Microsoft Surface Studio
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The studio video graphics show an m.2 SSD, and oddly no HDD.
It'll be a hybrid using intel tech I assume but could be wrong
The market for these is not gamers, the 980m will play most games but you will have to upscale them, though even a titan x will struggle at 4500x3000...
As a device for my needs (photography) it'd be fine BUT I would need more storage overall so some kind of nas (which is typical but I dont have)
It'll be a hybrid using intel tech I assume but could be wrong
The market for these is not gamers, the 980m will play most games but you will have to upscale them, though even a titan x will struggle at 4500x3000...
As a device for my needs (photography) it'd be fine BUT I would need more storage overall so some kind of nas (which is typical but I dont have)
chris285 said:
Oh you would need a silly SLI setup to game on it so i know it's not for that, just suprised me a 960 is the gpu which is the last gen rather than something from the current gen thats all
This( the studio) must have been on the drawing board for quite some time. The new nvidia gpu's are relatively recent. I'm guessing there just wasnt time to redesign the studio using the latest gpu for pretty much no gains in its core use.Microsoft also got very very burned by jumping on skylate and intels latest chipset first so I guess they will be a bit shy of cutting edge stuff for a while.
Sealed boxes and AIOs will never be suitable for gaming. Nature of the beast; gamers like pissing about with stuff and rolling upgrades.
The only realistic way MS could get around that issue is to introduce an optional external rendering engine stacked with Pascal-based GPUs.
Not a bad idea really
The only realistic way MS could get around that issue is to introduce an optional external rendering engine stacked with Pascal-based GPUs.
Not a bad idea really
Well i can't say i've been that impressed with my 6700k cpu, thermal throttling is annoying and temp differences so i hope they don't have the same issues that I am with big temp spikes when the cpu throttles up
Yes the GPU is minor in this but still surprised no straight SSD+HDD option is available or just an SSD given price
Yes the GPU is minor in this but still surprised no straight SSD+HDD option is available or just an SSD given price
The release date is almost here, 15 June 2017 according to the pre order page
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/surface-st...
Anyone got one coming?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/surface-st...
Anyone got one coming?
AmitG said:
At 3 grand for the base version I am, regrettably, out 
I expect that the form factor will be copied by others, and I'm hoping that cheaper variants will come to the market.
Hmm, the main draw of this is the high res touch/stylus capable screen.I expect that the form factor will be copied by others, and I'm hoping that cheaper variants will come to the market.
That's just a very expensive component you won't find in a cheaper variant. Similar to the 5k screen in the 5k iMac, expensive machine, but the 5k display goes a long way to justifying the cost.
ZesPak said:
Hmm, the main draw of this is the high res touch/stylus capable screen.
That's just a very expensive component you won't find in a cheaper variant. Similar to the 5k screen in the 5k iMac, expensive machine, but the 5k display goes a long way to justifying the cost.
That's just a very expensive component you won't find in a cheaper variant. Similar to the 5k screen in the 5k iMac, expensive machine, but the 5k display goes a long way to justifying the cost.
I agree that it's expensive for a very good reason. It's aimed at professionals, and professionals invest in their tools. I just wish I could afford one The spec though is too limited, probably because of when it was designed.
Its $7299 here for the top spec ( i7, 32gb, 4gb graphics) which would be enough for me to build one of the new X299 systems with heaps of toys and take a holiday.
yes the touch screen is nice but it really doesnt meet my expectations for what a $7k computer should be in 2017 and there is no way of upgrading it over time.
Its $7299 here for the top spec ( i7, 32gb, 4gb graphics) which would be enough for me to build one of the new X299 systems with heaps of toys and take a holiday.
yes the touch screen is nice but it really doesnt meet my expectations for what a $7k computer should be in 2017 and there is no way of upgrading it over time.
Also bailed out at £3k, up until then I was all over a couple for work.
Looks like we'll be replacing our XPS27's with the 2017 version - http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-27-7760-aio/pd?oc=cdx...
Looks like we'll be replacing our XPS27's with the 2017 version - http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-27-7760-aio/pd?oc=cdx...
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