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0 pointslushy-typeable7mo ago0 comments

It would be nice to see a 5070 Ti, 5080, or even Quadro-grade RTX 5000 ADA for graphics-oriented workloads.

I'm not sure the type-c (200-230w) would be sufficient to run these cards at their reccomended TGP (150w) + CPU (50w) + charge - not that most 16" productivity-oriented notebooks do (70-115W).

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tracker17mo ago

They could run in lower power mode(s)... Given the power/cooling requirements for the module, I'm not sure they'd perform much better than the 5070 option already there. Another comment mentioned the 5070 is configured to run at 100W.

adgjlsfhk17mo ago

a 5070ti would be a lot better since that gets you up to 12gb VRAM.

tracker17mo ago

Or... NVidia could allow 16gb with a 5070. It's relatively arbitrary anyway, and the power limits are mostly in conjunction with thermal limits in their module design anyway, so it likely makes less relative sense to go up the stack at those limits.

regularfry7mo ago

The spec says the type-C PSU is 240W, which is faintly terrifying.

lushy-typeableOP7mo ago

Issue is that the circuitry to convert the USB-C PD 20V to e.g. 12V and 5V for componenets results in a power loss - so realistically take 5-10% off any USB-C adapter's wattage.

Gaming/productivity laptops of similar size ship with 300W power bricks now (e.g. MSI Vector 16 HX AI with RTX5090 ships with a 330W adapter to satisfy its 240W system power). It's also why most still use their own connector (ASUS decided to use their own connector due to conversion efficiency and heat issues with USB-C at high wattage).

Still, 330W pales in comparison of the TGP of a desktop-class RTX5070 (requires 250W). Nevermind the RTX5090's requirements (575W).

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0 pointslushy-typeable7mo ago0 comments

It would be nice to see a 5070 Ti, 5080, or even Quadro-grade RTX 5000 ADA for graphics-oriented workloads.

I'm not sure the type-c (200-230w) would be sufficient to run these cards at their reccomended TGP (150w) + CPU (50w) + charge - not that most 16" productivity-oriented notebooks do (70-115W).

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tracker17mo ago

adgjlsfhk17mo ago

a 5070ti would be a lot better since that gets you up to 12gb VRAM.

tracker17mo ago

regularfry7mo ago

The spec says the type-C PSU is 240W, which is faintly terrifying.

lushy-typeableOP7mo ago

Issue is that the circuitry to convert the USB-C PD 20V to e.g. 12V and 5V for componenets results in a power loss - so realistically take 5-10% off any USB-C adapter's wattage.

Still, 330W pales in comparison of the TGP of a desktop-class RTX5070 (requires 250W). Nevermind the RTX5090's requirements (575W).

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