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The Quatro RTX 3000 Max-Q should make these a nice and slim VR-capable laptop option! Nice change from the heavy bricks we've had to carry around until now.

• robotnikman 6y ago
  Are the Quatro cards suitable for gaming? I've always been under the impression they tuned or modified more for use in CAD and similar applications
  • kayoone 6y ago
    They are and they might be a tiny bit slower than their gaming tuned counterparts, but they are still capable of running games without issues.
  • auxym 6y ago
    My understanding, at least in the past, is that it's the same hardware with different drivers. The drivers "guarantee" accurate rendering at cost of a bit of performance (maybe). At one point there were even hacks that allowed you to install the Quadro (it's quadro btw) drivers on gaming cards. The extra cost is mainly from getting the cards/drivers certified by every CAD/CAE software vendor as compatible, and possibly just extracting extra value from a market perceived as less cost-sensitive (ie, they are probably paying 10k/year at least just in CAE software licenses).
• nruttnod 6y ago
  The surfacebook 2 could not do vr with non windows mr headseats due to design changes that were made to make the tablet come off. I wonder if that is still the case with this one.
• throwawaysea 6y ago
  They aren't planning to sell the Quadro versions to customers directly, unfortunately, but only to business purchasers. If you go to the Microsoft site (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-book-3/8xbw9g3z71f1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-book-3/8xbw9g3z71f...), the preorder configurations for personal use only include the relatively weak baseline GPUs they've chosen (1650 and 1660). I confirmed this again by talking to a sales rep over chat.
  • lux 6y ago
    Good to know!