Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro - GTX 1050 Max-Q Version

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro - GTX Edition

A successor to the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro has been expected in China for a few weeks. The technology websites there have already reported on the “Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 2”, a comprehensive revision of the previous model. At this year's "ChinaJoy" Xiaomi has now let the cat out of the bag. Nothing came of a comprehensive overhaul of the notebook. Rather, the new "GTX Edition" is a smaller hardware upgrade.

Xiaomi remains true to the previous design line. The design of the new Notebook Pro is identical to the design of the previous model. An essential design feature is a simple unibody metal housing, without any annoying manufacturer logo. The height of the notebook has been adjusted. At 16.9 mm, it is exactly 1 mm higher than that of its predecessor (15.9 mm). There is no change in the keyboard. This is still of the chiclet type and is illuminated. The glass trackpad with fingerprint sensor is located below the keyboard.

 The Xiaomi Gaming series has also undergone a significant upgrade. 
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The system-on-chip is an Intel Core i7-8550U, a quad-core processor that was released in summer 2017 and was specially designed for notebooks and ultrabooks. The SoC's 4 processor cores have a basic clock rate of 1.8 GHz and a clock rate of up to 4 GHz in turbo mode. The integrated graphics card is an Intel UHD Graphics 620. The performance of the SoC is very dependent on the cooling. There is also a less powerful version with an Intel Core i5-8250U processor. This 4-core has a basic clock rate of 1.6 GHz and a turbo clock rate of 3.4 GHz.

The dedicated graphics card is new. Xiaomi has replaced the predecessor's Nvidia MX150 with a faster Nvidia GTX 1050 Max-Q. In contrast to the conventional GTX 1050, the Max-Q is optimized for notebook use and therefore works more efficiently. At the same time, the graphics unit is also 10 - 15% slower than a standard GTX 1050! Experience has shown that the GTX 1050 Max-Q is suitable for one or two current PC games, as long as you reduce the graphics settings accordingly. What matters is how well Xiaomi has adapted the cooling system to the new graphics card.

The memory equipment is a 16GB / 8GB DDR4 RAM (dual channel) and a 256GB PCIe SSD data storage. An additional SD memory card slot with UHS-II interface promises transfer speeds of up to 312 MB/s. The “Harman Infinity” stereo speaker system is also on board. The display has a diagonal of 15.6 inches in Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels). Dual-AC WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 enable fast wireless connection.