Microsoft has launched its new laptop Surface book as well as the Surface Pro 4 tablet hybrid last October 6. The new laptop was said to carry similar processors those in the Surface Pro 4, however, it is also of having the Nvidia GeForce GPU.
Digital Trends reports that Microsoft has promoted its Surface book as being twice as powerful as the MacBook Pro and now, some users are trying to confirm that claim. The aficionados of the Surface book have reportedly found out and uncovered some latest information about the Nvidia GPU that's being used.
It is said that these users discovered that the Surface Book utilizes a custom GPU that brings up to as both 1347 and 134B. Based on its specs, it looks approximately alike to Nvidia's GeForce 940M, as reported from Hexus based on the findings shared through reddit. The GPU bears 384 CUDA cores, one gigabyte of GDDR5 memory, and a clock speed of 954MHz.
According to Hexus, the new Microsoft Surface Book has the exact processors that can be found to the new Microsoft Surface Pro 4. These processors are reported as the Skylake Core i5 and i7 chips from Intel.
As for more of its specifications, PC world wrote that the latest Microsoft Surface book features a 13.5-inch touchscreen display with 3000-by-2000 resolution. It works on Windows 10 and features a Surface Pen. It also has 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, a two USB 3.0 ports, and an SD card reader.
Furthermore, a headset jack, and a Mini DisplayPort are included in this latest Surface Book. For camera configuration, a 5megapixel was stated to feature for its video chat camera and an 8MP one on the back camera.
The forthcoming Microsoft Surface Book is being predicted to ship on January 22. The highest-end Surface Book that packs an Intel Core i7 processor was reported to hold a price tag of $3,200. The company has stated that the specific model would be the i7-6600Uwhich has a 2.6GHz dual-core processor together with Intel's HD graphics 520. The Microsoft Surface Book is also equipped with 16GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD storage, and the mysterious Nvidia graphics processor.
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