B&H - Lenovo 15.6" IdeaPad 3 Laptop (Abyss Blue)

[LFaWolf]

I have been looking for a simple Windows laptop for the occasional travel and found this. Bought it last week and got it in 3 days. So far it has been running fine. With the B&H credit card I was able to save the tax too so the total was just $360 with the recycling fee. This is the lowest that I can find for a laptop with a similar configuration.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1663923-REG/lenovo_82h801ekus_ip3_15itl6_i3_1115g4_8gb.html

 

[blckgrffn]

Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.10 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.10 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

ark.intel.com

ARK link for CPU. Xe based graphics in the G4 config should bring basic gaming on the go along for the ride.

I am talking Overwatch/CSGO/Minecraft but it's nice to see this type of capability filtering down.

 

[LFaWolf]

Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.10 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.10 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

ark.intel.com

ARK link for CPU. Xe based graphics in the G4 config should bring basic gaming on the go along for the ride.

I am talking Overwatch/CSGO/Minecraft but it's nice to see this type of capability filtering down.

I have not tried gaming and probably won't. How do you know the Graphics is XE based?

 

[blckgrffn]

It's Tiger Lake, so that's just how it is. There was a really cut down G1 version though, and G7 is the max config, so G4 is the value+ version.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i3-1115G4-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.467747.0.html

 

[VirtualLarry]

I think that my current Pentium 7505 Lenovo laptop is TigerLake, last time I looked it up on ARK. I don't really play games, just browse + YT, so I didn't care, but I think that it has Xe graphics, of some form. Probably pretty low-end, though, lower than the i3 model. (*I think it's just "UHD graphics for 12th-Gen" and not even labeled G-something.)

 

[blckgrffn]

I think that my current Pentium 7505 Lenovo laptop is TigerLake, last time I looked it up on ARK. I don't really play games, just browse + YT, so I didn't care, but I think that it has Xe graphics, of some form. Probably pretty low-end, though, lower than the i3 model. (*I think it's just "UHD graphics for 12th-Gen" and not even labeled G-something.)

I don't know who at Intel is the genius on the branding of this, but they have been definitely doing that, seemingly obfuscating this as much as possible with mixed product name usage and their alphabet soup of CPU SKU names.

It's like they want the top SKU to be identified with Xe but not the lower models? I would think they would take a page from NV and AMD and put Xe branding stickers on all these things.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My take away is that as long Xe is getting a unified driver then you should expect ever improving game capability, and sometimes just getting a game to work is the most important hurdle to clear.