Die Shrink 155: AMD Ryzen 390 Testing & Zen 6 Medusa Halo

Tom just got an AMD Ryzen 390 Strix Halo 64GB laptop! Over the next week or so he’ll be testing this with the mindset that this sort of laptop could be much cheaper soon, and thus try to not just evaluate its quality and capabilities - but advise to gamers and professionals what price would make this "worth it". This is a conversation not just about testing today's laptops, but what we want from the future of them!

0:00 Testing an HP zbook ultra G1a

13:21 Charging Capability and Battery Life

25:37 AMD Strix Halo's Biggest Problems

29:10 Testing the NPU & Stability

37:24 APU vs dGPU Benefits, Halo WILL get Cheaper!

48:52 Zen 6 Medusa Halo

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