Usually, Lenovo Thinkpad laptops aren’t associated with gaming. Yet it is tradition for models of the ThinkPad T series to be equipped with GeForce graphics chips. That said, dedicated GPUs are available optionally at best and due to the business and office focus of ThinkPads, Lenovo only uses low end chips.



The ThinkPad T470s was one of the models that generally wasn’t available with a dGPU. This changes with the T480s, but Lenovo doesn’t seem to see the need for a dGPU in Europe: Officially, the T480 with dedicated graphics chip is not supposed to be available in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region. Still, we managed to get a hold of a T480s with a dedicated graphics chip as our test device. This is possible through the campus program for students and others in the educational sector entitled to benefit, which offers special configurations – models that aren’t otherwise commercially available. Today’s test device not only comes with a Nvidia GeForce MX150 but also with an Intel Core i7-8550U, a WQHD display as well as 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD – this high-end model is exclusively available through the campus program for 1.499 euros. A similar configuration for normal customers costs close to 2200 euros in Lenovo’s web shop. Do note that as per usual with Lenovo Campus ThinkPads, Windows doesn’t come preinstalled.



Since we have already tested the T480s without Nvidia GPU, this review is a test update. For more information regarding case, features and peripherals we would like to refer you to the other test of the T480s.



Update 24.03.2018: Further games tested, stress test repeated with BIOS version 1.11.