This connector is typically provided in notebooks with
discrete graphics chips.
That is because customers have the option of choosing Nvidia's Pascal - based Quadro P5000M
discrete graphics chip for mobile workstations.
With
a discrete graphics chip nestled inside its newly trim design, decent battery life, and display options, it came closer than most to becoming our new favorite.
If you want to play high - end games or do serious 3D modeling, you need to get a laptop with a more powerful,
discrete graphics chip from Nvidia or AMD that takes over from the Intel GPU when you launch graphics - hungry programs.
There's
no discrete graphics chip, so the 2 - in - 1 relies on Intel's HD or UHD Graphics 620 component integrated into its seventh - and eighth - generation processors.
While integrated graphics are more power efficient, run cooler and cost less than a standalone
discrete graphics chip, they also eat into your system memory and can't handle more demanding graphics tasks such as photo and video editing or gaming.
Those are good usage numbers, no matter how you spin it, especially with
a discrete graphics chip and a Core i7 processor.
Everything about Asus» new ZenBook Flip 14 looks and sounds standard for a 2 - in - 1 laptop — a thin body, a powerful processor, great battery life — except for this:
a discrete graphics chip.
The ZenBook Flip 14 may not have the level of polish the last Lenovo Yoga had, but unlike the Yoga, it has
a discrete graphics chip, the latest Intel chip, and it still has the ability to keep good battery life.
Positioned as a slimmer cousin to the ThinkPad W540 and this year's ThinkPad W541 in Lenovo's lineup, the W550s comes packed with Intel's fifth generation Broadwell processor and
a discrete graphics chip in a more portable package.
Not exact matches
There will also be an integrated Radeon HD 6310
discrete class
graphics chip that will enable the WindPad 110W to run DirectX 11 supported content.
You'll find some version of the
chip in most laptops, even those equipped with
discrete graphics.
If you've got more money to burn, there's a step - up model of the Flip 14 with an i7 - 8550U CPU, 16 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and a
discrete Nvidia GeForce MX150
graphics chip.
Most of the solutions listed in this post rely on integrated
graphics, although two offer options for Nvidia's
discrete GeForce MX150
graphics chip.
Mere hours after Acer revealed the Switch 7 Black Edition, a 2 - in - 1 laptop with a detachable keyboard and dedicated
graphics chips, Asus unleashed an army of svelte new ZenBook laptops equipped with Intel's new quad - core 8th - gen Core CPUs and
discrete Nvidia GPUs of their own.
Graphics will get a boost from a
discrete NVIDIA GeForce MX150
chip, and ASUS estimates you can expect up to 13 hours of battery life.
Asus's new ROG Zephyrus M gets the new
chip along with a GTX 1070, a 1080p 144Hz display, and a $ 2,199 price tag; Gigabyte's Aero 15 and 15X come with slim display bezels and
discrete graphics; Acer's Nitro 5 features a Core i7 + with Optane memory support and a starting price of $ 749, with a scheduled launch in May.
Based on the Coffee Lake platform, the new
chips promise to deliver up to 41 percent more FPS (frames per second) in gameplay, and allow for 59 percent faster performance in video editing apps when compared to the previous generation of
chips using the same
discrete graphics hardware.
Intel says the
chips deliver up to 41 percent more frames per second in gameplay or edit 4K video up to 59 percent faster than the previous generation with the same
discrete graphics, based on internal benchmark testing.
But while the Radeon RX Vega M processors are meant for thinner and lighter laptops for companies looking to cut down on space, these new Coffee Lake
chips are designed for hardware manufacturers» top computers (presumably with more powerful
discrete graphics cards) where firepower is of chief concern.
It packs an Intel Core i7 - 7700HQ quad - core processor, Nvidia's
discrete GeForce GTX 1060
graphics chip for notebooks, 16 GB of DDR4 system memory clocked at 2,400 MHz, and a single 512 GB solid state drive.
For one, the 15 - inch Spectre x360 is among the first convertibles to offer an H - series
chip and
discrete graphics.
The aforementioned
discrete graphics come courtesy of an Nvidia MX150
chip, which Asus claims will make the Flip 14 four times faster when it comes to video remastering and two and a half times faster for photo editing compared to 2 - in - 1 devices without
discrete graphics.
Dell's non-Alienware laptop relies on seventh - generation Intel processors, and Nvidia's
discrete GeForce GTX 1060
graphics chip.
To work around this problem, we dug into the BIOS and changed the default
graphics option from Auto to the
discrete Quadro
chip.
The model HP provided for testing consisted of the quad - core Intel Xeon E3 - 1535M v6 processor, Nvidia's Quadro M1200
discrete mobile
graphics chip, 32 GB of DDR4 memory clocked at 2,400 MHz, and 512 GB of storage based on an M. 2 NVMe SSD provided by Toshiba.
HP's review unit included Nvidia's
discrete Quadro M1200
graphics chip introduced in January.
Razer's laptop meets the minimum requirements for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, relying on a seventh - generation Intel processor and a
discrete GeForce GTX 1060
graphics chip manufactured by Nvidia.
The big deal is that the device sports a new «module» cramming together Intel's processor with
discrete AMD
graphics into one
chip.