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On AMD laptops, you can finally fully use discrete desktop graphics cards. GeForce GTX 1070 Ti connected to Asus laptop based on Ryzen 7 6800U via USB 4
Earlier we wrote that one of the important innovations of AMD Ryzen 6000 mobile processors is support for USB 4, an alternative to Thunderbolt 4 in Intel laptops. This makes it possible not to be limited to GPUs built into the CPU or graphics chips soldered on the motherboard, but to use full-fledged desktop solutions connected via docking stations. How it works – we checked it in practice on the example of the Asus ZenBook S OLED 13 laptop based on AMD Ryzen 7 6800U.
The first thing to note is that while USB4 is supported by single models, some of them may not have support for the interface by default – it will become available later with a BIOS update. At least, this will be the case in Lenovo Legion R9000P and Legion R7000P gaming laptops. As for the Asus ZenBook S OLED 13 itself, it was tested with a beta BIOS.
An ASUS XG Station Pro external docking station with a GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 3D card and Thunderbolt 3 support was connected to the laptop. The results are clearly visible in the diagram: a desktop 3D accelerator connected via a fast interface provides a performance increase of 2.7 times relative to iGPU Radeon 680M in 3DMark. Naturally, if you connect a more modern video card, for example, GeForce RTX 3070, then the increase in terms of graphics will be greater.
In short, discrete GPUs can now finally be connected to AMD laptops using Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 docking stations, thus turning a mobile PC into a full-fledged workstation or gaming station. It remains only that the manufacturers themselves do not forget about USB4 support, and it would be nice to get everything already as it is out of the box, and not wait for some new BIOS version to be released.
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But Intel only managed to release competitors for the Threadripper 5000. Asus confirms that the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 will be released in the second half of the year
AMD is indeed going to launch Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors in the second half of this year. Previously, these were just rumors and leaks, and now this was announced by an Asus representative.
Interestingly, he mentioned this in a video demonstrating the work of the Intel Sapphire Rapids WS platform, the processors of which are currently competing with the Threadripper 5000, but soon they will have to compete with the Threadripper 7000.
Threadripper 7000 will switch to a new socket and a new Zen 4 architecture. This will bring them support for DDR5 memory, probably PCIe 5.0 interface. In addition, the top-end Threadripper 7000s are expected to be 96-core, just like their sister Epyc Genoa.
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JetStream are back. Palit GeForce RTX 4080 and 4070 Ti JetStream graphics cards unveiled – and they have one notable difference from the competition
Palit returns to the production of JetStream video cards. More than two years after the release of the GeForce RTX 3070 JetStream, the company introduced the GeForce RTX 4080 and 4070 Ti JetStream. These models differ from analogues in the absence of RGB backlighting.
At one time, manufacturers of various hardware were so carried away by the introduction of backlighting into everything that is possible that now its absence is already perceived as a “trick”. On the other hand, the frequencies here are completely standard, and from this point of view, the lack of backlight is more of a savings factor.
Video cards look almost the same – and rather modestly. However, they are long – 329 mm (after all, there are three fans) and rather thick (they take up 3.1 slots). It is possible that dual-fan models will also appear in the JetStream series, but already based on the GeForce RTX 4070 or GeForce RTX 4060. The cost of new products has not yet been announced.
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MSI CreatorPro X17 HX powerful mobile workstation introduced. With Core i9-13980HX, GeForce RTX 3500 Ada Laptop and Mini-LED 4K display
After Nvidia officially announced new mobile 3D workstation accelerators based on Ada Lovelace architecture yesterday, MSI today unveiled its flagship CreatorPro X17 HX workstation with such graphics. More specifically, the laptop uses a dGPU GeForce RTX 3500 Ada Laptop with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory.
Display – Mini-LED with a diagonal of 17.3 inches, a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and a frame rate of 144 Hz. The display meets the requirements of the DisplayHDR 1000 standard and provides coverage of 100% of the DCI-P3 color space.
There are four slots for installing RAM, with a maximum of 128 GB of RAM. There are also two M.2 SSD slots, one of which supports PCIe 5.0.
Laptop configuration includes IR webcam, SteelSeries customizable RGB keyboard, fingerprint scanner, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, four Dynaudio system speakers, two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 , three USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, one each Mini DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1.
The battery capacity is 100 Wh. Notebook dimensions – 397 x 330 x 23 mm, weight – 3.3 kg.
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