Owning the latest AMD Renoir processor will cost you a couple hundred dollars more than your typical gaming laptop powered by the GeForce RTX 2060. Asus first teased the Zephyrus G15 and its brand new 35 W AMD Ryzen 7 CPU back at CES 2020.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-Zephyrus-G15-with-AMD-Ryzen-7-4800HS-GeForce-RTX-2060-and-16-GB-of-RAM-now-shipping-for-1400-USD.460994.0.html
Which version of the RTX 2060 is on this laptop? The 2060 Max-Q, the 2019 version of the 2060, or the slightly faster 2020 2060?
This laptop is looking really great, too bad the GPU option only goes up to 2060 (whichever version), and the chassis is plastic. If the M15 came with a Ryzen 4000 option, now that would make for a really amazing laptop.
Wow, Asus advertises a screen-to-body-ratio of 82%.
In reality it is only 74%. The 15,6'', 16:9 screen has an area of 671cm² and the chassis has dimensions of 360,7x251,5mm (so 907cm²).
I still wait for 16:10 ratio 14-15″ gaming ultrabook.
no webcam, no 16:10 screen, meh...
It better have a thunderbolt port for eGPU upgrade
What for? Thunderbolt port can only do PCIe 3.0 x4 - which is too weak to run even a 2060 at full power.
Quote from: danwat1234 on April 12, 2020, 09:54:21
It better have a thunderbolt port for eGPU upgrade
Quote from: Friedrich on April 11, 2020, 11:09:05
Wow, Asus advertises a screen-to-body-ratio of 82%.
In reality it is only 74%. The 15,6'', 16:9 screen has an area of 671cm² and the chassis has dimensions of 360,7x251,5mm (so 907cm²).
This is common with all laptop manufacturers. The measurement is not purely full dimension by screen. It is open screen dimension to open body. It cuts out the thickness of the laptop plus a bit because it is "hidden" below the body of the laptop when the screen is open. The 81% will be with the screen open compared to what you can see.
Quote from: neblogai on April 12, 2020, 13:45:55
What for? Thunderbolt port can only do PCIe 3.0 x4 - which is too weak to run even a 2060 at full power.
Quote from: danwat1234 on April 12, 2020, 09:54:21
It better have a thunderbolt port for eGPU upgrade
According to TPU, a 2080Ti only suffers ~10% performance loss at 3.0 x4 vs x16. That penalty is sufficiently offset by the boost in going with a desktop GPU vs mobile GPU.
You also can't overlook the convenience of tb3 egpu. (Theoretically, depending on config) Only having to plug a single cable into your laptop for charging and connectivity is well worth it to some.
A 500+ nit matte screen and webcam, please.
When you stick to having Ryzen up to RTX 2060 MAX-Q, you stick with HITLER!!!!!!!!!!
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