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Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by neogodless on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:04AM (#25791725)
In January 2020 at CES, Lisa Su said AMD had 100+ laptop design wins. This year she said they had 150+.

I am not sure how this compares to Intel, but I saw two slides for Intel's Tiger Lake and Rocket Lake, and one said 40+ design wins. The other said 40+ refreshed designs.

Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by rowanG077 on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:28AM (#25791998)
TBH. The amount doesn't matter. It's about the quality. There isn't a single Ryzen 4000 laptop that I want to buy because all of them either have:

1. Shit screen.

2. Are not 13 inch

I would pay premium for a Ryzen 5800u dell XPS.

Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by neogodless on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:34AM (#25792061)
Oh I get that! I have different preferences (think HP Omen 15, Lenovo Legion 5) but those weren't available at a good price until late summer (and really only when sales occurred). Anyone wanting QHD or 4K was out of luck last year. Wanting Ryzen but also wanting a 500-nit screen is not a great feeling.

I'm actually selling my HP Omen 15 to my brother because I discovered it uses PWM for brightness, and I have a very high sensitivity - if I turn brightness down from 100% I get a headache within an hour or two. (I mostly prefer 100% brightness but when on battery I'd like to turn it down.)

Fingers crossed 2021 is a big improvement from 2020 for Ryzen laptops.

Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by noir_lord on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:50AM (#25792196)
Bought the missus the Zenbook with the 4700U in for xmas, that has a nice enough screen and it absolutely crushes my thinkpad.

    i7-7700HQ passmark  6988
    Ryzen 4700U passmark  13801
    Ryzen 2700X (my desktop)  17618
The 4800U actually outscores my 2700X desktop.

My next desktop (5950X) would score 45970.

We live in interesting times in the CPU world.

She uses it for youtube.

It is however screaming fast for a laptop.

Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by rowanG077 on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:28AM (#25792611)
FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 screen. And get this. It DOES NOT have an audio jack. I thought I was being trolled at first.
Re:AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Not... by Wafje on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:17AM (#25792498)
I am in the same boat. Lets hope this year brings some quality 15inch+ 19:10+ Ryzen Laptops.