tipoo

Adding Intel Power Gadget screenshots would be interesting here, wondering if turning off the IGP right beside the CPU allows it to stay in boost ranges more when an eGPU is connected. 

The 13" having a quad certainly makes it appealing for an eGPU now! 

All of those rates sound weirdly high, don't they? I'm not sure about this study. 22% would be endemic. 

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tipoo said:

Is there any detail anywhere on what the Radeon Pro 555X is?

Does the X just denote the 4GB VRAM in all tiers now, and the chip is largely unchanged from the 555? That's what it sounds like, I'm surprised there's no Vega though. The 555 in turn was the same as the 455, so the GPU itself is largely unchanged from the 2016 mid tier model.

I was also hoping for Vega, but with only an X added it must surely still be Polaris.

By the Radeon RX 560X, it looks like a very minor clock speed bump, same as the 560 and 555 already were. 

Mac Mini with the 8th gen ULV quads would be pretty sweet. Hopefully they revert from the stupid metal cage making upgrades harder for no reason, didn’t get smaller or even more powerful or anything, they just added it expressly to stop upgrades which was a piss off.

>Barring a breakthrough in battery technology, enhanced wear time equates to a larger lithium ion cell, again suggesting "Series 4" will sport a larger form factor. 

Li-ion capacities do grow in the same sizes slowly, year over year, so hopefully it's a slight update in chemistry rather than a larger design. Because the screen size rumors would work well in the same form factor cutting back the current bezels.