ASUS Announces Vivobook Classic Series Powered by AMD Processors

[Count von Schwalbe]

What's wrong with 5xxxU series? Seems to be all Zen3, which was actually in line with desktop 5xxx.

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Eek. Thanks for that. I'm not a fan of laptops, my main driver is still my desktop, so I don't follow these too closely.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Eek. Thanks for that. I'm not a fan of laptops, my main driver is still my desktop, so I don't follow these too closely.

Yeah, I had to procure some for work. The 4000 series are a mess, a mix of HT and non HT Zen 2 parts, whereas 5000 were all HT but a mix of Zen 2 and Zen 3.

 

[SomeOne99h]

How could you even forget that one USB 2 port?

That is a good thing for compatibility reason. Despite USB 3.0 and up are backward compatible to USB 2, some USB2 devices would still not function using USB 3.0+ port.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

That is a good thing for compatibility reason. Despite USB 3.0 and up are backward compatible to USB 2, some USB2 devices would still not function using USB 3.0+ port.

Especially before booting, which would make using the BIOS difficult if your keyboard/mouse didn't work.

 

[Minus Infinity]

Got to love AMD's BS rebranding, not Phoenix apu's but will easily dupe buyers seeing the 7000 branding. And what's with the garbage 16:9 for the 15" version. And HDR600 is useless, so no FALD.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

keep the OLED coming baby!!! yeeeehaaaa!!!

i still wish it was 1080p high refresh OLED at this size though, cheaper cost + more fun in gaming + still looks great at that size.

I know from experience that the Ryzen U mobile chips aren't made for nearly any type of gaming. My HP Envy x360 has a Ryzen 7 3700U in it, and I'm lucky that it can even play SNES and Genesis games (I actually even notice millisecond stuttering on some SNES games). I tried playing Raft with a friend on it several months ago when I didn't have access to my main PC and....well, even with all settings turned down to their lowest, the game still ran extremely bad. Had to quit playing.

So yeah, no "real" gaming on these U's, I'm afraid. Then again, these are more "business" oriented so I think it makes sense.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I know from experience that the Ryzen U mobile chips aren't made for nearly any type of gaming. My HP Envy x360 has a Ryzen 7 3700U in it, and I'm lucky that it can even play SNES and Genesis games (I actually even notice millisecond stuttering on some SNES games). I tried playing Raft with a friend on it several months ago when I didn't have access to my main PC and....well, even with all settings turned down to their lowest, the game still ran extremely bad. Had to quit playing.

So yeah, no "real" gaming on these U's, I'm afraid. Then again, these are more "business" oriented so I think it makes sense.

To be fair, Zen+ was not the greatest for gaming - roughly equivalent to Skylake in the power-limited package. Zen 3 is far superior.

 

[Space Lynx]

I know from experience that the Ryzen U mobile chips aren't made for nearly any type of gaming. My HP Envy x360 has a Ryzen 7 3700U in it, and I'm lucky that it can even play SNES and Genesis games (I actually even notice millisecond stuttering on some SNES games). I tried playing Raft with a friend on it several months ago when I didn't have access to my main PC and....well, even with all settings turned down to their lowest, the game still ran extremely bad. Had to quit playing.

So yeah, no "real" gaming on these U's, I'm afraid. Then again, these are more "business" oriented so I think it makes sense.

I already decided I am not getting one anyway. I really need a work laptop upgrade is my issue right now. Nothing seems to check all the boxes sadly. I just want 1080p OLED, intel 13th gen, or amd APU equivalent, no dedicated graphics, and a decent price. I am fine if all I can do is indie games on it. it's more for work/movies/travel, etc. I would want some games though, I mean intel 8th gen integrated graphics can handle WoW just fine on low to medium settings, so a 13th gen intel integrated i'd be doing alright with that. this is for a very specific use case though.

 

[Chrispy_]

if placed in 1920x1080 mode do you think this screen would still look good? since OLED is individually lit, you should be able to change back and forth between resolutions without issue right? like if i go to 4k on my 27" which native 1440p, it will have blurry text, but thats because of the backlighting array from what I understand, so that shouldn't apply to OLED

Non-native always looks blurry unless you are using integer scaling at exactly 200, 300, 400% scaling.
The backlighting method only affects black levels in a regular LCD, OLED and LCD both share common subpixel arrangements, typically (but not always) three vertical columns with R, G, B from left to right.

Ain't that based on subpixel arrangement and sizing? Not backlight.

Correct.

More Rebrandeon trash.

Where's our zen 4 7000 series mobile processors with rDNA 3 graphics at?

Six months away or more from "launch" and good luck buying one for at least another couple of months after that....

Zen3 and RDNA2 is still fine, given how late in 2022 the real-world availability of those models really was. We've only had 6800U models in any quantity since July last year - and only a fairly limited selection at first, too.

 

[micropage7]

they need to make the bezel little bit thicker