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  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    "with two SO-DIMM slots for up to 16 GB of DDR4-2133 memory"

    Bit odd not to support 2x16Gb for 32Gb.
  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    P.s. According to the web the 930 isn't as fast as Intel's 540 so there's practically zero reason to add the 930m instead of simply using a CPU with the 540.
    ?
  • 06GTOSC - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    Except the article states that the top model with an i5-6200U comes with the Intel 520 GPU. Not the 540.
  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    So the top model no longer requires the NVidia card
  • TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    So why didnt they just use the i5s that have the hd 540 GPU then? Why throw some terrible nvidia chip in instead?
  • jospoortvliet - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    Cuda was mentioned. I think it is mostly the brand name...
  • TheinsanegamerN - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    Whats sad is that, with the combine TDP of the i5 and the 930m, they probably could have put in the iris pro HD 580 instead.
  • TheinsanegamerN - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    ESPECIALLY if the keep that 4 digit price, iris pro would have been a better option.
  • 8steve8 - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    lots of people just dismiss IGP regardless of application or performance reality
  • Shadowmaster625 - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    Why buy a desktop 950 when for the same price you can have a puny 930 mobile gpu but you can fit an extra pair of sunglasses on your dessk.
  • nathanddrews - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    You should work in marketing, because you just sold me on this.
  • WinterCharm - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    Probably not as useful as a desktop, but as an HTPC it could be quite handy.
  • watzupken - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    Intel Skull Canyon NUC barebones @ 650 and complete system @ 999. Not sure how would this compete even with the GT 930M. I believe the Iris Pro 580 on the Intel NUC to be faster than GT 930M, not to mention the CPU is significantly more powerful. Asus needs to reconsider its pricing.
  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    The 520 is possibly faster than the 930m
  • hojnikb - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    It's not. Having both HD520 (I3 6100U) and 930M, HD520 is much slower (around x2 slower) even with dual channel ram.

    And 930M can overclock pretty well (got mine +135Mhz and i bet it would go even higher if limits were set higher).
  • watzupken - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    The reason why HD520 can't compete with a GT930M is likely due to the limited 15W TDP that is shared between the CPU and GPU. If given more power to play with, I believe its not that far away from the GT930M. Against the HD580, I don't think its got a chance at all.
  • nerd1 - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link

    They should at least 950m to be relevant... 930m is just a joke
  • BrokenCrayons - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link

    Agreed completely. Discrete GPUs paired up with 64-bit DDR3 that have <sarcasm> a whopping 14-ish GB/s throughput </sarcasm> should not exist at all.
  • Fujikoma - Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - link

    "video editing platform"
    After the initial cost and purchasing some external hard drives for all the files, it would be cheaper and more efficient to just purchase a tower with better specs and storage. Just because you can drive with your feet doesn't mean that it's a good idea.

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