New Lenovo desktop launches globally with 120 Hz display, dual SSDs and up to 32 GB RAM

[Redaktion]

Lenovo has launched a new desktop PC. Set to be released globally, the ThinkCentre Neo 50a 24 Gen 7 combines a 120 Hz display with up to 32 GB of RAM, dual M.2 2280 SSD slots and a choice of modern Intel Wildcat Lake processors.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Lenovo-desktop-launches-globally-with-120-Hz-display-dual-SSDs-and-up-to-32-GB-RAM.1356550.0.html

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up to 32 GB of RAM

Since the RAM in this device is not upgradable: If you care about using this PC for AI extensively, know that with a total of 32 GB of memory (RAM+VRAM) and current SOTA AI LLM Qwen3.6-35B-A3B model[1], for its size, and its best bang for the buck, 4-bit, quant, you will be restricted to about this amount of context:

.. I've come to the conclusion that (1) 32768 is the biggest context I can get away with in an adequately smart model, and (2) it just ain't enough.

More here: notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=315954.0 ("Your own ChatGPT, offline: AI without the cloud on your laptop") and comments.

HDMI 2.1 (TMDS)

This is HDMI 2.0 is disguise. Legally, only "HDMI 2.1a" must be true HDMI 2.1 @ 48 Gbit/s.

HDMI 2.0–2.0b: 600 MHz TMDS: 14.4 Gbit/s
HDMI 2.1–2.1b: FRL 9G: 7.88 Gbit/s
HDMI 2.1–2.1b: FRL 18G: 15.8 Gbit/s
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HDMI 2.1–2.1b: FRL 40G: 35.0 Gbit/s
HDMI 2.1–2.1b: FRL 48G: 42.0 Gbit/s
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HDMI 2.2: FRL 96G: 84.0 Gbit/s