Uptake on AMD's latest generation mobile offerings has been slow and steady to put it mildly, but today TUXEDO Computers, a specialist in Linux notebooks at a range of performance and pricing tiers, has announced pre-orders for their new Sirius 16 gaming laptop. This machine combines AMD's latest generation Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" APU with a Radeon RX 7600M XT RDNA3 GPU inside a sleek all aluminium chassis design that strives to remain understated while still providing a "sleek gamer look" via programmable RGB keys. The Sirius 16 is TUXEDO's first go at an all-AMD configuration and they've held very little back, choosing to allow the full TDP rating of the Phoenix APU at 54 W sustained (or 80 W CPU-only turbo) as well as keeping the RDNA3 GPU at its rated 120 W TGP under full CPU+GPU loads. The Sirius 16 features venting out of both sides as well as the rear of the chassis, and roughly half of the bottom panel is open intake for the dual-fan cooling system.
Powering everything is a 230 W power brick and an 80 Wh replaceable battery bolted inside the chassis. TUXEDO claims up to 10 hours of battery life at minimum display brightness with wireless disabled and without any programmable lighting enabled, or a more realistic 6 hours at medium brightness with wireless enabled and under minimal "office work" load.
Sirius 16 is equipped with a thin-bezel 16.1" 1440p 165 Hz display which TUXEDO claims has 100% sRGB color gamut coverage which should be suitable for semi-professional photo editing and multimedia use. Below the display is that full-size per-key programmable RGB keyboard, as well as a color-adjustable light bar along the front edge of the chassis.
As for configurable upgrades and connectivity the Sirius 16 includes support for up to 2 M.2 SSDs directly under the bottom panel, as well as two DDR5 SODIMM slots which can support capacities up to 96 GB. Outward facing I/O includes one 40 Gbps USB 4.0 Gen3x2 Type-C, one 40 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, two 10 Gbps USB 3.2 Type-A ports, one full-size HDMI 2.1 port, an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet jack, and independent headphone and microphone 3.5 mm audio jacks.
Pre-orders for the TUXEDO Sirius 16 have opened already at 1700 EUR starting price for a notebook equipped with 16 GB DDR5-5600 and 500 GB Samsung 980 SSD, and they plan to ship units within the next few weeks with a stated mid-December 2023 target for first deliveries.
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Powering everything is a 230 W power brick and an 80 Wh replaceable battery bolted inside the chassis. TUXEDO claims up to 10 hours of battery life at minimum display brightness with wireless disabled and without any programmable lighting enabled, or a more realistic 6 hours at medium brightness with wireless enabled and under minimal "office work" load.
Sirius 16 is equipped with a thin-bezel 16.1" 1440p 165 Hz display which TUXEDO claims has 100% sRGB color gamut coverage which should be suitable for semi-professional photo editing and multimedia use. Below the display is that full-size per-key programmable RGB keyboard, as well as a color-adjustable light bar along the front edge of the chassis.
As for configurable upgrades and connectivity the Sirius 16 includes support for up to 2 M.2 SSDs directly under the bottom panel, as well as two DDR5 SODIMM slots which can support capacities up to 96 GB. Outward facing I/O includes one 40 Gbps USB 4.0 Gen3x2 Type-C, one 40 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, two 10 Gbps USB 3.2 Type-A ports, one full-size HDMI 2.1 port, an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet jack, and independent headphone and microphone 3.5 mm audio jacks.
Pre-orders for the TUXEDO Sirius 16 have opened already at 1700 EUR starting price for a notebook equipped with 16 GB DDR5-5600 and 500 GB Samsung 980 SSD, and they plan to ship units within the next few weeks with a stated mid-December 2023 target for first deliveries.
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