RYZEN & RX 580 LAPTOPS ARE HERE!!!

Ayahuasca · 22 Jun 2017 at 18:44

How do these compare performance wise to a similarly priced Intel/nVidia laptop?

Gibbo · 22 Jun 2017 at 19:28

Ayahuasca said:
How do these compare performance wise to a similarly priced Intel/nVidia laptop?

Any application that is multi-core dependent I don't think there is any Intel based laptop that can even come close, so CPU processing power wise these blow anything Intel have out the water, so its an easy victory. If its down to GPU performance than the RX 580 4G outperforms the 1060 6G in the benchmarks Asus provided, though I'd say it was more a case of close / trading blows. At £1399-£1600 they are priced around 1060 laptops with the advantage being of having much better processor.

Combat squirrel · 22 Jun 2017 at 19:52

Yeah they look great machines, if I can output to two 4k screens you'll want to market these to content creators, amazing to have 8 core on the go.

Combat squirrel · 22 Jun 2017 at 19:54

Also as it's USB c.....I'm thinking external gpu.....I'm fairly sure on external gpu I can have as many displays as the e-gpu supports

Gibbo · 22 Jun 2017 at 22:56

Combat squirrel said:
Also as it's USB c.....I'm thinking external gpu.....I'm fairly sure on external gpu I can have as many displays as the e-gpu supports

We sell Devil GPU box, so I think in theory you could get one of those and put a 1080Ti in it.

Combat squirrel · 23 Jun 2017 at 11:00

Gibbo said:
We sell Devil GPU box, so I think in theory you could get one of those and put a 1080Ti in it.

You and your sales techniques !!! Oh you !!!

*BUYS*

Really would be my perfect setup.......

Laptop (+ ram and hard drive upgrades), GPU box, 1080ti ~£3000, better start saving xD

Meaker · 27 Jun 2017 at 14:28

USB 3.1 Gen 1 does not provide external GPU support, you would need some form of PCI-E based communications like thunderbolt.

mid_gen · 27 Jun 2017 at 15:57

These are some pretty awesome laptops for gamedev. Can't help but think I should hold out for Vega though :S

Tom@ASUS · 28 Jun 2017 at 10:30

Meaker said:
USB 3.1 Gen 1 does not provide external GPU support, you would need some form of PCI-E based communications like thunderbolt.

GL702ZC features a Gen-2 USB Type C USB 3.1 port.

Tom@ASUS · 28 Jun 2017 at 10:37

Ayahuasca said:
How do these compare performance wise to a similarly priced Intel/nVidia laptop?

Right now, the GL702ZC is pretty even with an i7/GTX 1060 laptop in terms of gaming performance. This may change in future though once games start being built from the ground up for DX12 as it is extremely good at utilising additional cores/threads.

If you do rendering, movie editing or anything else that can take advantage of Ryzen's massive core/thread count then you will see a large difference right away.

Tom@ASUS · 29 Jun 2017 at 15:22

Here are some new product GL702ZC photos for you guys:https://imgur.com/a/nWAPg

d_brennen · 30 Jun 2017 at 13:26

Tom@ASUS said:
Here are some new product GL702ZC photos for you guys:https://imgur.com/a/nWAPg

Any news on delivery dates? Summer holidays has wiped me out but back to school time I will be looking for something along the lines of the 1600 model

Combat squirrel · 1 Jul 2017 at 00:28

Any news on 2x external 4k?

Tom@ASUS · 3 Jul 2017 at 13:45

Combat squirrel said:
Any news on 2x external 4k?

Hey Combat squirrel,

At the moment I can only confirm that you can run 3x 1920x1080 monitors @60Hz at the same time (2 over mini display port and 1x over HDMI). HQ are running more tests in the near future so I will hopefully be able to answer your question then.

Combat squirrel · 3 Jul 2017 at 13:58

Tom@ASUS said:
Hey Combat squirrel,

At the moment I can only confirm that you can run 3x 1920x1080 monitors @60Hz at the same time (2 over mini display port and 1x over HDMI). HQ are running more tests in the near future so I will hopefully be able to answer your question then.

Cool thanks dude - if it can do 2x 4k over mini display that is fine also !

(I tend to not use HDMI as I have no monitors that support HDMI over 1080p)

Tom@ASUS · 3 Jul 2017 at 14:28

d_brennen said:
Any news on delivery dates? Summer holidays has wiped me out but back to school time I will be looking for something along the lines of the 1600 model

Stock should be landing in about a months time and OcUK will be getting them as a priority!

d_brennen · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:36

Tom@ASUS said:
Stock should be landing in about a months time and OcUK will be getting them as a priority!

Good stuff. When are reviewers getting their mitts on them?

Tom@ASUS · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:41

d_brennen said:
Good stuff. When are reviewers getting their mitts on them?

UK media will be getting samples just a bit before OcUK get their stock. In general, we try not to send early samples out to media as we want to be 100% sure that it fully represents the products that you can buy. None of that golden sample nonsense for us.

d_brennen · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:43

Thanks Tom

I hope they are quiet when not gaming

Gav O · 4 Jul 2017 at 16:58

Trying to figure out if I should hold out for this or get the Gigabyte Aero 15! Main uses will be Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, 3DCoat and rendering. I'd be gaming on it as well though. Reviews are really solid for The Aero 15 but about €300 difference between the two laptops. It also has X-rite Pantone which is really appealing as a creator. So the main concern is having problems with the Ryzen hardware as it's very new and doesn't seem to be optimised for a lot of programs/games. Would you guys have any advice?