Quote from: Worgarthe on Today at 00:31:26Yes it would, and it's cheaper too (as opposed to getting an absolute top specs laptop with its insane price tag; talking in general here about laptops, not about the P1 G8 which tops at 8 GB VRAM).

I have an RTX 5070 Ti (16 GB) working perfectly fine with both of my ThinkPads (X1 Carbon and P16). There's a bit of bottleneck if you're chasing super-high fps (for example, if you can get, say, 350 in a desktop you won't really reach more than 300 here), but if you cap that to 60-165 fps there really is no difference in gaming experience and you save significant money in the process too (while getting more raw GPU power). That's a 780-ish € GPU, and it will completely stomp both the Blackwells here in this P1 (PRO 1000 and PRO 2000), even with the mentioned Thunderbolt bottleneck (which is marginal outside of games and very high fps).

The tradeoff is not being able to play ultra graphics on the go because some (homeless?) people apparently do that all day long, they simply travel and play continuously without doing anything else (apart from crying how 8 GB VRAM is insufficient for games), and those same people struggle to open their in-game settings to put textures to high instead of ultra to significantly lower their VRAM usage, but other than that - no complaints, all works flawlessly when I get home - I put my laptop(s) on a table, plug in a single cable and that's it. The eGPU gets activated automatically, and I can play immediately.

Thanks for this info! I have a P1 Gen 2 and I can't remember when I played a game on it, ever. If I am going to game, it will be at my desk, so I could just use a eGPU. I actually wanted the P1 Gen 8 without a dGPU but the 45% off was only on prebuilt machines with the dGPU. I'll buy an eGPU if I ever decide I have time for games :)

Thank you for this review. Could you confirm whether this EliteBook Revolve 810 (G2) uses PWM at all? I'm looking to get one, used, to run Linux on. Most of the newer reviews on NotebookCheck indicate whether PWM is present but it hasn't been listed here. Thank you for your help.

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Quote from: 2k for 8GB VRAM gg on Yesterday at 10:08:06Running local LLMs / AI has been a thing for a few years now, using llama.cpp and its webUI is all you need. A LLM can be fully loaded into the GPU's VRAM or, if the LLM can't fit, parts of it can be offloaded to system RAM. This laptop has 32 GB RAM + 8 GB VRAM. Small and better capable, big open-weights LLMs exist and the more RAM+VRAM your PC has, the better. Every GB helps. So, from 8 GB to 12 GB to 16 GB VRAM would already be a good to very good improvement.

Genuinely curious - do you do anything else in your life apart from running local LLMs? Well, aside from spamming the same bs under quite literally every single existing review around here...

Quote from: veraverav on Yesterday at 19:24:06Would plugging in an eGPU resolve this bottleneck for someone that absolutely has to game?

Yes it would, and it's cheaper too (as opposed to getting an absolute top specs laptop with its insane price tag; talking in general here about laptops, not about the P1 G8 which tops at 8 GB VRAM).

I have an RTX 5070 Ti (16 GB) working perfectly fine with both of my ThinkPads (X1 Carbon and P16). There's a bit of bottleneck if you're chasing super-high fps (for example, if you can get, say, 350 in a desktop you won't really reach more than 300 here), but if you cap that to 60-165 fps there really is no difference in gaming experience and you save significant money in the process too (while getting more raw GPU power). That's a 780-ish € GPU, and it will completely stomp both the Blackwells here in this P1 (PRO 1000 and PRO 2000), even with the mentioned Thunderbolt bottleneck (which is marginal outside of games and very high fps).

The tradeoff is not being able to play ultra graphics on the go because some (homeless?) people apparently do that all day long, they simply travel and play continuously without doing anything else (apart from crying how 8 GB VRAM is insufficient for games), and those same people struggle to open their in-game settings to put textures to high instead of ultra to significantly lower their VRAM usage, but other than that - no complaints, all works flawlessly when I get home - I put my laptop(s) on a table, plug in a single cable and that's it. The eGPU gets activated automatically, and I can play immediately.

Just a point of note the game itself is not simply, "You have a mercenary party, and you have to hunt down outlaw." The game allows you to choose from a myriad of different starting points, whether you're a band of deserters, you're wild men on the hunt, whether you're a set of gladiators looking for more fame and fortune beyond the walls of the arena. You could even start as a motley crew of a band of peasants rising up against their lords.

No two runs are ever going to turn out the same. You're gonna be chasing down undead, hunting bandits or seeking to burn camps of goblins or orcs. You could focus on trading and amass your wealth that way. You could wind up embroiled in a war between the main factions.

There is far more to this game than is presented in the article, and I would encourage as many people as possible to give it a shot. Seek your own path to fame and fortune.

May the blessings of Anselm be upon you.