Lenovo Jumps the Gun with Radeon HD 8950

btarunr · Jan 7, 2013, 02:22 AM

A recent press-release by Lenovo announcing the Erazer X700 gaming desktop may not have sounded like much, but it turns out the company is enthused by AMD, particularly AMD CrossFireX, because it is an early design win for AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 8000 series family. The specifications sheet of the Erazer X700 blurts out the graphics subsystem to consist of "up to dual Radeon HD 8950 3GB" as a graphics option next to dual- GeForce GTX 660 SLI. Given that Lenovo chose not to wait until any of the other big tech trade-shows of the year to announce this, it wouldn't be far-fetched to imagine a new AMD Radeon family launch within Q1, 2013. The other more obvious explanations are that Lenovo committed a brutal typo, or it plans to re-brand the Radeon HD 7950, an act that should be made a human-rights violation.

Source: VideoCardz

T4C Fantasy · Jan 7, 2013, 03:06 AM

a dual 8950 would be extremely nice

TRWOV · Jan 7, 2013, 03:18 AM

My bet is on typo. This doesn't add up, if the options were "up to dual GTX680" and "up to dual HD8950" I would lend it more credibility.

TheLostSwede · Jan 7, 2013, 03:42 AM

The system isn't meant to launch until June...
So if you call that soon...

SeventhReign · Jan 7, 2013, 03:43 AM

I just have 1 question .......... where is the rest of the Motherboard? If I wanted a M-ITX Motherboard I'd buy a M-ITX case. That is just stupid.

Maban · Jan 7, 2013, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeventhReign

I just have 1 question .......... where is the rest of the Motherboard? If I wanted a M-ITX Motherboard I'd buy a M-ITX case. That is just stupid.

That's quite clearly an mATX motherboard.

The Von Matrices · Jan 7, 2013, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

My bet is on typo. This doesn't add up, if the options were "up to dual GTX680" and "up to dual HD8950" I would lend it more credibility.

It could make sense. Many of the larger vendors make contracts to buy a lot of the same kind of item, such as graphics cards, which limits consumers' options. Maybe Lenovo just made a large contract with AMD to supply a large number of graphics cards and they wouldn't meet their quotas if they sold high end NVidia cards as well.

cdawall · Jan 7, 2013, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeventhReign

I just have 1 question .......... where is the rest of the Motherboard? If I wanted a M-ITX Motherboard I'd buy a M-ITX case. That is just stupid.

You are buying a prebuilt be happy it is a normal form factor with a real powersupply.

NC37 · Jan 7, 2013, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maban

That's quite clearly an mATX motherboard.

Which is why its best to build your own if you want a full board. I've seen too many makers stuffing tiny boards into huge cases. Now Lenovo follows suit.

Maban · Jan 7, 2013, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NC37

Which is why its best to build your own if you want a full board. I've seen too many makers stuffing tiny boards into huge cases. Now Lenovo follows suit.

People who buy this class of computer should be building their own anyway.

refillable · Jan 7, 2013, 04:51 AM

Possibly a typo. Pretty sad...

james888 · Jan 7, 2013, 05:34 AM

What is with all the plastic on the top and front. All those angles and so on seem so unnecessary.

Nihilus · Jan 7, 2013, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james888

What is with all the plastic on the top and front. All those angles and so on seem so unnecessary.

They enlarge one's e-penis.

james888 · Jan 7, 2013, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nihilus

They enlarge one's e-penis.

If I wanted to do that I would take the dual 8950's

w00tie · Jan 7, 2013, 07:14 AM

i think some peepz @ Lenovo should follow some cable management course..

lZKoce · Jan 7, 2013, 11:46 AM

I like the case, I don't mind a bit of plastic here and there. I don't think it's e-peen deal. What I really don't understand though is why would you install mATX board into a Standard ATX case? They made it future-proof in case the owner decides to go ATX-style? That's lame.

brandonwh64 · Jan 7, 2013, 12:15 PM

After looking at that picture, I believe it could have been photoshopped due to the sources website placed right behind were it says 8950. They could have done this to cover some of the signs of it being shopped.

Jan 7, 2013, 02:22 AM	#1
btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 15,030 (7.23/day) Thanks: 790 Thanked 13,028 Times in 5,719 Posts System Specs	Lenovo Jumps the Gun with Radeon HD 8950 A recent press-release by Lenovo announcing the Erazer X700 gaming desktop may not have sounded like much, but it turns out the company is enthused by AMD, particularly AMD CrossFireX, because it is an early design win for AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 8000 series family. The specifications sheet of the Erazer X700 blurts out the graphics subsystem to consist of "up to dual Radeon HD 8950 3GB" as a graphics option next to dual- GeForce GTX 660 SLI. Given that Lenovo chose not to wait until any of the other big tech trade-shows of the year to announce this, it wouldn't be far-fetched to imagine a new AMD Radeon family launch within Q1, 2013. The other more obvious explanations are that Lenovo committed a brutal typo, or it plans to re-brand the Radeon HD 7950, an act that should be made a human-rights violation. Source: VideoCardz

System Name:	Blackbox
Processor:	AMD FX-8350
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0
Cooling:	Xigmatek Aegir SD128264 with IC Diamond 24 Thermal Compound
Memory:	16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600
Video Card:	Palit GeForce GTX 680 JetStream 2GB outfitted with IC Diamond 24 TIM
Hard Disk:	Samsung 840 Series 250GB
Optical Drive:	HT-LG DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VX2450wm-LED
Case:	Cooler Master CM690 Window
Sound Card:	Creative SB Recon3D
PSU:	Corsair HX850W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit

Jan 7, 2013, 03:06 AM	#2
T4C Fantasy CPU & GPU DB Maintainer Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA, Rhode Island Posts: 891 (2.19/day) Thanks: 214 Thanked 380 Times in 223 Posts System Specs	a dual 8950 would be extremely nice __________________ GPU Database <-- Want Me To Add A Specific Non-Reference GPU Model Not Listed? Send Me A PM GPU Database Thread Rare GPUs / Unreleased GPUs List Your Favorite GPU GPU-Z 0.6.7+ Screenshots! CPU Database

System Name:	Cumshot! ~~~~ SPLAT!
Processor:	Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard:	ASRock Z77 Formula OC (Bios: 2.00)
Cooling:	Corsair H100i + Liquid PRO (TIM) Relidded 3770K
Memory:	Mushkin 8GB DDR3-2400 @ 1200MHz (11-13-12-32) 1T
Video Card:	ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 1125/1575 / Palit GTX 570 Sonic Platinum @ 872/1000MHz
Hard Disk:	256GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 128GB Mushkin Chronos / 1TB Hitachi HDD
Optical Drive:	ASUS DRW-24B1ST
CRT/LCD Model:	24'' 3D LED LG DM2350D + 22'' LCD Gateway HD2201
Case:	NZXT Phantom Black Full Tower
Sound Card:	Logitech G35 Headset
PSU:	Seasonic Platinum 1000W
Software:	Catalyst 13.5 Beta 2 (12.102.3)
Benchmarks:	Folding PPD: 45,000~ / WCG PPD: 50,000~

Jan 7, 2013, 03:18 AM	#3
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,136 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,144 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	My bet is on typo. This doesn't add up, if the options were "up to dual GTX680" and "up to dual HD8950" I would lend it more credibility. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

System Name:	Sandy Bridged 3rd Take
Processor:	Core i5-2320 @ 3.5Ghz
Motherboard:	GYGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H
Cooling:	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory:	2x4GB A-DATA XPG 1600GS
Video Card:	ATi RADEON HD7870 2GB / Zotac GT430 (Hybrid Physx)
Hard Disk:	500GB WD / 64GB Samsung SSD (SRT cache) / 2TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B123A Blu-ray/DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer V223W 22" LCD 1680x1050
Case:	Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Sound Card:	Onboard VIA HD
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w
Software:	Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Benchmarks:	3dmark11 7925, IBT 90Gflops

Jan 7, 2013, 03:42 AM	#4
TheLostSwede Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A little green island far far away Posts: 847 (0.27/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 153 Times in 114 Posts System Specs	The system isn't meant to launch until June... So if you call that soon...

System Name:	Overlord Mk XX.VI
Processor:	Core i7-3770K @ 4.4GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB
Cooling:	Corsair H60
Memory:	8GB Kingston HyperX 2133MHz DDR3
Video Card:	Galaxy GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2 GB GC
Hard Disk:	256GB Plextor M5 Pro SSD, 60GB SSD, 2TB, 1TB, 1TB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer SATA DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster BW2343+ 2048x1152 & a 26in 1920x1200 screen
Case:	Lian-Li PC-B25F
Sound Card:	Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro
PSU:	Akasa Freedom Power 750W
Software:	Windows 7/Lion 10.8.x

Jan 7, 2013, 03:43 AM	#5
SeventhReign Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 36 (0.18/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I just have 1 question .......... where is the rest of the Motherboard? If I wanted a M-ITX Motherboard I'd buy a M-ITX case. That is just stupid.

System Name:	I Dub Thee Infinity
Processor:	Intel Core i3-2120
Motherboard:	ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution
Cooling:	Corsair H80
Memory:	2x4GB 2400 Trident X
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 680
Hard Disk:	OCZ V2 180GB, 4x HD502HJ, HD204UI, 3TB 7200.14, 250GB 5400.5, 250GB 5400.6
Optical Drive:	TSST SH-S203N
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer P243W
Case:	Cooler Master HAF X
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Titanium + Logitech Z506 + Turtle Beach HPA2
PSU:	Silverstone ST1000-P
Software:	Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name:	My Surround PC / Bitcoin Miner
Processor:	Intel Xeon E5649 (Westmere-EP) @ 3.70GHz/4.07GHz Turbo
Motherboard:	Asus P6X58D Premium
Cooling:	Swiftech MCP35X / XSPC Rasa CPU / Heatkiller GPU-X HD79x0 / Swiftech MCW82 / Koolance HX-1320 4x12cm
Memory:	12GB (6 x 2 GB) Patriot DDR3-1333 @ 1480MHz 8-8-8-24
Video Card:	3 X AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB CrossfireX @ 1.11GHz core/7GHz mem
Hard Disk:	OCZ Agility 3 240GB 6Gbps, 2TB Toshiba MK2002TSKB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer 12X BD-Writer BDR-207D
CRT/LCD Model:	3 x Asus VW266H 26" in Surround 5760x1200
Case:	Antec Nine Hundred Two, Logitech G15, Gigabyte Aivia Krypton
Sound Card:	Integrated ALC889 + Logitech Z-5500 5.1
PSU:	Enermax MAXREVO 1.5 kW
Software:	Windows 8 Pro x64
Benchmarks:	2350 MH/s @ 1175MHz GPU Core 2.25 MH/J

System Name:	Deployment build
Processor:	Phenom II B97@4080mhz 1.6v (24/7 4800mhz max clock) (FX9590?)
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair V Formula
Cooling:	Coolermaster V10 modded to 96w TEC Scientic Rulian fans
Memory:	4x4GB Wintec ONE@1800 9-10-9 1.62v (24/7)
Video Card:	2x Sapphire HD 7950 3GB Dual X (3L short PCB) @1150/1500 1.25v
Hard Disk:	2x32GB STT SSD's raid 0, 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11
CRT/LCD Model:	STi 22"
Case:	Thermaltake Commandar MS-I Epic Edition
Sound Card:	E07K USB DAC->Fischer FA-002W High edition
PSU:	Antec TPQ-850 (Antec TPQ-1200 enroute)
Software:	windows 7 ultimate x64

System Name:	Lailalo / Edelweiss
Processor:	FX 8320 @ 4.5Ghz / i7 3610QM @2.3-3.2Ghz
Motherboard:	ASrock 990FX Extreme 4 / Lenovo Y580
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus / Big hunk of copper
Memory:	16GB Samsung 30nm DDR3 1600+ / 8GB Hyundai DDR3 1600
Video Card:	(2x) Gigabyte GTX460 1GB (816,1000,1632) / GTX 660M 2GB
Hard Disk:	Seagate 1TB/250GB/80GB + 500GB WD Passport + OCZ Synapse 64GB SSD Cache / Seagate Momentus 500GB
Optical Drive:	16x DVD Internal + Samsung External BD Combo / BD-Combo drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Viewsonic 20.1 @ 1680x1050 / Lenovo 15.6 @ 1920x1080
Case:	Coolermaster Storm Sniper / Lenovo Y580
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar DG / Whatever Lenovo used
PSU:	Antec Truepower Blue 750W / Big Power Brick
Software:	Windows 7 Pro / Windows 7 Home Premium
Benchmarks:	Cinebench 11.5: CPU @ 7.72 GL @ 56.52

Jan 7, 2013, 04:51 AM	#11
refillable Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 15 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Possibly a typo. Pretty sad...

Jan 7, 2013, 05:34 AM	#12
james888 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,394 (3.31/day) Thanks: 496 Thanked 476 Times in 355 Posts System Specs	What is with all the plastic on the top and front. All those angles and so on seem so unnecessary.

Processor:	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard:	Asrock Z77 xtreme 4
Cooling:	Alphacool Monta 240mm
Memory:	G.SKILL 2GBx4 1600mhz 7-8-7-24-2N
Video Card:	Saphire 7970 OC 1250Mhz/1600Mhz
Hard Disk:	Adata sp900, WD Black 500Gb
CRT/LCD Model:	Vizio VM230XVT 1920x1080
Case:	Corsair 550d
Sound Card:	Auzentech Prelude + jvc rx700
PSU:	COUGAR SX850 850W
Software:	Windows 7 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	8224 firestrike

Jan 7, 2013, 07:14 AM	#15
w00tie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 31 (0.03/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	i think some peepz @ Lenovo should follow some cable management course..

System Name:	MyRig
Processor:	Intel Core I7 950 @ 4.1Ghz - 1.257v
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage Extreme III
Cooling:	Watercooling (XSPC Rasa - 240 RS Rad)
Memory:	6GB Dominator GT 1600Mhz 7-7-720 (CMG6GX3M3A1600C7)
Video Card:	2 x Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2Gb unlocked
Hard Disk:	2 x OCZ Vertrex II (Raid 0) - 2 x Samsung F3 500gb (Raid 0) - 1 x WD Green 2TB (WD20EADS)
Optical Drive:	External Plextor
CRT/LCD Model:	2 x Hanns.G HZ281 27"5 FullHD - 1 x HP Compaq LA2404WG 24"
Case:	Corsair Graphite 600T
Sound Card:	Asus Essence STX
PSU:	Scythe Chouriki PlugIn 2 - 1000W - 80+Silver
Software:	Win Ultimate 64x

Jan 7, 2013, 11:46 AM	#16
lZKoce Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Herning/Denmark Posts: 337 (0.67/day) Thanks: 44 Thanked 40 Times in 35 Posts System Specs	I like the case, I don't mind a bit of plastic here and there. I don't think it's e-peen deal. What I really don't understand though is why would you install mATX board into a Standard ATX case? They made it future-proof in case the owner decides to go ATX-style? That's lame. __________________ Chief of future department against reckless use of aviation footware

System Name:	PlanetCracker
Processor:	i5-3210M
Motherboard:	Lenovo E530 - Intel HM77
Cooling:	Single fan
Memory:	2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
Video Card:	HD4000+nVidia GT630M
Hard Disk:	WD Black Scorpio 0.5TB 7200RPM
Optical Drive:	Optiarc DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Lenovo 1366x768 LCD
Case:	Fabric
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi GO PRO!/Intel HD 20761
PSU:	Lenovo 90W
Software:	Win 8 Pro x64bit

Jan 7, 2013, 12:15 PM	#17
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,664 (9.89/day) Thanks: 2,165 Thanked 5,382 Times in 3,729 Posts System Specs	After looking at that picture, I believe it could have been photoshopped due to the sources website placed right behind were it says 8950. They could have done this to cover some of the signs of it being shopped. __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

System Name:	The StarCrunch Defender!
Processor:	I7 2600K @ 4.5ghz 1.32V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair A70 Push/Pull
Memory:	G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7970 3GB Reference Card at boost clocks
Hard Disk:	2x 500GB WD Blue Raid 0 / 1TB WD Black
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/R/RW SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VG2227wm 1080P
Case:	NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek (Azalia)
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 Home X64

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Lenovo and Intel Extend Digital Learning with New Lenovo Classmate+ PC	btarunr	News	5	Mar 10, 2011 06:51 PM
Bitfenix Jumps into the Scene with Two ATX Cases	btarunr	News	17	Jun 9, 2010 11:09 AM
Newegg Jumps the Gun with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	W1zzard	News	36	May 30, 2010 09:15 PM
Dell jumps the gun with the Geforce 7900GS	Darksaber	News	0	May 15, 2006 08:55 AM