Surface Book 3 MIA, any other 2 in 1's that have a powerful discrete gpu?

angelo_arch · Oct 11th 2019

I was hoping Microsoft would jam a nVidia RTX 2070 into a new version of the Surface Book and I've have a unicorn - a thin laptop that I can draw on, but that would also run Revit/Enscape with good performance and occasional VR sessions with a Vive. No such luck after their fall event. Anyone know of the most powerful 2 in 1 on the market? Razer pre-annouced their Studio Edition and I think mentioned a touch or "sketch" option, but there aren't any details about it and they aren't talking until it's out. Most of the HP, Lenovo, and Dell 2 in 1's all have pretty small gpus in them. Keep waiting?

BSG · Oct 16th 2019

Not ideal, but you could use an external gpu enclosure and take a slight hit on the card's specs. Then get whatever device you want and roll out the good GPU when you need it.

angelo_arch · Oct 16th 2019

Yeah, it's an idea, but even with Thunderbolt 3 it seems that there is a bottleneck at least from the reviews I've seen.

BSG · Oct 17th 2019

Yup, not ideal. You probably get around a 2070 performance from a 2080. To me, it's worth it in the long run since you can upgrade that separately from the laptop, and you don't need a laptop weighing 10lbs and sounding like a jet engine (i.e. Razer type with 1080+).