Worry regarding Quadro graphics card compatibility

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Hey

So, I’m going to have to buy myself a new laptop, but I would very much like it to be able to run WoW as well if at all possible. What I’ve set my sights on so far, though, is a Dell Precision 5530, which has a nVidia Quadro P1000 4GB graphics card, one which I’ve gathered after some quick research isn’t really meant for gaming at all.
Now that wouldn’t be a problem for me generally, as literally the only game I play is WoW, but that’s exactly the issue - I still would like to be able to play WoW, even on my laptop. (Wouldn’t want to buy an Alienware or MSI just for this indulgence tbh, heh. Would be funny to whip it out during a seminar, though…)

So, yay or nay: Dell Precision 5530 and World of Warcraft?

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Quadros are workstation cards more optimised for professional applications but you can game on them performance isn’t too bad but can i ask what your budget is?

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-P1000-Laptop-Graphics-Card.328710.0.html

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if its the one i think it is at around £1700 then you can get better for that price :slight_smile:

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The question is why would you want a Quadro GPU? It’s beneficial only to specific OpenGL apps in the professional space while more and more apps are moving away from that OpenGL niche if possible.

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if its the one i think it is at around £1700 then you can get better for that price :slight_smile:

In fact, the offering I’m looking at caught my attention in the first place because it’s supposedly 34% off (from 2399€ to 1575€. “Supposedly” because I don’t really know the market price. Sometimes retailers bump up the “previous” price during a sale just to give the impression of a larger % mark-down).

The question is why would you want a Quadro GPU? It’s beneficial only to specific OpenGL apps in the professional space while more and more apps are moving away from that OpenGL niche if possible.

I use Mathematica and run MC simulations in Python. I may have to use MatLab or AutoCAD sometimes. Not super heavy-duty stuff, but still. (And I have a delusional dream of making video essays some day, so then also Adobe After Effects and Premiere. :slight_smile: )

Also considering a MSI GS65 Stealth Thin (with a GTX card) now, but that would go over-budget…

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The Dell laptop starts at the same price in the UK but the basic one only has Intel HD it’s £1640 for the P1000 GPU.
The MSI one was one of the ones I was going to recommend lol.

Just did a quick google search the GTX 1070 laptop would definitely be better for gaming and for compute tasks even though the GTX cards tend to be a bit gimped for compute workloads the 1070 laptop version is a lot more powerful overall.

My advice though would be join a proper tech forum tell them your budget and you want a laptop that is good for compute tasks and gaming and see what they recommend I tend to mainly use overclockers UK forums they tend to be pretty helpful on there.

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Thanks for the advice!
I bought the MSI GS65 SE (with an RTX 2060 GPU), only slightly over-budget. Should last me for the next 5 years-or-so, and it looks nice as well. (And I can now also semi-idle in LFR’s and Warfronts when classes get kinda slow lol.)

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I own a Dell Precision 5530, i7, 32 GB RAM, nVidia Quadro P1000 4GB graphics card and WoW is unplayable on this computer

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Considering you necro’d a 1 year old thread I’d say your advice is probably too late.