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    ASUS GL502VSK! K for Kaby Lake?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ezzo, Dec 10, 2016.

  1. ezzo

    ezzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was looking through the drivers page for the GL502VS and found a new SKU under it: GL502VS K
    After some searching, it looked like the mobile Kaby Lake Quad cores are planned for Dec 16 release.

    I looked the drivers and there don't seem to be any other hardware changes.
    https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ROG-GL502VS/HelpDesk_Download/

    Most leaked benchmarks seem to show the increase in performance to be marginal (~5%) if you factor in the clock speed increase.
    Otherwise, the performance increase is 10-15%

    What do you all think!
     
    ezzo, Dec 10, 2016
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  2. link626

    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    who knows. i thought KL quads wouldn't be released until after CES in january


    But looking further into the vsk drivers, it appears they are adding Thunderbolt to the 502VS.
     
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    link626, Dec 16, 2016
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