lenova y700 notebook w/ freesync?

[monstercameron]

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/88694-amd-announces-freesync-hdmi/

...And better late than never, AMD also announced that the Lenovo Y700 is the first notebook to feature FreeSync technology.

 

[boozzer]

amd have been selling the same mobile gpu for the last 4 years? to be honest, I think AMD gave up on the mobile market. which is kinda stupid.

 

[fourdegrees11]

APU is a great idea for budget gaming laptops, but AMD's execution has let this falter.

 

[RussianSensation]

Found this:

"This machine has a 15.6" 1080p display that can run in a VRR range of 40 to 60Hz. While it's nice to see FreeSync make its mobile debut, we've got to pick a nit. Given the demands of FreeSync's LFC tech, we'd have loved to have seen a display with a broader refresh-rate range, like 30 to 75Hz at a minimum.

AMD didn't provide the full specs of this red-blooded Y700, but we did some investigating for an idea of what this machine's $899 list price gets you. The R9 M380 graphics chip uses 10 GCN compute cores for a total of 640 stream processors, clocked at a round 1000MHz. AMD's specs say the M380's 128-bit memory bus can be joined to up to 4GB of GDDR5 memory running at up to 1500MHz. Based on those specs, the M380 should slot in somewhere between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

Mobile G-Sync is only available in notebooks with GeForce GTX 965M cards and better, and notebook makers seem to have reserved the feature for the $1500-ish price bracket, so Lenovo's Y700 could represent a nice way to get VRR on the go for less. It remains to be seen how many other manufacturers will hop onto the mobile FreeSync bandwagon."

 

[Blitzvogel]

Someone should inform Notebookcheck that it has 10 compute units, not 12 (768 SPs), as they have it listed.

Can the larger mobile GCN GPUs pair up with GCN APUs for asymmetric Crossfire? I know it's common with Oland GPUs, but a 640 SP GPU really isn't much to go on these days. That is not even on par with the Xbone. With the FX-8800P's Compute Units, it would bring the machine up to PS4 territory (1280 GFLOPS + 819 GFLOPS) , but you'd better hope it's not a 15W Carrizo.......

 

[therealnickdanger]

Someone should inform Notebookcheck that it has 10 compute units, not 12 (768 SPs), as they have it listed.

Notebookcheck got it right, but note the subtle difference - R9 vs R7:

"The AMD Radeon R9 M380 is a dedicated mid-range graphics card for laptops. It is based on a 28nm GCN core with 12 compute units and a GDDR5 memory controller. Despite the similar name, the Radeon R7 M380 is a much slower as it features only 10 compute units and DDR3 memory."

 

[Blitzvogel]

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/notebook/r9-m200

The AMD site lists the R9 M380 as having 10 Compute Units.

 

[therealnickdanger]

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/notebook/r9-m200

The AMD site lists the R9 M380 as having 10 Compute Units.

Haha, I instinctively trust Notebookcheck.com more than AMD's own site. It would be nice to see some validation, one way or another.

Back on topic, I'm hoping we see some budget FS laptops. $800-1,000 is a lot of money when you can get an i7+900-series dGPU for the same price.

 

[monstercameron]

It's actually a r9-m385x and no fs support from what I can see here at best buy.

 

[JackTheB]

Haha, I instinctively trust Notebookcheck.com more than AMD's own site. It would be nice to see some validation, one way or another.

Back on topic, I'm hoping we see some budget FS laptops. $800-1,000 is a lot of money when you can get an i7+900-series dGPU for the same price.

I'm completely agreeing with you

 

[therealnickdanger]

I'm completely agreeing with you

Completely? That may not be wise.