Laptops To Gain AMD's Vega Graphics With Ryzen Pro Chips

That's interesting. I'd prefer it with a solid gaming solution but I suppose workstation is more AMD's bread and butter.
 
AMD laptop APUs are awesome. Fans don't even start unless you game or have something else with a constant load. I was honestly shocked. Are things the same with recent Intel laptops?

Problem is, most OEM put those amazing APU chips in horrible laptops. Well, most of them do.
 
That Ryzen 7 3700U is only 15W TDP (at default).

Would love to get a 17" 1440p 144Hz laptop with one of those in it.
Not for newer games per se, but for a lot of my older games that I have through Steam and GoG which is what my laptops are primarily used for while on trips/vacations.
Would be a heck of an upgrade from my current 17" 1080p 60Hz with Intel IGP HD4000 (i5-3210M).
 
AMD laptop APUs are awesome. Fans don't even start unless you game or have something else with a constant load. I was honestly shocked. Are things the same with recent Intel laptops?

More or less- as good as AMD is now, Intel still has the leg up in terms of mobile CPU efficiency. They haven't iterated the cores (still Skylake) or the graphics tech in years, but every generation has brought refined power and burst control. Where AMD may have a leg up is with the GPU, which would be more difficult to compare as I'd expect AMD's part to be faster and then shorter run time under a graphics load would be understandable simply due to more 'work' being done.

Would love to get a 17" 1440p 144Hz laptop with one of those in it.

You might be surprised what modern Intel iGPUs can do- yes, you'd still probably prefer the AMD APU overall, but Intel has made a lot of gains here.
 
AMD laptop APUs are awesome. Fans don't even start unless you game or have something else with a constant load. I was honestly shocked. Are things the same with recent Intel laptops? Problem is, most OEM put those amazing APU chips in horrible laptops. Well, most of them do.

Last year I bought a Lenovo laptop with a AMD A12 APU. Not long after the Ryzen/Vega APU laptops were announced for not much more money. Doh!!! I could have had a V8.
 
I just bought a Thinkpad E585 for a client. Super nice and quick with a dual channel RAM upgrade. I'll have to get a 3500u or 3700u laptop soon.
 
Last year I bought a Lenovo laptop with a AMD A12 APU. Not long after the Ryzen/Vega APU laptops were announced for not much more money. Doh!!! I could have had a V8.

Ouch. I go through great lengths until I pull the trigger. It's not so much about wasting money as it is wasting spending money on undeserving products. I bought this for my woman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-IdeaPad-720S-13ARR-13-3-Inch-Notebook/dp/B0792TNLXG/

Single channel ram, small ssd... but it's aluminium chasis, good screen with small bezels, weights only 1.1kg.

I'd be happy to get something 3000 for myself too but it better not have a locked EFI. Let's hope for a better secibd launch of what is essentially the same APU
 
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