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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on February 25, 2019, 00:01:59

Title: Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and S540 with AMD Ryzen Zen+ will undercut the Intel SKU by $150 USD
Post by: Redaktion on February 25, 2019, 00:01:59
The affordable IdeaPad S340 and S540 series will carry GeForce MX250 and Radeon RX Vega 10 options when they launch in the next couple of months. The AMD-based IdeaPad S540 SKU in particular will retail for $730 compared to $880 for the Intel variant.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S340-and-S540-with-AMD-Ryzen-Zen-will-undercut-the-Intel-SKU-by-150-USD.410631.0.html
Title: Re: Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and S540 with AMD Ryzen Zen+ will undercut the Intel SKU by $150 USD
Post by: soda9624 on February 25, 2019, 21:28:17
Why on earth did they have to cripple the AMD S540 with non-2.0 HDMI port? Makes no sense as Ryzen chipsets have support for 2.0 out of the box...
Title: Re: Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and S540 with AMD Ryzen Zen+ will undercut the Intel SKU by $150 USD
Post by: DeepskyScorpion on February 26, 2019, 08:07:02
I guess Ryzen don't get to have dGPU and HDMI 2.0?
Title: Re: Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and S540 with AMD Ryzen Zen+ will undercut the Intel SKU by $150 USD
Post by: ana on April 28, 2019, 10:44:59
Why AMD models are always crippled while Ryzen is more capable? 16GB to Ryzen models also.