Asus Zephyrus GX501 with 6-core Core i7-8750H and GTX 1080 Surfaces

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2018 05:59 PM | source: | 12 comment(s)

Most leaks and info these days originate through distributors and accidental posts and listings on webshops. We can now add the Asus Zephyrus GX501 with Core i7-8750H and GTX 1080 to that pack of leaks. On a UK website, the product has been listed, including specs and everything.

The page with information has been removed, however, there is always Google cache. The Swiss Mediamarkt website also had a similar incident. Both have listed the Asus Zephyrus GX501GI EI005T under its full name, the unit will be fitted with a Core i7-8750H processor. This is the new mobile six-core Coffee Lake-H processor that has a clock of 2.2GHz and the ability to turbo to 4.1 GHz (likely one thread though). This processor has SMT enabled btw, thus it has hyper-threading (12 threads).

The product is listed to be fitted with a GeForce GTX 1080 and it would get a refresh rate of 144Hz and a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. You can also see that the keyboard placement has been shifted upwards closer to the display, that is certainly a change compared to the previous model. We assume it's a Max-Q version. The price on the Swiss retailer site was 3499 Swiss francs, roughly 2969 euros under pre-order.

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schmidtbag
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#5533089 Posted on: 03/29/2018 02:49 PM

I question how effectively it could keep a 1080 cool. I'm sure even a 1070 would start throttling in a chassis that slim.

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#5533090 Posted on: 03/29/2018 02:51 PM

True, however still it's cheaper, even if you want a monitor. It will cost Additional 150-300 Euro max for a 1080p screen.

Regarding loss, it varies a lot, in most cases its around 10% loss simply due to a throughput of Thunderbolt. Down the road, we will have Thunderbolt 4 will should fully solve the issue.

Yeah when we get Thunderbolt 4, i'm sure this will stop being an issue. In which case more people might jump on it. right now its just too much worse, specially if you don't hook up another monitor too it.

Though i think getting a 1080p Screen for a GTX 1080 is rather overkill for it XD Could save a lot of money and get a 1070 instead

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#5533093 Posted on: 03/29/2018 02:54 PM

Yeah when we get Thunderbolt 4, i'm sure this will stop being an issue. In which case more people might jump on it. right now its just too much worse, specially if you don't hook up another monitor too it.

Though i think getting a 1080p Screen for a GTX 1080 is rather overkill for it XD Could save a lot of money and get a 1070 instead
It is, however, I was just showing it as an example to compare with 1080 from the above-mentioned laptop.
In reality, indeed 1070 is enough, but then again try to find one at MSRP. I saw some cases of 1070 being more expensive than 1080, which is absurd.

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#5533097 Posted on: 03/29/2018 03:09 PM

I question how effectively it could keep a 1080 cool. I'm sure even a 1070 would start throttling in a chassis that slim.

That slim chassis - must be the Max-Q version, so it's crippled to 1070 level + 10% max.

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#5533125 Posted on: 03/29/2018 04:39 PM

It is, however, I was just showing it as an example to compare with 1080 from the above-mentioned laptop.
In reality, indeed 1070 is enough, but then again try to find one at MSRP. I saw some cases of 1070 being more expensive than 1080, which is absurd.

1080 is not overkill for a 1080p screen if you want to utilize that 120hz screen on more than just e-sport games.

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