Zotac had several new ZBOX small form-factor PCs on display at CES, and among these was a new E series system featuring a pairing of an Intel Skylake i3 with an AMD Radeon R9 GPU.
The Radeon in question is the R9 M365X, a discrete mobile part with 640 stream processors, up to 925 MHz core clock, and 2 GB of dedicated 128-bit GDDR5 memory running at up to 1125 MHz (72 GB/s max bandwidth). This is running on a very capable platform powered by a 6th-gen Intel Core i3-6100T, a 35W 2 core/4 thread part running at 3.20 GHz.
Here is a rundown of the specifications:
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100T (Skylake) dual-core, 3.20 GHz
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M365X with 2 GB GDDR5
- Memory: 2x DDR3L-1600 SoDIMM slots
- Storage: 2.5-inch SATA 6.0 Gbps; M.2 SSD slot
- USB: 2x USB 3.0; USB 3.0 Type-C
- Networking: 2x Gigabit LAN; 802.11ac Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 4.0
- Display output: 3x DisplayPort
Good to see a discrete AMD GPU option in one of these small form-factor ZBOX units, as previous E-series models offered only NVIDIA or Intel solutions. Unfortunately no release date or price was announced.
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Maybe when that Carrizo
Maybe when that Carrizo refresh gets here they will offer an All AMD Zbox, AMD “Bristol Ridge” APU and its Integrated graphics and the R9 M365X or better discrete graphics. Both DX12 and Vulkan will be accelearting more of the game’s graphics/gaming compute on the GPU/s anyways! So I’d rather have the more ACE units that an AMD APU will bring to pair with the discrete AMD GPU’s ACE units!
This would make a pretty good
This would make a pretty good console alternative depending on price.
Unfortunately it is weaker
Unfortunately it is weaker then Xbox One not to mention PS4.
Still, good for gaming on the cheap ie. games released during previous generation of consoles or current indie games.
Aparently “Bristol Ridge” is
Aparently “Bristol Ridge” is getting the AM4 socket also!
The PCWprld article states:
“After years of shipping a legion of CPUs and APUs for a multitude of different motherboard sockets, AMD is streamlining matters with the launch of its forthcoming processors. AMD’s Zen-based CPUs and APUs—codenamed “Summit Ridge” and “Bristol Ridge,” respectively—will both feature a fully integrated system-on-a-chip design and share the same socket, dubbed AM4.”(1)
(1)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3020184/computers/amd-zen-based-cpus-and-apus-will-unify-around-socket-am4.html
AWESOME
more of this
AWESOME
more of this please… hopefully with an HBM 14nm APU one day…
with freesync support…
So i can VESA stick it to the back of a 21:9 freesync 120hz OLED monitor. THE DREAM
“Intel admits Skylakes can
“Intel admits Skylakes can … … … freeze in the middle of work”(1)
Math Bug in Skylake!
(1)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/11/math_bug_splatters_skylake_intel_working_on_fix/
“USB: 2x USB 3.0; USB 3.0
“USB: 2x USB 3.0; USB 3.0 Type-C”
Actually, I think this unit has 3x USB 3.0, plus the Type-C.
There’s the two on the back. But take a closer look at the SD slot on the front.
USB/SD combo port? Nifty.
(edit to add) Looks like the Fanless C series box from Zotac has one of those, too. https://pcper.com/news/Systems/CES-2016-Zotac-Fanless-C-Series-Mini-PC-Skylake-i5