News

Microsoft Improves Graphics Performance in Surface Studio 2

Introducing the 2nd Generation Surface Studio

Microsoft has announced their latest update to their Surface Studio. It retains the same basic concept from the original. However, Microsoft has considerably boosted its graphics capabilities. The 4500×3000 28-inch display screen is now 38% brighter and has 22% better contrast.

The first generation model made use of either a GeForce 965M or 980M GPU. With this latest model, users can now enjoy a massive increase in performance from either an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or a GTX 1070.

They are also ditching the 8GB option, now offering the Surface Studio 2 with either 16GB or 32GB DDR4 memory. Even the storage design gets an upgrade, finally abandoning the hybrid disk configuration for a pure SSD solution, up to 2TB in capacity.

However, despite upgrading everything else, Microsoft decided to use 7th generation mobile parts for the CPU. Using an i7-7820HQ processor instead of one of the new 8th Gen models which are more efficient. The Intel Core i7-7820HQ is a 45W 4C/8T mobile processor with a base speed of 2.9GHz and a turbo of 3.9GHz.

Unlike the new Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6 however, the Surface Studio 2 actually has a USB-C port. Except, dissappointingly, there is no Thunderbolt 3.

How Much is the Microsoft Surface Studio 2?

The Surface Studio 2 pricing starts at $3,499 USD for the model with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. Upgrading to 32GB of RAM and 2TB SSD, costs $4,799 in total. It will be shipping out around November 2018.

Ron Perillo

Disqus Comments Loading...

Recent Posts

Electronic Arts Titles Played for Over 11 Billion Hours in 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) announced today that its games were played for over 11 billion hours…

2 days ago

Just 15% of Steam Gaming Time in 2024 Was Spent on New Releases

Steam's annual end-of-year recap, Steam Replay, provides fascinating insights into gamer habits by comparing individual…

2 days ago

STALKER 2 Gets Massive 110GB Patch With 1800+ Fixes

GSC GameWorld released a major title update for STALKER 2 this seeking, bringing the game…

2 days ago

Intel Unveils Core 200H Processors Based on the Previous Raptor Lake Refresh

Without any formal announcement, Intel appears to have revealed its new Core 200H series processors…

3 days ago

Ubisoft Reportedly Developing a New Quadruple A Game

Ubisoft is not having the best of times, but despite recent flops, the company still…

3 days ago

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Update 1.1 Fixes 1,800 Issues and Revamps A-Life 2.0

If you haven’t started playing STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl yet, now might be the…

3 days ago