Lenovo Yoga 720 with Thunderbolt3 for EGPU?

this new lenovo yoga 720 with a cpu i7-7700hq+gtx1050 could be a great laptop for egpu?

 

Man, most laptops don't support eGPU because they're not designed for gamers. Same story with the Yoga 720 - it's a work/luxury machine - even if it had TB3, the BIOS wouldn't recognize or pick up the eGPU. Calm down already.

 

It has tb3
i know that an egpu needs a compatible bios and also specifical drivers/firmware for tb3 port

Edit
a mbp 15 2016 is a luxury laptop but it is compatible with a egpu

 

I'll let you know after I get mine in 4-5 weeks.

 

thanks!
what egpu?

 

It'll be an Akitio Node.

 

here a video of this lenovo yoga 720

 

Hopefully Lenovo won't completely screw up the quality control like Dell has. It's a pretty low bar, though.

 

here another video

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/15-inch-Yoga-720-up-for-order-on-Lenovo-s-website.207196.0.html

 

Mine actually shipped and should arrive in 1-2 days.

 

Great!!

 

Thought it shipped in 4-5 weeks? I probably would have ordered, but not keen on silver/grey.

 

80X7001WUS is iron gray in usa
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/yoga/700-series/yoga-720-15/

 

iron grey silver pewter what's the difference, black is where it's at

 

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/lapt...ands-on-with-the-4k-gtx-powered-2-in-1-laptop

 

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/thr...-geforce-1050-and-quad-core-cpus.71727/page-7

without battery

 

Sold out now! I'd say I might have literally been the first person who ordered one lol

 

sold out in three days!

 

Still waiting on mine. Thanks, Thai customs!

 

is it on the way?

 

Got it on my lap. One stuck pixel in left corner that I'm attempting to fix with jmpixel. Fair backlight bleed on the FHD. Slightly larger than the XPS 15 but only by a few mm. Vents on bottom catch your leg hairs :s. Fingerprint scanner edge feels nice, especially from the XPS 15. Will test more later

 

take a lot of pictures!

 

love to hear some preliminary impressions on color gamut, build quality and thermals. I'm trying to decide between this one and the 9560 xps.

 

Sorry but if the screen doesn't get better I'm not going to bother installing and benchmarking stuff on it. The viewing angles and color gamut seem very average to my eyes.

 

Pics: https://goo.gl/photos/2JoxqFWdXgvX5uWPA

 

Uh oh did they skimp on the screen? That might be a deal breaker.

 

terrible backlight bleeding !

 

Did it come with a pen?

 

Apparently you had to purchase it with it. This is one that I'll hold off on buying until they come to my country in brick and mortar stores.

 

Can you run Cinebench 15 on your new machine? I'm curious about the OpenGL and CPU scores.

 

Oh Eason, you gotta give us 9550's an idea of the temps on this guy, you know we were chomping at the bit (or at least I am)...

 

aiya... https://goo.gl/photos/bRxbExjodp4o9DEeA

2695 score in unigine

p.s. the PCIe is x2 lanes

There is some throttling (looks like mild pl1)

 

Did you use also aida64(stress test) for temps?
Where do you read that m2 pcie is x2?

 

HWInfo says so

 

what about battery life in web surfing?

 

Didn't use it for long enough to say. You could easily get 7-8 hours I'd think.

 

could you use aida64 for a 15 minutes test? this test is used by obsidian pc and it shows how is cooler system. this is an example
https://www.aida64.com/products/aida64-extreme

 

I forgot to ask... fan noise?

 

temporary unavailable on lenovo us site.
there is a review of a customer

"
★★★★★ 5 out of 5 stars.
cdmdux
· 19 hours ago
Discrete Graphics and Small Package


I've been waiting over a year for the perfect laptop to come out. It's very hard to find a 14-15" lightweight form factor with a discrete graphics card that isn't $1500+.

This laptop is towards the top of the size I wanted, but the really thin bezel keeps it smaller than most 15.6" laptops. The weight is awesome at 4.4 lbs. That 1 lb is the difference between something I can easily hold with one hand and something that is a little more cumbersome.

I'm not a huge gamer, but play Civ 5 and have aims to play Rocket League on computer. It crashed after a few minutes on Ultra settings for Civ. High settings seemed to perform but the fans got a little loud, and the computer would probably get too hot after a while. Medium still looks great and runs well for hours. As long as you're not counting hairs medium should be good enough for most people, and I'm happy with it.

Screen looks great, wonderful color reproduction and good viewing angles. No complaints about touch features. Haven't tried a "smart" pen or anything.

Keyboard is a little what I call "squishy" but perfectly tolerable unless you're a mechanical keyboard aficionado.

Touchpad is nice with a little more definition between the left and right click buttons nicely defined in the one unit touchpad. I still would rather use a mouse most of the time, but that's to be expected for me unless there are discrete buttons.

One complaint is physical is that there is a thin shiny aluminum bezel along the front of the laptop. I've only had the computer for a week and already dinged the soft metal twice, and it's painfully obvious. Just a small annoyance, but worth reporting nevertheless.

Second complaint is battery life is not quite as advertised. Straight out of the box charged to 100% with essentially no background processes running at this point battery came in WELL below "8 hours." While gaming, where I expected reduced battery life, it clocked in at about 2-3 hours before it was time to charge. More surprising was when I was just doing some light internet browsing and some Excel work and it barely made it 4.5 hours. So long story short, don't expect to make it 8 hours without charging.

Overall, great machine that I'm happy I purchased.

What is the Primary Use of this Product?
Gaming

✔ Yes,
I recommend this product."

 

Lenovo better have 4 lane Thunderbolt support on the Yoga 720 13 inch, otherwise I'll have to get something else.. eGPUs work on all systems with real Thunderbolt 3 support but you need 4 lanes if you want any kind of decent performance.

 

here a review
http://www.ultrabookreview.com/14925-lenovo-yoga-720-15-impressions/

edit
"The build quality I would describe as “good enough”, but is still a notch below the XPS. The screen is something that I could live with as someone who is not working in digital or print imaging, but it may be a deal breaker for others. The two-lane PCIe for the Thunderbolt 3 is a big disappointment, however, and I think that will turn away a lot of people who were looking at it as an alternative to the XPS 15. The floaty and frustrating trackpad was something that also made the machine difficult for me to imagine using as a daily driver: it is something immediately noticeable and consistently jarring for the duration of its use."

 

My hope is that just like with the spectre x360 15 vs 13, the 13 inch yoga 720 will have four lanes whereas the 15 inch has two.

 

do you know a review of yoga 720 13"?

 

I'm reviewing the 720 13 inch right now. How do I check on the number of lanes as well as eGPU support generally?


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hi! do you have an egpu? in that case you could use cuda-z for testing tb3?

 

You should be able to find it somewhere like the below image. Do you have the 13" or the 15"?

 

Unfortunately, no, I don't.

 

Okay, the two ports both list Maximum Link Width: 2x, Current Link Speed: Not negotiated.

I suppose that's bad news. It's the 13-inch.