Vega 8 benchmark wise should be in between the GTX 940M and the MX 150 (with both having the bonus of GDDR, instead of shared)

It's behind a 940MX actually

[LePips]

6 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

It's behind a 940MX actually

I have seen benches of both better and a bit slower/on par.

It really depends on the implementation.

The dedicated graphics memory is a huge plus of course on the 940MX.

 

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, LePips said:

I have seen benches of both better and a bit slower/on par.

Proof? From what I know, Vega 8 not even close to 940MX GDDR5. Vega 10 with dual channel memory and some OC may succeed the performance of 940MX GDDR5.

[LePips]

I just checked on UserBenchmark and on Notebookcheck and the vega 8 tends to come out on top (not much though).

 

[LePips]

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-940M-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-8-Ryzen-iGPU/m28796vsm441833

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/Radeon-Vega-8-vs-GeForce-940MX/3895vs3453

I think that at videocardbenchmark the Vega 8 is overperforming...

Do these benchmarks profit from dedicated videoram?

5 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Proof? From what I know, Vega 8 not even close to 940MX GDDR5. Vega 10 with dual channel memory and some OC may succeed the performance of 940MX GDDR5.

 

[genexis_x]

UserBenchmark and videocardbenchmark don't reflect to accurate results. Real world in game tests are much better for performance testing

[Amit-thewaffle]

I'm going to use the laptop for university ( Cad software) and a bit of rainbow six siege here and there :). Would this be good?

[Amit-thewaffle]

On 06/08/2018 at 10:35 AM, NelizMastr said:

You NEED graphics in a 14" slim laptop? Don't expect a miracle from that Vega 10. What's the laptop going to be used for exactly?

I'm going to use the laptop for university ( Cad software) and a bit of rainbow six siege here and there :). Would this be good

[NelizMastr]

24 minutes ago, Amit-thewaffle said:

I'm going to use the laptop for university ( Cad software) and a bit of rainbow six siege here and there :). Would this be good

For CAD, I suppose, as long as it's not Solidworks. Siege should be decent at lower settings.

[genexis_x]

33 minutes ago, Amit-thewaffle said:

I'm going to use the laptop for university ( Cad software) and a bit of rainbow six siege here and there :). Would this be good?

Any other laptops with MX150 with similar price?

[Amit-thewaffle]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

For CAD, I suppose, as long as it's not Solidworks. Siege should be decent at lower settings.

Any other laptops that are 14" and under £700?

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Amit-thewaffle said:

Any other laptops that are 14" and under £700?

Try to find Acer Swift 3 with MX150

[Amit-thewaffle]

Can I just get the lenovo,??

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, Amit-thewaffle said:

Can I just get the lenovo,??

Also can, but don't expect good GPU performance (even with Vega GPU) and business laptop quality (E series is consumer chassis)

[Amit-thewaffle]

The Acer swift 3 is expensive in the UK tho