More or less as expected given the theoretical BW, but I would expect 10-15% more should be possible to achieve, to be close to 80% of theoretical BW.Text generation seems sadly slow
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we finally got numbers and Halo is good in a 14" laptop. Sidenote - The 275HX is just sad of a product.
That being said HP screwed up big time in the battery life test. Battery life sucks, esp video playback.
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While OLEDs will diminish laptop battery life somewhat, the impact of this choice would be minor relative to the base numbers. The very low video playback numbers in the review above suggest a platform power management issue or a driver issue. We know Stric Halo can do much better based on reviews of the Asus Flow Z13.Has anybody seen a review of HP ZBook G1a with *only* 1920*1200 panel? I assume battery life would be much better than with OLED. 2.8K OLED panel is not necessary in my (customer's) use case.
Notebook check has one of the elitebook x g1a which has strix point instead of halo but is otherwise identical.Has anybody seen a review of HP ZBook G1a with *only* 1920*1200 panel? I assume battery life would be much better than with OLED. 2.8K OLED panel is not necessary in my (customer's) use case.
Regarding halo memory allocation, is it dynamic or preallocated in bios?
I am looking for a halo laptop for customer who uses Archicad. For example if we choose 64GB model does GPU "take" 16GB and 48GB is left for OS part? Archicad runs fine on discrete 8GB consumer cards (both AMD & NVIDIA).
Unfortunately windows doesn’t do this automatically.I think Windows handles this automatically. You don't have to set the graphics memory to a high amount, such as 16GB. You can just leave it as default (~128 MB) and windows will allocate what it needs.
Unfortunately windows doesn’t do this automatically.
Not Windows but I think it is the GPU driver that handles it. At least on the 5825U laptop I tested, the GPU was able to allocate up to 8GB out of available 16GB RAM and it was dynamic.Unfortunately windows doesn’t do this automatically.
You can set the minimum and variable amounts in the AMD driver app. Don't know if this is a brand new option for Halo or applies to all newer APUs, my old 5600U laptop does not have this option in Adrenaline (can be configured in UEFI though).I am looking for a halo laptop for customer who uses Archicad. For example if we choose 64GB model does GPU "take" 16GB and 48GB is left for OS part? Archicad runs fine on discrete 8GB consumer cards (both AMD & NVIDIA).
There is absolutely zero TECHNICAL issues in putting the Strix Halo into a typical gaming handheld
It is PURELY a cost issue
Check this statement by Lisa Su
And also note the large physical size of the ROG XBOX Ally handheld
I tested Xbox’s powerful — and heavy — new handheld
Asus and Xbox’s new handheld weighs 1.58 pounds, and it’s noticeable
by Maddy Myers
Jun 9, 2025, 10:53 PM GMT+5:30
the ROG Xbox Ally X was the heaviest one I’d ever held. It will be the heaviest handheld on the market, once it reaches all of us this holiday season. (I did talk to an Asus representative at the Xbox event and told him my concerns about its weight, but I fully recognize it’s probably too late for them to change it. Let it be known that I tried, though.)
What’s interesting about this is that it might not actually bother that many other people who aren’t me. This is a pretty subjective problem, and I would say it’s somewhat gendered as well. There were lots of other reporters at this event with me, the majority of them men. I overheard many of them praising the way the Xbox handheld felt in their hands — “just like an Xbox controller.” I can’t disagree there; it’s the right shape and absolutely does feel comfortable in terms of size and layout. But I wonder: Did any of those guys notice the weight? Or is that just a problem for somebody of my stature?
The thing is, people of my stature do actually also play video games. And I play a heck of a lot of them in handheld format; I’d say about 50% of the time I’m on a big screen, the other 50% in handheld. I’m still in LA at Summer Game Fest right now, but the first thing I’m going to do when I get home tomorrow night is open my Switch 2 box and play Mario Kart World — probably in handheld mode. And even though the Switch 2 is heavier than its predecessor, I bet I’m going to feel pretty relieved by how light it feels compared to the Xbox handheld I tried out yesterday.
I tested Xbox’s powerful — and heavy — new handheld
I played Gears of War: Reloaded on the Rog Xbox Ally X, and I couldn’t help but notice how heavy the device felt in my handswww.polygon.com