The AMD RX Vega graphics card has been released for 11 months, and the mobile version has been announced for 5 months. Now it is finally available with its notebook, the Acer Predator Helios 500.
However, Acer only said that RX Vega 56, did not give a specific specification, in fact AMD has never announced it, just said The chip thickness is only 1.7mm, while still integrating HMB2 high bandwidth memory, the overall area is much smaller than the desktop version.
Guess that this mobile version of the RX Vega 56 will still retain 56 groups of computing units, 3584 stream processors, but the frequency will certainly be greatly reduced, competitors are GTX 1070, the latter thermal design power consumption 115-120W.
Acer's notebook is a 17.3-inch model with a full-metal body and a tough look. The processor can select Intel Core i9-8950HK, AMD Ryzen 7 2700, and the graphics card can also choose GTX 1070. There are two internal AeroBlade fans and five heat pipes inside.
IPS screen resolution 1080p/4K, refresh rate 144Hz, A card supports FreeSync, N card supports G-Sync , Another lightning 3 interface, Killer network card, 2.1 speakers and subwoofer (TrueHarmony/WavesNx), RGB backlit keyboard.
The price has only announced a start-up configuration. 1080p screen, i7-8750H six-core processor, GTX 1070 graphics card, 16GB memory, 256GB solid state drive, 1TB mechanical hard drive to 1999.99 US dollars, about RMB 12800 yuan.
Don't know how much money the Ryzen 7 2700, RX Vega 56 will sell?