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Lenovo > Is the better screen worth the € - Using CAD. Is it essential?

  • 10-07-2019 07:23PM
    #1
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭


    Its being used for CAD but will be hooked up to an ext high end monitor some of the time anyway ...


    Standard Screen
    15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 300nits, 72% NTSC color gamut

    or

    Better Screen

    + € 218.94

    15.6" 4K UHD Touch (3840 x 2160) IPS, 400nits, 100% Adobe color gamut, 10-bit color depth
    This display is only available with IR camera.


    If you had to choose between a better processor (below) and a better screen (above) what would you choose?

    Intel Core i7-8850H Processor (9MB Cache, up to 4.30GHz)

    or

    Intel Xeon E-2176M Processor (12MB Cache, up to 4.40GHz)
    + € 180.81


    My thinking is that more memory can be added at a later date to compensate for a the slower i7 processor but the screen can never be changed, economically anyway.

    Your thoughts?


Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ask yourself

    1. do you need 4k and better colour acccuracy?
    (at the expense of battery life)

    2. do you need ~5% better perf (again at the expense of battery life)?


  • #3
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭Polar101


    1) If you are going to plug it to an external screen anyway, maybe the 4K screen isn't worth the money. Screen quality will be a bit better, but it will also use more battery. But there is a difference between 300 and 400 nits, as well as a colour accuracy - so if you find that important then it is worth the extra money. For example, I have a laptop with a 15.6" FHD, "300 nits" screen, and it certainly isn't amazingly bright and I wouldn't do any graphics work with it.

    2) I7-8850H is better value, unless you really need the extra (small) boost from the Xeon CPU and think it is worth €180.81.

    I would possibly just get the FHD screen and i7, but if I had to choose one option, then I'd go with 4K and i7.


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    4K at 15" is really overkill to me, only really makes sense from 22" up. A 1440p panel would be perfect at that size.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ED E wrote: »
    4K at 15" is really overkill to me, only really makes sense from 22" up. A 1440p panel would be perfect at that size.

    1440p is pretty much non-existent in laptops.

    it's 1080p or 4k usually.

    very rarely is a 1440p /2k screen offered.

    I'm not sure why.


    the whole rez naming is very confusing also really :-

    Full HD / 1k - (1920 x 1080)

    1440p / 2k (over 2,000 lines on the horizontal hence 2k) - (2560 x 1440)

    4k which confusingly does not have more than 4,000 lines on either horizontal or vertical. ( 3840 x 2160). real 4k is 4096x2160. ( 3840 x 2160) is technically UHD resolution.


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